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Old 01-10-2018, 05:50 PM   #33
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop View Post
Not enough, apparently.
Or perhaps too much.

SF/F is one of those genres that has it's roots in pulp. There has been a running battle between the pulp/popular side and literary side ever since I started reading it back in the 70's. The SF class that I took in high school was heavy on Bradbury, Vonnegut, Le Guin and Dick and light on Heinlein and Asimov. Doc Smith wasn't even mentioned in passing. As a general rule of thumb, I've noticed that one can tell when SF/F is on the upswing or downswing by the types of authors who are being talking about. If it's the literary types, then SF/F tends to be on the down swing. If it's the pulp/popular side then it tends to be on the up swing. Right now, SF/F seems to be in a bit of a down swing.
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