Spiderwort@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agoScifi was created by neurodivergents and co-opted by normies.message-squaremessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down153
arrow-up123arrow-down1message-squareScifi was created by neurodivergents and co-opted by normies.Spiderwort@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 days agoThen I suggest you accept the common interpretation that “Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus”, is at least the first modern work of sci-fi.
minus-squareSpiderwort@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-28 days agoI can tell this means a lot to you. I suppose it’s a matter of taste.
minus-squareentropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoIn what way does taste determine the genre of a work of fiction?
minus-squareSpiderwort@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 day agoYou misunderstand. I offered that what “means a lot to you” is a matter of taste.
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 days agoFair enough as a term, but it was one of my minors in college. Authors use both.
Then I suggest you accept the common interpretation that “Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus”, is at least the first modern work of sci-fi.
I can tell this means a lot to you. I suppose it’s a matter of taste.
In what way does taste determine the genre of a work of fiction?
You misunderstand. I offered that what “means a lot to you” is a matter of taste.
Fair enough as a term, but it was one of my minors in college. Authors use both.