The Surprising Connection Between Crime Fiction and Sci-Fi
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Frank Saverio: to me, crime fiction and science fiction are actually more closely related than some other genres because both of them really provide you the opportunity to tell a story on the surface that, you know, has some complexity and action and nuance of character and And can be enjoyed just for what it is, but you can also, uh, examine, you know, things under the surface a little bit, a little, little social examination or social commentary or explore the human condition a little bit on a deeper level.
And any book will let you do that. Uh, certainly crime fiction and science fiction don't, don't have the market cornered, but the difference between the two, and it's, and it's especially true with science fiction, I think, is that. You kind of can come under the reader's defenses a little bit, like especially with science fiction, because, um, you know, they're, ah, that's a made up story on a made up planet, you know, and so they just accept it.
And so they're not like resistive to the exploration of a couple of ideas, uh, that you might [00:01:00] get into about, you know, whatever social condition or human condition you want to explore.
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