the protocols of reading sf

30th August 2017 | for Creatives | reading, sci-fi, fantasy, writer-reader relationship, Orson Scott Card  |       

the protocols of reading sf

"The sf reader doesn't expect to receive a complete picture of the world all at once. Rather he builds up his own picture bit by bit from clues within the text. ... This, again, is one of the protocols of reading sf. The reader is expected to extrapolate, to find the implied information contained in new words."

— Orson Scott Card

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