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Has Fantasy Overtaken Science Fiction?

Lou Anders, sf editor and editorial director of Pyr Books, has an interesting article at publisher's Weekly titled A Hobbit Takeover? in which he examines the answer to the question: Has fantasy overtaken science fiction?

The thrust is in sales numbers, of course, and the ever-popular "Is science fiction dead?" question is raised. Again. It's an interesting read. And maybe even the basis for a poll...

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[Link via Locus Online]

Share: | Posted by John on Monday April 04, 2005 - 5:48 PM | Category: Books | © 2005 SF Signal



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You know its funny, why is fantasy more popular, when its full of bloated, derivative works?

I think it has a lot to do with the perception of each genre. More thoughts on that later, maybe. It would be a big post...

Posted by jp on Monday April 04, 2005 at 10:43 PM



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