tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post4008330599929665562..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: So the old argument for SF "respectability" rears its ugly, dead horse head againLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-85954698417756937342009-10-12T23:53:05.459-05:002009-10-12T23:53:05.459-05:00I've found these bar stool-like arguments to b...I've found these bar stool-like arguments to be worthwhile only if it makes one think a bit from a different point of view. Sadly, the article I linked to didn't. I would argue that some interesting insights might be generated if one were to look at various literary forms as being reflections of a society's material culture, but as I've said in the past, that thinking is a by-product of my grad studies a decade ago in cultural history :PLarry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-44261599830019898052009-10-08T00:15:04.471-05:002009-10-08T00:15:04.471-05:00The problem as I see it is that these kinds of deb...The problem as I see it is that these kinds of debates can never be resolved, because Literature and popular fiction (yes, those wonderfully artifical literary blocs) need each other to define themselves against. Literature is Literature because it is not genre fiction, and vice versa. It's not something that's going to go away, but in my view the relationship is definitely one that both parties can benefit from.Seth Merlohttp://www.aruminatingghost.webs.comnoreply@blogger.com