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Zach @megapolisomancy.bsky.social

Good question! Lots of weird fic draws in sf elements, of course, but yeah, especially if we take a Suvinian approach to sf emphasizing a “possible” novum rooted in realism, it’s exceedingly rare (not impossible!) for the author to then emphasize the unsettlement at the heart of the weird

aug 31, 2025, 2:21 am • 2 0

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ZD Dochterman @zddochterman.bsky.social

To oversimplify: might most SF be a displacement in time [that promises a better/worse but stable reality], whereas the weird is a disruption at the heart of the symbolic order, the inability to make sense of (any) historical happening? In psychoanalytic terms, fantasy vs. psychosis.

aug 31, 2025, 3:46 pm • 1 0 • view
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Zach @megapolisomancy.bsky.social

I like that! I like the time-based def for SF although I might pick at “displacement” there - that would imply an affective weirdness that isn’t always there. Would be interesting to investigate that with/against the weird disruption…

aug 31, 2025, 7:12 pm • 1 0 • view