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SF writers old and new
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May 19th, 2009 - 11:19 pm
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delany (note spelling :) is brilliant. difficult, but brilliant.
niven is among that group of oldtimer SF writers who're widely seen in print fandom as having had their brain eaten, leaving only crank ideas where once there was amazing imagination. pournelle is libertarian, and niven (who collaborated with him on some major works) used to share his politics (dunno about now), so a lot of the crank ideas were likely present before his brain got eaten.
shit!rly is actually not a bad writer, surprisingly enough. i'm keeping dogland on my shelves despite never wanting to talk to him again.
elizabeth bear is quite good, and really tries in her fiction. so does monette. *sigh*. man, racefail has been so disappointing from the point of view of having found new writers who seem to be doing a much better job of writing diverse characters than most of the old guard, and then realizing that their insight goes only skin deep. |
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