Nelson sends us a thought provoking excerpt from Bruce Sterling's Catscan column.
Bruce quotes from an earlier interview of Charles Sholtz about the weakening of science fiction and posits a few comments on his own....
In a recent remarkable interview in _New Pathways_ #11, Carter Scholz alludes with pained resignation to the ongoing brain-death of science fiction. In the 60s and 70s, Scholz opines, SF had a chance to become a worthy literature; now that chance has passed. Why? Because other writers have now learned to adapt SF's best techniques to their own ends.
I will read an excerpt from this column, however, to read the entire column, click the title of this article.
Bruce quotes from an earlier interview of Charles Sholtz about the weakening of science fiction and posits a few comments on his own....
In a recent remarkable interview in _New Pathways_ #11, Carter Scholz alludes with pained resignation to the ongoing brain-death of science fiction. In the 60s and 70s, Scholz opines, SF had a chance to become a worthy literature; now that chance has passed. Why? Because other writers have now learned to adapt SF's best techniques to their own ends.
I will read an excerpt from this column, however, to read the entire column, click the title of this article.
Thanks Nelson....
