So I just found this manifesto. :) Huzzah, I say! I'm always insanely jealous of writers I know (or in your case, know OF) who studied and/or were anthropologists. I wish I'd been that smart in college, cause that's my answer the whole, "If you knew then what you know now, what would you study in college?" And I would respond, with great vigor: ANTHROPOLOGY!!
But, alas, I didn't. And right now, I have no interest in going back to school (I'm working on an MA anyway), so there's always independent study.
It's funny, though: I really like your term, and it got me thinking about SF. Usually, soft SF is considered to be the more anthropological, but if there were a different term, like "cultural SF," I think that would shut a lot of people up in the genre who bitch and moan about a book not being SF just because there's no hard science in it.
You've given me something to stew over. Thanks. :)
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But, alas, I didn't. And right now, I have no interest in going back to school (I'm working on an MA anyway), so there's always independent study.
It's funny, though: I really like your term, and it got me thinking about SF. Usually, soft SF is considered to be the more anthropological, but if there were a different term, like "cultural SF," I think that would shut a lot of people up in the genre who bitch and moan about a book not being SF just because there's no hard science in it.
You've given me something to stew over. Thanks. :)