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The New Yorker and Science Fiction
I haven't read any of the New Yorker SFFH stories she's talking about but I know what sort of thing she's talking about. Some gems:
The last story does sound interesting though. And I just thought it was a neat article deserving of a wider audience (though this particular sub-forum may not accomplish that).
I haven't read any of the New Yorker SFFH stories she's talking about but I know what sort of thing she's talking about. Some gems:
...does it signal a move away from fiction about middle-class adultery and the vague anxieties of modern life, told in a slick ironic tone and with endings that change the protagonists' life so slightly you'd be forgiven for missing it completely?
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What follows is an excellent example of Why Lit-Fic Authors Should Not Attempt Fantasy, At Least Not Without a Better Understanding of It.
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A horror writer would never make this mistake. A horror writer respects fear, knows that it's a real thing with real logic, that it doesn't stand in for something else. A horror story follows its own logic, not the logic of deliberate symbolism.
The last story does sound interesting though. And I just thought it was a neat article deserving of a wider audience (though this particular sub-forum may not accomplish that).