io9.com - 10/8/2009
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"I believe that the greatest danger to genre fiction nowadays is not the denial of respect from some notional group of literary tastemakers but the very real likelihood that sf/f may become respectable. Those who thirst for the foamy gray poison of respectability should consider the fate of ...
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So the old argument for SF "respectability" rears its ugly, dead horse head again
OF Blog of the Fallen —
Pretty much the same old shit, to be blunt.
John Howell starts this off with "Why Science Fiction Authors Can't Win," including repeating the same, old, tired quotes from the usual suspects from the past generation or two.
Lou Anders links to the Howell piece, quotes something that James Enge had said months before, and several authors, many of whom have had some sort of publishing connection in the past, respond.
io9 article that pretty much repeats what was said earlier, with just a little bit more commentary.
Another ...
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