Re: Non Action/adventure/thriller SF

In article <dk2gvt$7ue$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
James Nicoll <jdnicoll@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>In article <5ps8m198s4ic073goagp0ufhfntr03r0jv@xxxxxxx>,
>Guy Gordon <gordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>"prestorjon" <prestorjon@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>Okay. It seems to me that most SF falls into the genre of action
>>>adventure or, failing that, thriller. What SF is out there that
>>>DOESN'T fall into the this genre?

_Stranger in a Strange Land_, _This Immortal_, a lot of Sir ACC,
_Sundiver_ has action, but it's not really a thriller or an action
adventure. HHGG.

Foundation, though I suppose that's an anthology.

>
>
>>Then there's the genre of "Eerie, far-future almost mythic scenic tours" like
>>Campbell's "Twilight".
>>
>>Not usually meaty enough for a novel, the "puzzle story" was a staple
>>for the SF >magazines for decades. There's often some sort of adventure
>>or danger associated with the puzzle, but the real story is about the
>>"science".
>
> H Beam Piper's "Omnilingual" comes to mind.

_This Immortal_ probably falls in here.

The problem is that without action or tension, you have little to keep a
reader's interest. I only read _A la Recherche du Temps Perdu_ because,
as a poilitical prisoner in Turkey, I was forced to.

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