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Undoubtedly. However old sci-fi authors did do well out of making the concept the focus. They were often much much weaker at characterisation and characters rea
by ChrisSD 9y ago
Undoubtedly. However old sci-fi authors did do well out of making the concept the focus. They were often much much weaker at characterisation and characters really only existed to explore the high concept. In some ways they were like an essay but in story form.
As someone who grew up reading these, I would have liked better characterisation but concept focused stories still appeal to me.
- joe_the_user 9y agoSure but that sort of approach of making the concept the focus depended on giving the concept depth and richness. The Pixar approach allows nothing to have depth but everything to still work emotionally. Any variety of original, well-craft fiction will have "meat" whereas this sort of thing is more or less just "sugar" instead.