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sffmedia.com - 10/6/2009

Why science fiction authors just can't win

— sffmedia.com — Science fiction authors have long been outcasts from the literary world, in some cases critics using the... worst examples of the genre as ammunition against it. Unfortunately though, at times even science fiction authors themselves can turn on their ... (more) Why science fiction authors just can't win

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ellen-datlow.livejournal.com - 10/8/2009

Why Science Fiction Authors Just Can't Win

— ellen-datlow.livejournal.com — John Howell hits the various nails on their heads with Why Science Fiction Authors Just Can't Win... A little late via Stalking Cyberspace (more) Why Science Fiction Authors Just Can't Win

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fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com - 10/8/2009

Why science fiction authors just can't win

— fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com — John Howell wrote a long and interesting piece titled "Why science fiction authors just can't win." Here's... a brief extract: Science fiction authors have long been outcasts from the literary world, in some cases critics using the worst examples of the ... (more) Why science fiction authors just can't win

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What Happens If SF Actually Wins The "Literary Respectability" Wars? [Quote Of The Day]
io9 — "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 jazz, once a popular medium, now respectable, ossified and ignored." — James Enge, quoted by Lou Anders, Bowing To The Future ...

Why science fiction authors just can't win
Pat's Fantasy Hotlist — ... Lou Anders posted a link to Howell's piece on his blog, and he tempers everything with a quote from James Enge: 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 jazz, once a popular medium, now respectable, ossified and ignored. ...

So the old argument for SF "respectability" rears its ugly, dead horse head again
OF Blog of the Fallen — ... 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. ...

SF Tidbits for 10/8/09
SF Signal — ... Anthony Durham @I Should Be Writing: Mur Lafferty interviews Lou Anders and Pablo Defendini. Thanks for the shout-out, Lou! :) Michael Chabon, Cory Doctorow, and Annalee Newitz renew their privacy concerns as judge sets November 9th deadline for revised $125m Google book settlement Issue 21 of Death Ray magazine will be the last. There's some good discussion going on at Lou Anders blog about science fiction going mainstream (or not). At Tor.com, GD Falksen offers up a ...

MIND MELD: What You Should Know About Speculative Fiction and Mainstream Acceptance (Part 1)
SF Signal — ... and discussions once again bring the topic of genre fiction's mainstream respectability to the forefront. So we thought it'd be timely to ask this week's panelists: ...

MIND MELD: What You Should Know About Speculative Fiction and Mainstream Acceptance (Part 2)
SF Signal — ... and discussions once again bring the topic of genre fiction's mainstream respectability to the forefront. So we thought it'd be timely to ask this week's panelists: ...

Melding with the Mainstream
The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent. — ... and discussions once again bring the topic of genre fiction's mainstream respectability to the forefront. So we thought it'd be timely to ask this week's panelists: ...

Melding with the Mainstream
The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent. — ... and discussions once again bring the topic of genre fiction's mainstream respectability to the forefront. So we thought it'd be timely to ask this week's panelists: ...

Interview | Blake Charlton, author of Spellwright
A Dribble of Ink — ...   Then Lou Anders responded by posting a quote by James Enge, author of Blood of Ambrose:   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 ...