Well, the way this guy argues, "Fantasy" isn't a genre either! The sub-genres of high fantasy, low fantasy, urban fantasy, contemporary fantasy, magical realism, and whatever other things you want to stuff under there are the genres.
Science Fiction is NOT a genre??? Tell that to my favourite prof, US Naval Academy, trained PhD in Literature and 'Twin Peaks' fan Dr. Cowan that it's not a genre. He only taught a full 3rd year English course on SF and Fantasy for years and years at Dalhousie University. Man, some people are just wanting to pick a fight! I choose my icon in response to the twat-waffle.
Of course, this same guy said outright that "science fiction is a genre" just last year. So perhaps he's latched onto some avant-garde definition of "genre" that the rest of us plebes have never heard of in an attempt to make himself feel better about his education.
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And I guess "SFF" isn't a genre either!
The stupid, it burns.
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Of course, this same guy said outright that "science fiction is a genre" just last year. So perhaps he's latched onto some avant-garde definition of "genre" that the rest of us plebes have never heard of in an attempt to make himself feel better about his education.
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