onyxhawke made me laugh out loud with his Bittercon topic on how much SF/F has to answer forThat got me to thinking about the tropes of sf (and f) that have become so mainstream everyone refers to them, or knows about them, even if they don't read sf/f...and even if the trope shows no signs of existing, in the case of sf. Like hovercars. And flying suits ( Read more... )