Are the Eden Thrillers considered science fiction?--Eileen
Science fiction is probably not the term that best describes the books, as that genre relies heavily on projecting what life would be like with different or future uses of science and technology.
One of the early reviews of CHASING EDEN referred to it as "speculative/adventure" fiction, and that seems on the mark. Speculative fiction "speculates about worlds that are unlike the real word in important ways," according to Wikipedia. As Michael Allison said in his review, "In the tradition of many of the best examples of speculative/adventure fiction, CHASING EDEN makes one whopping assumption and then plays its story with a gritty realism and a breathless plot that no one will be able to put down." (We left that last part in because, heck, it was hard to take out!) It is realistic adventure fiction with a speculative twist...and if you insist on a sub-genre under the wide tent pole of speculative, I guess we'd have to go with Utopian. But we're open for discussion!
1 comment:
a genre to fit a book into can be difficult. The press called m y last book science fiction but I didn't write it as science fiction! My latest book got little interest as a crime thriller but now has legs as a romance novel.
Having said all that I think speculative fiction would be a good fit fro the Eden Thrillers and I like your sub genre.
Bernard J Rossi
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