[UPDATED] A Trio of Videos of Neal Stephenson Talking About SF
[UPDATE: here's the start of Stephenson's entire lecture.]
I love the Internets. I love the unexpected gems that you find…like these three videos of Neal Stephenson talking about speculative fiction.
First up: Neal Stephenson Argues Science Fiction is Not a Genre where he says science fiction, or speculative fiction genre, and genres in general have faded in the classical sense.
Next: Why Science Fiction Actors Become Niche Actors in which Stephenson argues that “the science fiction, or speculative fiction genre, and genres in general have faded in the classical sense”.
And finally: Neal Stephenson on Intelligence and Science Fiction, in which Stephenson analyzes the correlation between types of intelligence and appreciation for science fiction.
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These are from the Gresham College symposium a couple of months ago — there’s some discussion here.
My first thought on listening to this was how the fading of genres as a category might play into the never ending debate on the definition of science fiction.