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I read the following breakdown of speculative fiction in some writing article or book, and I can't remember were or who wrote it, so unfortunately I can't attribute it. But, it's been really useful for my thinking, so here goes:

Science Fiction is fiction of the mind, Fantasy is fiction of the heart, and Horror is fiction of the senses.

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: How far into a speculative novel should one go before introducing the central conflict? By speculative, I mean mostly science fiction, fantasy or intrigue. For example Neal Stephenson's Anathem,

: ISBN - does it uniquely identify book dimension? (I'm not sure this question fits here but this site seems the most appropriate within stackexchange network...) I'm trying to buy a some book

: After reading your question I did a little search and discovered this: Use present tense to introduce cited or quoted material and to make personal comments on such materials. Use past

: Characters time spending: Are there any good limits for time spending on characters of secondary list? Are there any good limits or rules of proportion between time (or pages) spending on characters

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