> As you probably guessed, this is not how I write SF — in fact, it's the antithesis of everything I enjoy in an SF novel. That's fine, but it misses the point

> As you probably guessed, this is not how I write SF — in fact, it's the antithesis of everything I enjoy in an SF novel. That's fine, but it misses the point of Star Trek. Star Trek isn't science fiction. Star Trek is morality plays in space. The tech isn't supposed to matter except insofar as it allows for certain metaphysical explorations like transporter duplication events and resource abundance. The tech isn't the point. The tech exists to explore (gasp) "the interpersonal relationships among the cast". Is Stross just saying that he doesn't like genres other than hard SciFi? I mean, that's OK. People can like different things.