Cyberpunk authors Lewis Shiner and Bruce Sterling produced a primer for science fiction writer workshops called Turkey City Lexicon. It’s essentially a list of commonly used tropes in sf, grouped into categories. When something is not quite right with a story you are reading, this may help pinpoint the flaw.

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