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Chris C-B5-Mar-21 6:00
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Gary R. Wheeler6-Mar-21 5:37
Gary R. Wheeler6-Mar-21 5:37 
Chris C-B wrote:
if the core story could be written for any other genre, then it ain't SciFi.
I guess it therefore depends upon what you consider the "core story" to be. I've found most if not all science fiction to be retellings of classic themes in a science fiction setting.

By that reasoning, your list would not just be short - it would be empty.
Software Zen: delete this;

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