"...whether or not you label orwell or huxley or ballard science fiction seems to me irrelevant, unless you're looking for a reason to be indignant about something."
In which case, why include Weil's remark as though it were pointing out a useful distinction about Ballard's work? Doing so means he doesn't get to pretend it's just "the blogosphere" stirring up a fuss over labels.
But this is all obvious stuff we've seen before. Thanks for calling him on it, and for quoting Le Guin's wonderful response. I figure we've got about a decade or so to go before the culture at large finally gets past this old-fashioned view of science fiction.
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Re: the email back and forth--start from the BOTTOM
Date: 2009-05-08 06:16 pm (UTC)In which case, why include Weil's remark as though it were pointing out a useful distinction about Ballard's work? Doing so means he doesn't get to pretend it's just "the blogosphere" stirring up a fuss over labels.
But this is all obvious stuff we've seen before. Thanks for calling him on it, and for quoting Le Guin's wonderful response. I figure we've got about a decade or so to go before the culture at large finally gets past this old-fashioned view of science fiction.