Today at the Kirkus Reviews blog, I look ask the question: Have We Passed the Point Where Science Fiction is Fiction?

One of my goals with this column has been to introduce readers unfamiliar with (or — gasp! — averse to) science fiction literature understand that science fiction offers the same literary kicks as, if not more than, other genres — particularly mainstream literature. To that end, I have been exposing readers to the characteristics of science fiction in an attempt to show what it can achieve.

Recently, I began to wonder if I was approaching this from the wrong direction…

Read the rest at the Kirkus Reviews blog….

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