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Straight-up science fiction is a rare genre to be considered for the Thurber Prize.
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- John Scalzi American science fiction novelist (Old Man's War
There have been other books that have been finalists that have had speculative elements to them (most notably Hollow Kingdom, by Kira Jane Buxton), but it’s safe to say that straight-up science fiction is a rare bird in terms of Thurber Prize consideration.
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