The Harpercollins cover for Neal Stephenson's 'Polostan.'
https://static.mamot.fr/media_attachments/files/113/419/975/276/117/901/original/e58730652553849e.jpg
Science fiction isn't collection of tropes, nor is it a literary style, nor is it a marketing category. It can *encompass* all of these, but what sf really is, is an *outlook*.
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