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I always though that both good mystery and science fiction fit most of those criteria listed. Except deconstruction, which I can happily live without.

Of course, neither SF not mysteries are actually like the stories this page links to.




Deconstruction doesn't have to hit you on the head. Eg Watchmen is an enjoyable story, but also a deconstruction of its genre.

The weirdest form of deconstruction is `unconstruction' (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UnbuiltTrope?from...): "An unbuilt trope is a work that seems like a deconstruction but is actually the Trope Maker itself."




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