Why Do You Read This Crazy Stuff?

[sleigh]

I'm teaching a Lit class looking at SF & Fantasy. How would you explain to those students (most of whom don't actually seem to read the genre) why you read this weird stuff? What is it about sf&f that you love? (Warning: I'm likely to relay your answers to the class -- anonymously, of course!)

Comments

Love exploring the differences

[slweippert.livejournal.com]

I read Sci-Fi/fantasy for a look at a different world that the characters take as normal. A world where magic is everyday is so different than ours. The restrictions on what you can and can't do when traveling through space compared to my hum-drum drive to the grocery store. The characters have to think and act differently than we do.