Comments on: Science Fiction as Literature http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/01/science_fiction.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: triticale http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/01/science_fiction.html/comment-page-1#comment-4518 triticale Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:37:41 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/01/science_fiction.html#comment-4518 <p>Hey, Jane Austen wrote "genre" - she wrote chick lit. A lot of what is now considered literature was written for popular audiences. The elitist distinction between art text and entertainment is something of a new thing. </p> Hey, Jane Austen wrote “genre” – she wrote chick lit. A lot of what is now considered literature was written for popular audiences. The elitist distinction between art text and entertainment is something of a new thing.

]]> By: Brian Martinez http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/01/science_fiction.html/comment-page-1#comment-4517 Brian Martinez Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:59:57 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/01/science_fiction.html#comment-4517 <p>The problem is that SF still has the stigma of "genre" fiction attached to it, so it's hard for it to gain acceptance in the academic circles which (for better or worse) determine what qualifies as literature.</p> <p>That said, I'm <i>floored</i> that no one has mentioned Heinlein or Asimov in the comments. Or Kurt Vonnegut. Or Harlan Ellison.</p> The problem is that SF still has the stigma of “genre” fiction attached to it, so it’s hard for it to gain acceptance in the academic circles which (for better or worse) determine what qualifies as literature.

That said, I’m floored that no one has mentioned Heinlein or Asimov in the comments. Or Kurt Vonnegut. Or Harlan Ellison.

]]> By: Gonzo Bonzo http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/01/science_fiction.html/comment-page-1#comment-4516 Gonzo Bonzo Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:04:48 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/01/science_fiction.html#comment-4516 <p>Hi, </p> <p>Well, they are quite a few fighting in the literature championship.</p> <p>Robert Silverberg (The Book Of Skulls or Dying Inside are astonishing)<br /> James Morrow<br /> Ian R.MacLeod<br /> The late Moorcock - like in Mother London<br /> William Gibson<br /> Lewis Shiner, with his beautiful Glimpses (a fine tune from The Yardbirds by the way)</p> <p>The question seems a bit useless, but it's not a new one...</p> <p>G.B</p> <p>P.S : Is it a picture from Zion National Park in your blog's banner ?</p> Hi,

Well, they are quite a few fighting in the literature championship.

Robert Silverberg (The Book Of Skulls or Dying Inside are astonishing)
James Morrow
Ian R.MacLeod
The late Moorcock – like in Mother London
William Gibson
Lewis Shiner, with his beautiful Glimpses (a fine tune from The Yardbirds by the way)

The question seems a bit useless, but it’s not a new one…

G.B

P.S : Is it a picture from Zion National Park in your blog’s banner ?

]]> By: TJIC http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/01/science_fiction.html/comment-page-1#comment-4515 TJIC Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:54:17 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/01/science_fiction.html#comment-4515 <p>Rady Bradbury. Gene Wolfe. Michael Swanwick.</p> Rady Bradbury. Gene Wolfe. Michael Swanwick.

]]> By: Jim http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/01/science_fiction.html/comment-page-1#comment-4514 Jim Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:09:08 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/01/science_fiction.html#comment-4514 <p>Callow youth, ah how soon we forget. </p> <p>Since someone (legitimately I think), opened the door to include fantasy I'd start with;</p> <p>Ray Bradbury, move on to Avram Davidson, Theodore Sturgeon, Philip Jose Farmer and... </p> <p>...also there were these guys George Orwell and Aldous Huxley that did a grand job of describing today's world from the day before yesterday. </p> <p>SF, Fantasy, mainstream? Depends on who and when you talk to.</p> <p>I agree Neal S. has a real future in the future but I also think William Gibson won't be forgotten.</p> Callow youth, ah how soon we forget.

Since someone (legitimately I think), opened the door to include fantasy I’d start with;

Ray Bradbury, move on to Avram Davidson, Theodore Sturgeon, Philip Jose Farmer and…

…also there were these guys George Orwell and Aldous Huxley that did a grand job of describing today’s world from the day before yesterday.

SF, Fantasy, mainstream? Depends on who and when you talk to.

I agree Neal S. has a real future in the future but I also think William Gibson won’t be forgotten.

]]> By: Sol http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/01/science_fiction.html/comment-page-1#comment-4513 Sol Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:30:13 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/01/science_fiction.html#comment-4513 <p>Just as (if we're allowed to include fantasy) I'd nominate Wolfe's "The Wizard Knight". Amazing stuff.</p> Just as (if we’re allowed to include fantasy) I’d nominate Wolfe’s “The Wizard Knight”. Amazing stuff.

]]> By: CTD http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/01/science_fiction.html/comment-page-1#comment-4512 CTD Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:04:56 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/01/science_fiction.html#comment-4512 <p>I nominated Gene Wolfe's "Book of the New Sun." The whole "Sun" saga would fit the challenge, actually.</p> I nominated Gene Wolfe’s “Book of the New Sun.” The whole “Sun” saga would fit the challenge, actually.

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