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james_davis_nicollAfter all, I will argue that Starship Troopers is proto-MilSF.
Brin's system of sorting SF from F will produce counter-intuitive results, like Asimov's Foundation, which is all about restoring the Old Order What Stood for Thousands of Years, is fantasy, whereas any Diskworld novel about clackers and the post and dwarves and trolls learning to coexist is SF.
(it's important to note "Having said that, what is my definition of the separation?". Brin's definition, not THE WORD OF MIGHT DEGLER HIMSELF)
Brin's system of sorting SF from F will produce counter-intuitive results, like Asimov's Foundation, which is all about restoring the Old Order What Stood for Thousands of Years, is fantasy, whereas any Diskworld novel about clackers and the post and dwarves and trolls learning to coexist is SF.
(it's important to note "Having said that, what is my definition of the separation?". Brin's definition, not THE WORD OF MIGHT DEGLER HIMSELF)
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Date: 2017-03-13 05:06 pm (UTC)He's found a lovely way to pat himself on the back for liking the books he likes, while feeling superior to people who like the books he doesn't like. I don't see his system as being terribly useful for any other purpose.
(I have no doubt that he'd find some way to classify Foundation as SF, by the by.)
obNitpick: "Idiosyncratic" has no E in it.