While I have read science fiction, it&#x27;s not high on my list.  I prefer various forms of history to SF and I have read one fantasy series (Katherine Kurtz).  Perhaps I just prefer to look backwards to understand today (and the near future) rather than far off to anticipate the future?  I think I&#x27;m more of a problem solver than a visionary.<p>I also have a problem with anything where the science (or engineering, I guess) isn&#x27;t right or consistent in my eyes.  I find such things TERRIBLY distracting, slaughtering what might otherwise be a good story.  Anal, yeah, but then you probably suspected this as this is HN, after all.