tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post3177210300660783670..comments2023-07-04T22:09:51.208+08:00Comments on Tropic Temper: Here's an article all booklovers should readGlenda Larkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10113271268122909969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-48534965760568436242009-09-22T10:40:32.308+08:002009-09-22T10:40:32.308+08:00It sounds to me as if this gentleman doesn't a...It sounds to me as if this gentleman doesn't actually visit standard bookshops if he thinks that spec fiction novels are shut away somewhere, not to mention how insulting it is for science fiction readers to be described as 'weird'. I am affronted.Helen V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07989670682260643429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-27383236144327755392009-09-21T21:20:03.750+08:002009-09-21T21:20:03.750+08:00Heh, no one tell Margaret Atwood that she's be...Heh, no one tell Margaret Atwood that she's been writing science fiction novel, I think she'd off herself ;-)<br /><br />Granted, there are some weird and wonderful sci-fi fans out there, but not all its readers dress up as Klingons at conventions.<br /><br />I suspect the reason for sci-fi's absence, apart from the snobbery that Tsana mentioned, is the much talked about identity crisis. It seems to be driving a lot of established sci-fi authors away to other genres.Hendonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-68942697348880271372009-09-21T17:53:17.912+08:002009-09-21T17:53:17.912+08:00Bwah? "Not aware of science fiction"? Th...Bwah? "Not aware of science fiction"? That sounds to me more of a product of said English professor being stuck in his own little word of stuffy literature than an inditement of science fiction. Where does he think Hollywood is getting it's SF movie fodder?<br /><br />*sigh*<br /><br />There's no helping some people, especially not literary types when it comes to genre fiction.Tsana Dolichvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16213478548320312760noreply@blogger.com