The familiar knock against science fiction is that it is all escapism, full of thrills like a theme park ride, but empty of ideas. Yet open-minded readers may puzzle over such gripes. In the world of highbrow literary fiction, the novel of ideas has virtually disappeared. Meanwhile contemporary sci-fi writers, such as China Miéville, Liu Cixin, and Neal…
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