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1. klunge+314[view] [source] 2019-11-22 11:27:51
>>apolli+(OP)
She looks down her nose at "science fiction" and claims that her work is "speculative fiction" instead. It is a pretentious, pedantic distinction and, as a lifelong scifi fan, it makes me deeply ambivalent to anything she produces. Even if it is good science fiction.
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2. slanty+Po4[view] [source] 2019-11-22 15:01:18
>>klunge+314
For context: When I was growing up and going to school (in Canada in the 80s), all of her work was generally classified as Canadian Literature, aka canlit. She was (and still is) considered one of our biggest home grown literary giants.

I don't think anyone here even thought of her work as science fiction back then.

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