tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524497770619950288.post5547455289393420857..comments2023-12-18T18:23:05.715-05:00Comments on Marooned Off Vesta: What is "the New Wave"? What is "sex in science fiction"?Ethan Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11207042480666924085noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524497770619950288.post-42538160653517289702013-11-05T10:29:24.373-05:002013-11-05T10:29:24.373-05:00And "The Lovers" in what, 1953?And "The Lovers" in what, 1953?Ethan Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11207042480666924085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524497770619950288.post-4148894721814647842013-11-05T10:27:16.298-05:002013-11-05T10:27:16.298-05:00philip jose farmer
Image of the Beast / Blown: An...philip jose farmer<br /><br />Image of the Beast / Blown: An Exorcism2mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524497770619950288.post-68958091786395028762013-11-05T10:00:37.765-05:002013-11-05T10:00:37.765-05:00My (perhaps also elliptical) point was that Le Gui...My (perhaps also elliptical) point was that Le Guin was always aware that her writing was "political" in all the genres she chose to write, despite her protestations of Olympian detachment.Athena Andreadishttp://www.starshipreckless.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524497770619950288.post-91190774437422986482013-11-05T08:40:47.899-05:002013-11-05T08:40:47.899-05:00With Le Guin I was referring, perhaps too elliptic...With Le Guin I was referring, perhaps too elliptically, to her frequent claims that, when she began writing, she gave no thought to what field she was working in, and did not read the genre magazines. I wasn't saying she doesn't give any thought to what she does.Ethan Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11207042480666924085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524497770619950288.post-73666921593066931172013-11-05T06:55:33.928-05:002013-11-05T06:55:33.928-05:00Le Guin has given plenty of thought to genre antec...Le Guin has given plenty of thought to genre antecedents, as her many essays attest. The best antidote to Amis and his cohort of Mailer/Updike clones is Sylvia Townsend Warner's Lolly Willowes.Athena Andreadishttp://www.starshipreckless.comnoreply@blogger.com