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| | James and Mendelsohn, Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction |
 | | Acceding to the generally held view that the term genre mostly misses what science fiction is about, she calls it "an ongoing discussion," and later, a "mode of writing," which echoes the sentiments of a number of commentators. |
 | | Attention is paid also to science fiction in film and television, a very different animal from that portrayed in literature, and, an area that is critically important, a look at the editors who have shaped the field. |
 | | This is not to say that none of these schools has anything to say about science fiction -- quite the opposite is the case, actually, but one has to take their approaches with a grain of salt and a good awareness of what they are not addressing. |
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