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AIUI France took sci-fi somewhat more seriously than the anglosphere did from earlier on (maybe due to Verne?); in English-speaking countries it was really seen
by rsynnott 2y ago
AIUI France took sci-fi somewhat more seriously than the anglosphere did from earlier on (maybe due to Verne?); in English-speaking countries it was really seen as pure genre fiction with negligible literary merit until quite recently.