I realize that because I was writing this comment at 4 am, I managed to make very little sense, even to myself
The points I was trying to make are: *Biology is sometimes seen as unimportant (or less important) in SF because it is not People Shooting Each Other With Lasers. *The effects of changing reproductive technology on society are a foreign concept to a lot of male readers, causing them to sometimes dismiss Bujold's work.
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Date: 2010-09-19 10:48 pm (UTC)From:The points I was trying to make are:
*Biology is sometimes seen as unimportant (or less important) in SF because it is not People Shooting Each Other With Lasers.
*The effects of changing reproductive technology on society are a foreign concept to a lot of male readers, causing them to sometimes dismiss Bujold's work.