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Having read some of your books, my favourites being The Year of the Flood and The Handmaid's Tale, I was wondering if you could clarify in layman's terms your take on what distinguishes a Science Fiction novel from any other genre. My understanding of science fiction has always been that it deals with possible futures within a realm of possible reality. If you could shed some more light on this I'd love to hear your opinions, aside from what I've been able to find on google. (I know this doesn't address your original question, but it's something that I've thought much on.)

Thank you for the reply, I'll have to look into reading that! I also wanted to thank you for your wonderful contributions to literature, I remember reading This Is a Photograph of Me in high school and found it so moving and so intriguing, and in part responsible for sparking my love of reading!