Nick East (Indie Writer)3d ago

I know some people say they don't read speculative fiction because it's "not realistic" well guess what 😜😂

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Show threadRay McCarthy3d ago

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Actually most popular fiction isn't very realistic:
Romance
Detective / Mystery
Spy
Thrillers / Adventure
Westerns (not popular now).
Non SF & F horror.
Robinsonades

A novel need not be one genre, that's a publisher/marketing thing.

There is a spectrum between SF - fantasy - paranormal etc.
Dune and especially the early Pern novels are far more Fantasy than SF.

Even a lot of autobiographies are fiction or fantasy!

Show threadNick East (Indie Writer)
@raymaccarthy That is true, but I think a lot of people consider realistic to mean it takes place in "the real world" where things happen that they could imagine happening in "the real world", the fact that it's all imagination doesn't come into consideration 🤔
Mar 23 at 1:47pmWeb
Show threadRay McCarthy3d ago
@NickEast_IndieWriter
Sherlock Holmes isn't set in the real world. He's a fantasy detective.
Swallows and Amazons isn't in the real Lake District.
People that object to SF & F are either having a preconceived idea of it, or basing their idea of it on movies or have read either stuff that doesn't suit or poor stuff.
I read SF & F (but not "horror" sub-genres) and as well as stuff I really love there is stuff I hate.
Same applies to other genres, except I don't like erotic, horror or porn at all.
Show threadNick East (Indie Writer)3d ago
@raymaccarthy Of course no fictional narrative is "the real world" that's why I put it in "quotes" 😁