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Hard sci-fi or soft sci-fi, /lit/?

>> No.750877

if it's interesting and is written well i'll read either one....

>> No.750878

>>750877
...but would you prefer one to the other?

>> No.750880

I prefer hard scifi when I want to read something deep, thoughtful, or informative. But as a whole soft scifi is more entertaining. That said, I'm a little new to both.

>> No.750881

Soft.

Hard is just for faggots who masturbate to microwaves.

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750887

>>750881
>fap to microwaves

>> No.750891

my university has this on one of the wall of the physics faculty.

>> No.750923

Always hard.

>> No.750932

>>750878
nope,
only if they meet the conditions

>> No.750945 [DELETED] 

Hard is the only science fiction worth reading. Soft is invariable pulp trash.

>> No.750947

Hard is the only science fiction worth reading. Soft is invariably pulp trash.

>> No.750952

I don't care for genre, only thing important is how good is plot and how developed are characters.

For example I loved the Contact and hated Mote in God's Eye so much I speed read through most of it.

>> No.750964

There's occasionally good hard science fiction. Usually soft stuff is better.

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750970

This is basically like asking "hard porn or soft porn?"

>> No.750988

>>750970
Except with more Science!

>> No.751217

>>750873

Hard is usually written by scientists/scientistlovers who can't write normal sci-fi and that shows in booring books. But there are exceptions and those exceptions are at the top of the whole genre.