Comments on: Literature and science fiction redux, with taste as a bonus http://jseliger.com/2008/06/17/literature-and-science-fiction-redux-with-taste-as-a-bonus/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:18:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Reality of Dick | Idiotprogrammer http://jseliger.com/2008/06/17/literature-and-science-fiction-redux-with-taste-as-a-bonus/#comment-2458 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:38:40 +0000 http://jseliger.wordpress.com/?p=280#comment-2458 [...] See also: Jake Seliger’s essay about the limitations of science fiction and this afterward. [...]

]]> By: MiGrant http://jseliger.com/2008/06/17/literature-and-science-fiction-redux-with-taste-as-a-bonus/#comment-600 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:00:32 +0000 http://jseliger.wordpress.com/?p=280#comment-600 May I nominate Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun as “a great book that deserves a spot in the literary pantheon”? I think one of the commenters on your earlier SF post did mention it, so, well, it’s always nice to have one’s taste corroborated. :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://jseliger.com/2008/06/17/literature-and-science-fiction-redux-with-taste-as-a-bonus/#comment-519 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:42:34 +0000 http://jseliger.wordpress.com/?p=280#comment-519 A very candid, yet informative blog!

]]> By: downtodakota http://jseliger.com/2008/06/17/literature-and-science-fiction-redux-with-taste-as-a-bonus/#comment-507 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:43:31 +0000 http://jseliger.wordpress.com/?p=280#comment-507 Really enjoyed your articles. I would classify my work as science fiction, and though I have a long way to go before I can consider my work of real literary merit, it’s good to think that, perhaps, such a label is achievable within the realm of sci-fi. That is, if “literary” is what the science fiction author is striving for.

]]> By: Niall http://jseliger.com/2008/06/17/literature-and-science-fiction-redux-with-taste-as-a-bonus/#comment-504 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:54:28 +0000 http://jseliger.wordpress.com/?p=280#comment-504 Still, very few authors write first books that are their best, and Thirteen is in my queue.

While I think Black Man is an excellent novel, I suspect the previous two winners — M. John Harrison’s Nova Swing and Geoff Ryman’s Air — would be more to your taste. You may also want to try Ian McDonald’s work, particularly River of Gods.

Where is the James Wood (see here too) of science fiction?

His name is John Clute, and he writes a monthly column at Sci-Fi Weekly (eg). You may also wish to look for books and reviews by Gary K. Wolfe (eg), Adam Roberts (eg) and Graham Sleight (eg), or for a historical perspective Joanna Russ and William Atheling Jr.

]]> By: Literature and science fiction redux, with taste as a bonus http://jseliger.com/2008/06/17/literature-and-science-fiction-redux-with-taste-as-a-bonus/#comment-503 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:54:22 +0000 http://jseliger.wordpress.com/?p=280#comment-503 [...] Go to the author’s original blog: Literature and science fiction redux, with taste as a bonus [...]

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