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1	Those of us who have read or seen a lot of {{science fiction}} have seen certain story elements pop up over and over and over. Some of these elements were [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools actually pretty good ideas]], and [[UnbuiltTrope when handled well make for a pretty entertaining story]], but have become hackneyed from overuse by the unimaginative. Others came into being through the deliberate effort to avoid another cliché. Still other ideas were [[DeadHorseTrope lame from the get-go]], and should have been dismissed from the author's thinking.
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3	[[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Clichés are not in themselves necessarily bad]], but their overuse shows that the writer has forgotten what separates the strong tale from the hollow: "the human heart in conflict with itself," as Faulkner said. Where there is this conflict, the tale stands; where the conflict is absent, the tale falls flat, and in neither case does it matter [[RuleOfCool how many ships get blown up]].
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5	The sophisticated reader will note that some of these clichés are [[OmnipresentTropes not found solely in SF]], but in other genres as well, and of course the [[PlayingWithATrope lampooning of clichés]] is a time-honored part of [[RuleOfFunny good comedy]].
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7	The original list can be found [[http://www.oocities.org/evilsnack/cliche.htm here on oocities.org]].[[labelnote:note]]The list was updated many times and the ''oocities'' version may be an earlier copy salvaged from the ''Internet Archive''.[[/labelnote]] An updated version based on the original list can be read [[https://www.cthreepo.com/writing/cliche/index.html here at cthreepo.com]].
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10	!! Sections:
11	[[index]]
12	* Website/OverusedSciFiStorylines (Section I)
13	* Website/OverusedSciFiSettings (Section II)
14	* Website/OverusedSciFiPlotDevices (Section III)
15	* Website/OverusedSciFiSillyScience (Section IV)
16	[[/index]]

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