> From: Chad Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > From: Bryon Daly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > This article by Spider Robinson laments the decline in SF, > > replaced by > > backwards-looking Fantasy: > > > > http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20 > > 030908/COSPIDER08/ > > or: > > http://makeashorterlink.com/?L565156D5 > > > > Would you guys agree? Is this an indicator that "young > > people no longer > > find the real future exciting"? Or is it more just an > > indicator of book > > publishers overzealously adhering to the latest trends, while > > potentially > > great SF authors languish unpublished? > > I would agree. I find it very hard to find good sci-fi that strikes me in > the same way as say Pournelle, Asimov, Heinlein, Poul or Niven (and more > recently Brin :-)). > I have a co-worker who has read more Sci-fi than anyone I have ever known, > but the bulk of what he reads is popularized pulp, usually serialized. In > fact, he is the only person I know who has read the COMPLETE Battlefield > Earth series (yuk!).
Mission Earth. They are different. And I also have the 10 book series. It's not unbearably bad. > He laments on how long Jordan's books are, he knows its > pulp, but he reads it anyway. These newer ones aren't long enough. After Crown of swords every single book has been 1/2 the size of previous books. That's why a lot of people are whining about the new books. They are really only half books. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
