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mikebrotherton.com - 9/6/2008
Ten Things I Hate About Science Fiction
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First off, I love science fiction, but when it’s bad, oh boy, there’s little worse. As a writer and scientist, I’m probably more sensitive to some of the bad things than the average person, but there are plenty of things that happen too often that we can probably agree to ...
tor.com - 8/30/2008
My love-hate relationship with fantasy
— tor.com — I hate fantasy. People give me funny looks when I say that. “Jo, you write fantasy,” they remind me gently. “You won the World Fantasy Award. You love fantasy.” It’s true. I love fantasy. But I also hate it. I love it because it’s what Tolkien ... (more) My love-hate relationship with fantasy
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SF Tidbits for 9/6/08
SF Signal — ... omnibus! Check out this Star Wars influence chart at Kottke. Real science: Mars Water Mystery Surfaces: "A fork-like probe on the Phoenix Mars Lander has sensed changes in humidity in the Martian air, but finds the dirt below perplexingly dry." Lists: Philip Pullman's essential reading list. @Pop Vultures: 5 Creepiest, Scariest TV Monsters. [via Whedonesque] Ten Things Mike Brotherton Hates About Science Fiction. James Wallace Harris' All-Time ...

What's bad about science fiction?
Variety SF — Mike Brotherton's "Ten Things I Hate About Science Fiction" makes interesting read; comments section is illuminating too. [Via SF Signal] Brotherton's post makes reference to a few days older "The check list of things that turn up in SF that annoy James: A Work in Progress" by James Nicoll. Same subject, but generally a less interesting post than Brotherton's. It's sometimes a bit cryptic, & I found the last comment unnecessarily prejudiced. ...

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