How I Write Clips(@PerellClips):"Science fiction isn't a genre. It's a setting." Andy Weir, author of The Martian and Project Hail Mary, on what we get wrong about sci-fi: "You can have a science fiction romance. You can have a science fiction action movie. You can have a science fiction drama." "Isaac Asimov made a science fiction noir detective series, Caves of Steel. Noir detective is a genre, but the setting was science fiction."

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2026.10.03 17:00

"Science fiction isn't a genre. It's a setting." Andy Weir, author of The Martian and Project Hail Mary, on what we get wrong about sci-fi: "You can have a science fiction romance. You can have a science fiction action movie. You can have a science fiction drama." "Isaac Asimov made a science fiction noir detective series, Caves of Steel. Noir detective is a genre, but the setting was science fiction."