Assertion: science fiction's premise | /r/ObjectUse | used in sf
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text: Like Suvin and Dick, Lem is selective about the sort of hypothetical premises that can be used in SF: they cannot be any sort of hypothetical premises; they cannot be fairy tale premises for example  what Dick refers to as a "bizarre dislocation" and what Suvin calls "Metaphysical Non cognitive Estrangement"  nor can they be realist premises  what Dick would define as "trivial dislocations", and Suvin as "Naturalistic.