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Yeah, I get that, and I like what you did. Even so, I just felt like pointing out that the bottom category "Dark Fantasy/Horror" is the only thing on the list that isn't SF though.
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I totally get that too. I don't view any fantasy or horror as "science fiction," though some of it may have elements of it. I'm still sitting on the fence regarding mainstream/epic fantasy and this book club. I feel it could use a club of its own, and it'd be easy to get carried away with something that I intended to be more focused on essentially science-fiction related material. I didn't want to rule fantasy out completely, considering much of it is written in the same tradition. If you consider what early works contributed to these genres, you look at Verne and Wells, but you also look at Stoker, Shelley, and Stevenson.
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What I would like to see though is that the book club discussion gets steered towards reflection on the speculative aspects of the book, and not just a general "what did you think/post your review here". Will you consider it?
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I fully intend to focus on the speculative aspects of the books, as well as discussing the books' major themes, messages, and questions. "General impressions" I hope to get out of the way early on so that we can get down to the meat, bones, and marrow. (Maybe even the DNA.)
I'm after engaging discussions. I want everyone to geek it up.