----- Original Message ----- From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:28 AM Subject: Re: Decline in SF?
> > 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 great SF authors languish unpublished?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. Which people are you talking about? The main complaint on UseNet has been that nothing happens but sniffing and folding of arms across one's bosom for page after page after page. Winter's Heart has as many pages (to with 5) of Path of Daggers. The type set is slightly larger (39 vs. 37 lines per page), but that doesn't afford a factor of two. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
