Fascinating essay. Not knowing Mr. Weil, I feel obligated to assume the best of intentions; maybe he wanted to help the late author get more mainstream exposure. Kurt Vonnegut, among others, has written about the dangers of being perceived as an SF writer.
Regardless of whatever we call it, I'd like to see Ballard in more readers' hands. And, whether or not this should be the case, there are people who'll avoid his work if it's sold in the rockets-and-robots section of the bookstore, the same they avoid--or are unaware of--Gene Wolfe's.
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Date: 2009-05-08 09:04 pm (UTC)Regardless of whatever we call it, I'd like to see Ballard in more readers' hands. And, whether or not this should be the case, there are people who'll avoid his work if it's sold in the rockets-and-robots section of the bookstore, the same they avoid--or are unaware of--Gene Wolfe's.