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Who Rules Science Fiction?

CL Moore (1911–1987) and her barbarian character, Red Sonya — Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34553491

Trying to decide who rules science fiction?

That’s fundamentally the wrong way to look at it.

At heart, science fiction is about alternative visions and alternative voices. Its job is to blow open the gates and add some wonder to your day. Any attempt to form a corpus and rule over it acts against precisely…