Steve Brust has a theory about that, which, unless I'm misrepreneting him enormously, has something to do with both mysteries and SFF using the extrapolative/intuitive/deductive functions of the brain, and thus generating a similar sort of pleasure in the reader.
A lot of SFF fans who read the more traditional sorts of IQF (Interminable Quest Fantasy) also seem to be category romance readers, and I expect there's a similar pelasure to be had in those two categories of things as well--expectation fulfilled and all that.
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Steve Brust has a theory about that, which, unless I'm misrepreneting him enormously, has something to do with both mysteries and SFF using the extrapolative/intuitive/deductive functions of the brain, and thus generating a similar sort of pleasure in the reader.
A lot of SFF fans who read the more traditional sorts of IQF (Interminable Quest Fantasy) also seem to be category romance readers, and I expect there's a similar pelasure to be had in those two categories of things as well--expectation fulfilled and all that.
*theorizes randomly from anecdotal evidence*