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And, of course, some SF is set close enough to here and now that Anglo and European do apply. Since many of the writers come from those backgrounds, so does much of the fiction.Stanley Schmidt
There may be something to the suggestion about the pace of technological change intimidating writers, though - it's been awfully hard to keep ahead of real developments.
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Ideally, I'd like every issue to include a diverse group of stories that meet the qualifications sketched above, but covering a wide range of specific matter and flavour.
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I like to do that, too, so I enjoy both science fiction and fantasy - but I always keep in mind which one I'm doing, and they are not the same.
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Also, much science fiction is not actually set in any existing place or culture, so it's more or less equally foreign to everybody.
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I think the rising and falling popularity of areas like hard SF and far-future SF is, to a considerable extent, the same as any other fashion.
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