I agree. I've been a bit dismayed at the rise of Fantasy at the expense of SF. I was really upset when Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire won the Hugo year before last. So upset that I wrote a letter to Locus and they published it. In the letter I sort of took a swipe at the Science Fiction Book Club which I said something to the effect of "The Science Fiction Book Club--Motto: Your complete fantasy store and we have some science fiction laying around here somewhere." It even got a rather heated response from Andrew Wheeler, one of SFBC's editors. We took our discussion off-line and exchanged a couple of very civil e-mails.
Anyway, I don't mind Fantasy. I'm a Tolkien fan from long ago. I really enjoy George R. R. Martin's "The Songs of Ice and Fire" series and think Harry Potter, books and movies are wonderful fun. George A ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Tarr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 7:52 AM Subject: Re: Irregulars Question (New), was Re: Book Suggestions: TheBest of Current SciFi? > At 08:37 AM 2/17/2003 -0600, you wrote: > >On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, G. D. Akin wrote: > > > > > "Amercian Gods" . . . 2002 Hugo winner and probably even odds on taking > > > home the Nebula in April as well. I thought it was different, imaginative, > > > but not anything to write home about or recommend to anyone. > > > >A little shy of the halfway point, I'm really enjoying it. It's reminding > >me that I need to go and finish reading Joseph Campbell's Masks of God > >series. The book's central conceit about the nature of gods isn't > >terribly original, but the way that conceit is mapped on to American > >culture is quite spiffy to my mind. > > > >Marvin Long > > I did a delete all* so I can only reply to what I see now. Unless this was > otherwise a weak year, I don't see how American Gods could win any awards. > I liked it, but science fiction? Obviously not. Good fantasy? Yeah, but > I've seen better. > > Must have been the title. > > *on purpose > > Kevin T. VRWC > Breasts are like martinis. One isn't enough, three is too many. > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
