Science fiction is an interesting genre in the publishing world because when you go to a lot of agents web pages it says specifically "NO SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY." I'm not sure why this is true. You'd think after Harry Potter that everyone would be looking for the next best thing.
So I was looking at literary agent Janet Reid's blog on how she likes to be queried: How to send me a query. On one line she says she does like: near future noir (like Jeff Somers' ELECTRIC CHURCH) but not not fantasy, urban or otherwise. And on another line Janet says: Second, take a look at the kinds of books I don't represent: science fiction.
So I look on Jeff's blog and there are all these references to science fiction. He has a link to SF Signal (A Science Fiction Blog) where someone has named his book in the best reads of 2007 so I don't think there's any question that it's Science Fiction. (I've ordered it and will have to see)
I think at the end of the day, everyone likes science fiction and fantasy, but the genre is so vast that it's easier to just say that you don't like it because chances are that you don't like what someone else likes.
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How about we just leave it at I'm looking for the next Neil Gaiman or William Gibson.
Well now you will definitely get a submission from me. :)
I love the fact that you used a new author as your example on your blog.
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