Re: Non Action/adventure/thriller SF

prestorjon 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?

A lot of people have already responded, so I'll try to summarize as
well as add.

First, there's SF that deliberately plays in some other genre besides
'thriller' or "adventure story". That could be
Romance
Mystery (of the non-thriller type)
Historical (including Alternate History)
etc.

For plot outlines, there's
Coming-of-age story
Utopia/dystopia
Cautionary tale (lots of overlap with the above)
Gadget story
Puzzle story
Tragic flaw
Nostalgic reminiscence
etc.

Basically, if you ask "what kinds of novels have been written?", you
can find examples of all of them in SF.

David Tate

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