Re:M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to w...
by Affric on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @06:10PM
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> I think the key for me is sci fi being recognised as an important category in media creation
Sci-fi was nerdy and a little juvenile and the identifiable tropes made it an easy target for those wanting to yuck someone else's yum. YA's distillation of the hero's journey into a freebase form has made pieces of genre fiction aren't as formulaic more obviously not juvenile, as the YA genre is pretty much where most juvenile literature is at.
Sci-fi was nerdy and a little juvenile and the identifiable tropes made it an easy target for those wanting to yuck someone else's yum. YA's distillation of the hero's journey into a freebase form has made pieces of genre fiction aren't as formulaic more obviously not juvenile, as the YA genre is pretty much where most juvenile literature is at.