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Defining Our Terms: What Do We Mean by “Hard SF”?

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Hard Science Fiction

Defining Our Terms: What Do We Mean by “Hard SF”?

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romantasy

What Exactly Makes a Romantasy — And What Are Your Favorite Examples?

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Let’s Start a Fight: Are Science Fiction and Fantasy the Same?

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Mark as Read

How Many Genres Is Too Many?

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Fantasy

Curio Fiction: Finding a Name for a Fantastical Subgenre

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mashups

Eight Works That Blend Mystery and Detective Fiction With Fantasy and Horror

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speculative fiction

What Is “Curio Fiction”? Finding a Name for a Fantastical Subgenre

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The Difference Is Entirely One of Setting: Iain Banks’ The Crow Road

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Reading the Weird

(Re)Introduction to Reading the Weird

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Six SFF Works That Defy Easy Classification
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SF or Fantasy? — Six Works That Defy Easy Classification

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Horror

The Appeal of Gothic Horror

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Space Opera

Single Star System Space Opera; or, Those Pesky Belters, Revisited

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