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Originally Posted by Veiltender
It is funny, but when I first read "Social Science Fiction" I thought it was science fiction based off of the Social Sciences, rather than the hard sciences. I was almost disappointed to discover that it was merely a social Science Fiction game.
Having some training in the Social Sciences (anthropology, mostly), I was extremely curious how Social Science Fiction would work.
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The game does attempt to reflect the subgenre of science fiction called "social science fiction". The issues (see the review) that the players choose determine this to a large degree.
Here's Wikipedia's entry for "social science fiction:"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_science_fiction