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UK Lit Wrestles With Sci-Fi Tag [Whither Sci-fi?]
io9.com - 2/3/2009
UK Lit Wrestles With Sci-Fi Tag [Whither Sci-fi?]
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When is science fiction not science fiction? When it's literature, according to British journalist David Barnett , who's noticed that British authors aren't necessarily happy to call their books "science fiction" if they can help it. Writing for the Guardian newspaper, Barnett looks at the way ...

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I Owe Seven Links, I Owe Eight Links, I Owe Nine Links…
The Crotchety Old Fan — This morning I was goolerted to IO9’s coverage (yesterday) of David Barnett’s great piece in the Guardian - FROM ALMOST A WEEK AGO. LAST week, a lot of us were talking about it, prompted by Damien G. Walter’s entry in his blog.  The one that brought it to our attention.  Gosh gee willickers, I even linked to both the Guardian and to Damien. This kind of thing makes one wonder:  is it possible that the staff at IO9 is so unconnected from the rest of the genre blogosphere that they ...

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