Comments on: TOC: The Secret History of Science Fiction edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel

By: John D.

John D. — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:28:19 +0000

@F: My reading experience with "The Ziggurat" was less than stellar as well.

By: f.

f. — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:37:07 +0000

"the ziggurat"? really? i hate that story.

By: John D.

John D. — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:09:05 +0000

@J. Andrews: At a quick glance, this looks to be a metafictional piece about Arthur C. Clarke's story of the same name.

By: J. Andrews

J. Andrews — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:34:33 +0000

*eyes number 7*

Hrrrrm

By: jenn

jenn — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:14:53 +0000

Looks good! But I’m biased )

By: Scott Shaffer

Scott Shaffer — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:55:38 +0000

What?!? How can there be no women in this book?!!

Oh wait, wrong TOC post.

By: Fred Kiesche

Fred Kiesche — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:36:35 +0000

Once upon a time there was writing. Or literature. Dickens wrote SF. Twain wrote SF. Kipling wrote SF. Poe wrote SF. They also wrote "literature". They also wrote mysteries. They also wrote horror. They also wrote humor.

Etc.

Then somebody (take your pick) decided to knock down the Tower of Babel and create the "category". And all of a sudden it was a no-no for an author to wrote in one genre and then another. Some could do it, most had to reinvent themselves or take on additional names, etc.

Silly people. Just read what you like. Never mind the labels.