I had never heard of the mundane SF manifesto. Thanks for the link.
It seems to me that the authors of the manifesto were careful to
not take it too seriously themselves (saying that it was in force
only until the signatories were bored with it). It seems to me that
there are two different interpretations of such a manifesto: (1)
That there is plenty of material for SF to be found sticking close
to home (this was Asimov's point in his wonderful collection "Earth
is Room Enough"). (2) That there is something foolish about going
too far beyond what is known.
I don't see any point in number (2), although I certainly agree
with number (1). Not being much of a participant in science fiction
discussion groups, I don't know to what extent (if any) Mundane SF
is to be distinguished from the thriller + science combination
found in Michael Crichton. For some reason that I don't understand,
people who claim to hate SF seem to enjoy Crichton.
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