Re: Non Action/adventure/thriller SF

In article <dk2rc5$dhb$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Michael Alan Chary <mchary@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>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.
>
What about FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON? Nice big conflict (Man
vs entropy) but not much action.


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