@[email protected] to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • edit-28 days agoScifi was created by neurodivergents and co-opted by normies.message-square69fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down153
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minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish-6•8 days agoIt’s something I haven’t delved into enough to arrive at a definitive conclusion, actually. The subject delivers little thrill for me.
minus-squareEndymion_Mallornlinkfedilink8•8 days agoThen I suggest you accept the common interpretation that “Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus”, is at least the first modern work of sci-fi.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-28 days agoI can tell this means a lot to you. I suppose it’s a matter of taste.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 day agoIn what way does taste determine the genre of a work of fiction?
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 day agoYou misunderstand. I offered that what “means a lot to you” is a matter of taste.
minus-squareEndymion_Mallornlinkfedilink4•8 days agoFair enough as a term, but it was one of my minors in college. Authors use both.
It’s something I haven’t delved into enough to arrive at a definitive conclusion, actually. The subject delivers little thrill for me.
Then I suggest you accept the common interpretation that “Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus”, is at least the first modern work of sci-fi.
I can tell this means a lot to you. I suppose it’s a matter of taste.
In what way does taste determine the genre of a work of fiction?
You misunderstand. I offered that what “means a lot to you” is a matter of taste.
Fair enough as a term, but it was one of my minors in college. Authors use both.