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Re:Towards a taxonomy of cliches in Space Opera (2016) by Telemakhos on Sunday September 05, 2021 @08:31PM (#28429105)
A list of complaints about "mistakes" or "blunders" (as the author chooses to call these details) is not the same thing as a taxonomy. Taxonomies put things into some sort of order (τάξις); this is just a list of things the author does not like.
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Re:Towards a taxonomy of cliches in Space Opera (2016) by anigbrowl on Sunday September 05, 2021 @09:12PM (#28429299)
Hence 'towards' in the title, which is an academic way of saying you have compiled a to-do list of things to study more carefully.
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Re:Towards a taxonomy of cliches in Space Opera (2016) by leoc on Sunday September 05, 2021 @08:50PM (#28429194)
Well, there's one degree of hierarchial classification.
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