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What do you think of when this genre is mentioned, do you have a positive or negative mental image?
-About a notch below "Hello Nurse!"
Do you gravitate to this genre, or stay clear?
-see above and would not be posting if not.
What is your favorite piece?
-Bruce Sterling: Heavy Weather
-Heinlein:Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Do you have any treasured childhood memories on the topic?
-watching Robotech and Interster (South African and Afrikaans language sci-fi puppet show). Getting caught reading Vance's Palace of Love in primary school and causing a bit of a scandal , my dad catching me reading either stranger or fear no evil(never did get the birds and bee's talk...)
How do you view the portrayal of women by the genre?
-Mostly a bit of a hollow shell/damsel/bitch/puppy dog but getting better.
How do you respond when you meet a woman with interest in the topic?
-Divide by Zero
List the first 5+ sci-fi works that come to your mind
-Robotech, Bruce Sterling/Charlie Stross/Ken Mcleod ,Dune,Heinlein,Baen Books
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