included Bellamy, for his book "Looking Backward" and all of the most politically correct of SF authors, the most readable
of which was Verne. When I asked why we weren't reading any of the future historys by the likes of Heinlein, Asimov, or
Anderson I was informed that they were either cold warriors, hacks or both. Obviously if someone wrote in non stilted modern
prose they couldn't be good, and their view of history could not be valid.
Cotty wrote:
On 15/6/04, STEVE DJ, discombobulated, offered:
BTW, Cotty, there is a course in our English dept on fantasy literature and it includes some SciFi. After many animated conversations in the gym, my colleague invited me to do 3 or 4 lectures on some books of my choosing. I've now done this for the last 8 years, and I always enjoy playing Lit Critic under the watchful eye of a pro. So, at least for a little bit, I get to talk about SciFi to a captive audience and get paid for it.
Steve (Your fellow Geek).
Okay, how cool is this: in 1974 when I was a freshman in High School, I did a semester of Predictive Lit - which was basically reading and writing sci-fi, and getting credits towards my English requirements.
True.
Required reading: Asimov, Clarke, Farmer, and others.
Cheers, Cotty
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