Random drive-by comment on pronouns - Kanata's actually a guy, just FYI.
Anyway, interesting discussion. My own definition of SF is pretty broad - I'm a lumper, not a splitter *g* - but while I do include space opera and similar things in my personal definition of SF, I also really appreciate seeing SGA stories tackle more "hard" SF or social SF elements, as opposed to the usual handwavium, which could just as easily be, say, magic swords and wizards in terms of its effects on the story. (And this is making me think about my own use of SF elements vs. handwavium in my own stories as well.)
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Date: 2010-04-26 10:18 pm (UTC)Anyway, interesting discussion. My own definition of SF is pretty broad - I'm a lumper, not a splitter *g* - but while I do include space opera and similar things in my personal definition of SF, I also really appreciate seeing SGA stories tackle more "hard" SF or social SF elements, as opposed to the usual handwavium, which could just as easily be, say, magic swords and wizards in terms of its effects on the story. (And this is making me think about my own use of SF elements vs. handwavium in my own stories as well.)