reading and its effects

[samwize]

So Ive been plowing through a 1000 page tome of collected short stories called "The Space Opera Renaissance". I've come to at least one firm conclusion: the British "New Wave" writers were a HUGE pile of wankers. A few did some really good work, but their whole ideological slant was pure boneheaded pretension. Look, guys, Rule Number One: Tell A

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[nyarhotep]

It's a similar response that many people have to some David Lynch, art without story falls flat. I suppose it's a reaction to some of the spanky Post-Modernists who were exploring the medium without exploring the meaning. Is part of the reason I really dig on Robert Sawyer (thank you for that), he explores intellectually provocative concepts but doesn't forget the people. ¿Who are the authors in your collection?

[samwize]

Actually, most of the New Wave guys aren't in the collection. They were virulently against Space Opera as being inherently tainted. But I've read a fair amount of them (Moorecock, Harrison, LeGuin, a certain era of Silverberg, others) and think they can go fuck themselves (silverberg excepted. He was no ideologue. But LeGuin can DEFINITELY join the ranks of auotcopulaters. In fact, I DARE her, should she read this, to write an engaging story with a white male protagonist who actually shows up a female peer. Her brain would fucking burst into flames

[hecateuse]

WinNT 3.1? NoooooOoooooo.....