Sci-fi writers and readers, what do you love about the genre?

Dantai said:

Honestly, I think space just fascinates me. I'm not too fond of Earth-based sci-fi. But oddly I'm very fond of the mundane setting in other genres.

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Same here. I think a lot of why is actually that I read so many Earth-set post-apocs back when they were prominent, and just grew bored with it. I'd rather read something set on another planet or better yet in space.

I think it's the same reason I like the old ocean-going novels, too. A ship on the ocean is a lot like a ship in space.

Dantai said:

I suppose if you think about it, it's the two sides of the Rapture; those cast out into the heavens and those left behind.

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Those who anticipated the Rapture didn't expect spaceships would be the mechanism.