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Message: <blockquote data-quote="evildmguy" data-source="post: 2097288" data-attributes="member: 6092">Many years ago, nearly twenty, when I was buying Doctor Who novels, one came out with an introduction that stuck with me.  The author was saying that he did get hit with the "nothing is new so why do you keep writing" question.  His response was to say that no one was paying attention the first time and so we have to redo it all.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  As for me, I think it depends on what level you want to debate.  As I understand it, there are only 5 themes in literature.  (person vs person, person vs nature, person vs themself, etc.)  So, when you boil anything down to its theme, we haven't had anything new in millenia.  However, when you get to plot specific ideas, there is always a lot of new stuff.  We didn't have the concept of cloning until the late 1960s early 1970s.  We didn't have lasers or masers.  Many things of technology are new and the plot revolving around them is new.  Even within that, there is still a rebirth of things.  For example, is TOS of Trek the same as Next Gen?  Or Enterprise?  Again, plot is different as is our understanding of technology, which makes a difference.  The whole genre of SciFi and Fantasy seems to be undergoing a rebirth/change right now as we see shows updated to current science as well as current political and social ideas.  So, I think there is new stuff out there, as long as you are willing to be very broad in your definitions of new.  Have a good one!  Take care!  edg</blockquote>

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