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    twDarkflame: Arnt these more categories/genres then tropes? I think "Warewolfs VS Vampires" is a bit more of a trope, as it implies story, rather then just subjec... more »
    Ghede: _punk. Not the genres. The naming of genres _punk. Cyberpunk, sure. Steampunk, ok... dieselpunk? *frothing at the mouth* #horror more »
    J_Frank_Parnell: While I think zombies, vampires and post-apocolypses are all getting a bit played out, I think steampunk was stillborn as a genre. All style and no re... more »
    bookwench: Can't be sick of steampunk. I can never *find* any. #horror more »
    mordicai: None of the above? #horror more »
    Adah: I am confused. Where do I vote for River Tam? #horror more »
    jbq: Outside of Sparklyville, Vampiriana, vampires and vampire-related things kick ass. Zombies are totally one-trick ponies, however, and are with a few e... more »
    Communist Pope: No more steampunk, please. At least the others make sense in their own strange way. We know what the Victorian period looked like, and it didn't have ... more »
    Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: I need my fix of steampunk vampires.. Yes, please guess what show I'm referring to! #horror more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Replace alt timelines with "all of the above" and this poll would look WAY different. Sooo sick of all the others. #horror more »
    slater: Is anyone else sick of "goth" vampires? I hate that vampires always seem to wear black and leather and end up hanging out in dark goth-ish underground... more »
    schrodingers-katana: In a sense, isn't everything in speculative fiction an alternate timeline? Or am I just missing out on all kinds of exciting space laser fights, monst... more »
    Bill-Lee: I think there are several reasons these have become overused. 1.Many currently active writers, especially Hollywood screenwriters and comic book writ... more »
    Wookie1972: To be honest, I'm equally tired of vampires and zombies. However, Romero admitted that his ghouls owed more to I Am Legend than traditional zombies, s... more »
    kasviel: Glad to see I'm not the only one on vampire overload. It was difficult to vote, though, since I hate anything with "punk" attached to it, as well, and... more »
    mrradon: I wouldn't say vampires are overused, but turned into safe sticky sickly-sweet over earnest characters who just want to take a high school girl to pro... more »
    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Nothing is overexposed if you just ignore the shitty versions of things you love. #horror more »
    asyouwere: I vote for environmental disaster. Just stop please. Plus they tend to have the worst of bad movie science. Additionally, I've seen that movie ('Va... more »
    shoroko: Zombies, but possibly because I never liked vampires to begin with. The only reason I can take them in Buffy is because she stakes most of them, at le... more »
    edosan: Since I can't vote "all of the above," let's say Steampunk -- particularly BAD Steampunk. Some of the early stuff was pretty neat, but now it seems li... more »
  • #poll

    Which Overused Trope Are We Sickest Of?

    There's nothing scarier than deja vu: that feeling that everything we've seen before will keep coming back over and over again, until your head dissolves. Which overused trope are you most sick of: zombies, vampires, alt-universes, post-apocalyptic worlds or steampunk? More »
  • #poll

    What Would SF Look Like If Copyright Only Lasted 20 Years?

    In Paul Melko's Walls Of The Universe, our hero visits an alternate world where patents and copyrights only last a short time. What would happen to science fiction if this was true in our world? More »
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