http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/02/15/literary-bullies-and-bibles/ "Hitch your wagon to a star." —Ralph Waldo Emerson Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:52:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/02/15/literary-bullies-and-bibles/#comment-64886 Ben Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:19:17 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/02/15/literary-bullies-and-bibles/#comment-64886 That does make sense of his statement, now that I think about it. And I agree with both you and Card -- sci-fi is both dead and alive. :) As a genre, it's dying, but as a concept, as a way of storytelling, as milieu and everything else that makes it what it is, it's quite alive. It's just becoming part of the bigger world. Its parts are being harvested and re-used in the mainstream machine. I think I'll stop now. :P That does make sense of his statement, now that I think about it. And I agree with both you and Card — sci-fi is both dead and alive. :) As a genre, it’s dying, but as a concept, as a way of storytelling, as milieu and everything else that makes it what it is, it’s quite alive. It’s just becoming part of the bigger world. Its parts are being harvested and re-used in the mainstream machine. I think I’ll stop now. :P

]]> http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/02/15/literary-bullies-and-bibles/#comment-64847 Keith Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:34:50 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/02/15/literary-bullies-and-bibles/#comment-64847 It sounds like Card assumes science fiction has to be on the fringe because until now it has been defined by the ways it lies outside the mainstream. However, I think you could say that although sci-fi's inclusion in the mainstream blurs the lines between genres, it also makes sci-fi more alive than ever. It sounds like Card assumes science fiction has to be on the fringe because until now it has been defined by the ways it lies outside the mainstream. However, I think you could say that although sci-fi’s inclusion in the mainstream blurs the lines between genres, it also makes sci-fi more alive than ever.

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