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This site is for questions and answers about science fiction, fantasy and more generally speculative fiction. This is not a free-form discussion site, so not every form of question fits. In particular, requests for a list of works with certain characteristics (“list questions”) are not appropriate, and neither are personalized reading recommendations (“what should I read next?”).

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What forums can people go to to ask the questions that are off topic here, or just start discussions about SF topics? Please list only ONE forum per answer so votes can bring the best forums to the top.

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  • This is modeled on SO, SU and SF. We've briefly discussed it in chat.
    – user56
    Commented Mar 16, 2011 at 0:06
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    I'm really confused about how I added the [featured] tag to this question, but it's not like they can take away my diamond when I don't have one!
    – Laurel
    Commented May 22, 2019 at 3:08

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TV Tropes

TV Tropes collects tropes, that is, recurring devices that writers expect their audience to recognize. Tropes become clichés if they're overused. TV Tropes is a wiki, with no notability requirement.

If you're looking for a list of works that have used a particular plot element, setting, character type, motif or other narrative device, then check it out in the trope index. Or you can browse by genre, media, etc.

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  • How has this answer existed for over a decade without a single black hole warning? Do we just lose people into said black hole and say "eh, never mind"? :D
    – Martha
    Commented Jun 21, 2022 at 17:33

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