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Re:Stories We’ve Seen Too Often by TheFreim on Monday May 15, 2023 @01:52PM (#35951944)
Pure originality is exceptionally rare, but that's not really a bad thing. More and more I believe that the human experience is primarily defined by rhymes and analogy, trying to avoid reusing prior work is futile.

"What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun" (Ecclesiastes 1:9, RSV2CE).

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Re:Stories We’ve Seen Too Often by ivraatiems on Monday May 15, 2023 @02:08PM (#35952202)
I think you are right, but also, that it is totally legitimate for Strange Horizons to say "we really really want only original work." So long as they don't also say "only original work is valid to create", which is where I (and maybe they, given the disclaimers) take issue with this list.
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