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Old 21-January-2008, 04:52 AM
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Science fiction isn't really about aliens, it's about humans with current cultural values projected into an unfamiliar setting with the aim of exploring the human condition.
Not all of it, no. There is a vast range of science fiction, and some of it does explore alienness. Just not the stuff that gets made into TV shows.
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