![]() I’m currently reading Jeff Smith’s Bone to our three-year-old daughter (her favourite characters are Kingdok and the rat creatures, whom I’ve given Muscovite accents). ![]() ![]() Really, it just means they have to sell the kinds of things I love in other stories. Not being a fan doesn’t mean I actively dislike the genres it just means they have to offer something special in addition. Still, even a cursory glance at my Top 100 Comics list will reveal numerous books from both genres entrenched even as far up as my Top 10, so clearly my lack of adoration for the genres isn’t the end of the story. The idea of watching a hero overcome great odds to save the princess, the town, the nation, or the world is a tired device. Even though I loved the original BSG as a kid. When I hear of a new Battlestar Galactica, I can’t be bothered to care any more than I would for the news that there was a new Civil War show coming out this Fall. The ideas just don’t excite me like they once may have-I presume that decades ago, when I self-identified as a sci-fi fan, these things genuinely did excite me. A world populated by robots? A dystopian future of genetic manipulation? Star-spanning empires and the rebels that seek their liberation from those empires? I always have a sense of been there and done that. I’ve found that the idea of a science fiction world isn’t enough to spark my interest. Recently, it’s come to my attention that maybe I’m not really a fan of science fiction. ![]()
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