Comments on: Why Science Fiction Is Dying & Fantasy Fiction Is The Future. http://markcnewton.com/2009/12/03/why-sf-is-dying-fantasy-fiction-is-the-future/ Wed, 23 May 2012 18:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Aaronfeuer30 http://markcnewton.com/2009/12/03/why-sf-is-dying-fantasy-fiction-is-the-future/comment-page-3/#comment-10865 Aaronfeuer30 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:24:00 +0000 http://blog.markcnewton.com/?p=1627#comment-10865 This is in sharp contrast to how things are in movies and video games. Sci Fi is dominating movies (avatar, transformers, district 9, inception. Just to name a few) and video games (mass effect, cryis 2, vanquish, killzone 3. Just to name a few). I haven't seen a decent fantasy film in years. The last good fantasy movie I saw was the return of the king. Don't get me wrong, I do love fantasy quite a bit, but people have been saying sci fi is dying for over 30 years now. It isn't dying, it's called cycles. Things rise and drop in popularity over time. It will bounce back. This is in sharp contrast to how things are in movies and video games. Sci Fi is dominating movies (avatar, transformers, district 9, inception. Just to name a few) and video games (mass effect, cryis 2, vanquish, killzone 3. Just to name a few). I haven’t seen a decent fantasy film in years. The last good fantasy movie I saw was the return of the king. Don’t get me wrong, I do love fantasy quite a bit, but people have been saying sci fi is dying for over 30 years now. It isn’t dying, it’s called cycles. Things rise and drop in popularity over time. It will bounce back.

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]]> By: Sci-Fi Bookclub http://markcnewton.com/2009/12/03/why-sf-is-dying-fantasy-fiction-is-the-future/comment-page-3/#comment-10344 Sci-Fi Bookclub Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:21:00 +0000 http://blog.markcnewton.com/?p=1627#comment-10344 I hate to say it but I agree with Mark. SF as a separate entity is in trouble... The vast majority of the people who sign up to our bookclub (http://www.sciencefictionbookclub.org) are men. And the single most common question we get is 'Why don't you read fantasy?'. I'm glad to support SF in all its forms by setting up the Science Fiction Bookclub (http://www.sciencefictionbookclub.org), not because I dislike Fantasy or because I only want to socialise with men (Oh man that would be very boring indeed) but because as a genera its brought so much pleasure to my life and it looks like it could do with a little help at the moment. Reading Fantasy is ReadCrime. I hate to say it but I agree with Mark. SF as a separate entity is in trouble… The vast majority of the people who sign up to our bookclub (http://www.sciencefictionbookclub.org) are men. And the single most common question we get is ‘Why don’t you read fantasy?’.

I’m glad to support SF in all its forms by setting up the Science Fiction Bookclub (http://www.sciencefictionbookclub.org), not because I dislike Fantasy or because I only want to socialise with men (Oh man that would be very boring indeed) but because as a genera its brought so much pleasure to my life and it looks like it could do with a little help at the moment.

Reading Fantasy is ReadCrime.

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