http://markcnewton.com/2009/12/08/why-sf-is-dying-the-follow-up-post-in-which-the-author-defends-himself/ Wed, 23 May 2012 18:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://markcnewton.com/2009/12/08/why-sf-is-dying-the-follow-up-post-in-which-the-author-defends-himself/comment-page-2/#comment-6282 Napalmerski Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:36:18 +0000 http://blog.markcnewton.com/?p=1643#comment-6282 Well, the return of science fiction to infantile levels which a pimply youth can relate to: isn't that how it all begun, with the pulp magazines from before Campbell changed the scene and kick-started the golden age through sheer willpower? Yes, today, we are seeing a circle end its revolution and starting a new one. It must always go through the sexually frustrated payig customer: the teen, the ordirnary joe, the ordirnary jane. Re the newest trends in clit lit books covers: the sadomasochistic eroticism, the high heels, swords and other phallic symbols which the heroines wield: is this not an absorbtion by the fair sex of the very same male pulp aesthetics from the start of the 20th century? The roles are reversed, true. Perhaps soon we will see a chick in a high heels holding a sword above her head, with two beefy males cowering at her feet, looking at a brain-squid the chick is defending them from, hahaha, illustrated by Francine Frazetta. Well, the return of science fiction to infantile levels which a pimply youth can relate to: isn’t that how it all begun, with the pulp magazines from before Campbell changed the scene and kick-started the golden age through sheer willpower?
Yes, today, we are seeing a circle end its revolution and starting a new one. It must always go through the sexually frustrated payig customer: the teen, the ordirnary joe, the ordirnary jane.
Re the newest trends in clit lit books covers: the sadomasochistic eroticism, the high heels, swords and other phallic symbols which the heroines wield: is this not an absorbtion by the fair sex of the very same male pulp aesthetics from the start of the 20th century? The roles are reversed, true. Perhaps soon we will see a chick in a high heels holding a sword above her head, with two beefy males cowering at her feet, looking at a brain-squid the chick is defending them from, hahaha, illustrated by Francine Frazetta.

]]> http://markcnewton.com/2009/12/08/why-sf-is-dying-the-follow-up-post-in-which-the-author-defends-himself/comment-page-2/#comment-3756 Astrogator’s Logs » Blog Archive » “I Like a Little Science in My Fiction” Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:24:12 +0000 http://blog.markcnewton.com/?p=1643#comment-3756 [...] the imminent death of SF from lack of scientific knowledge and/or mindset comes up, some people wring hands and point fingers at YA fantasy or the “feminization” of the domain, some spring to action:  Kay Holt [...] [...] the imminent death of SF from lack of scientific knowledge and/or mindset comes up, some people wring hands and point fingers at YA fantasy or the “feminization” of the domain, some spring to action:  Kay Holt [...]

]]> http://markcnewton.com/2009/12/08/why-sf-is-dying-the-follow-up-post-in-which-the-author-defends-himself/comment-page-2/#comment-3390 Yatterings » The changing face of genre Sun, 16 May 2010 19:17:50 +0000 http://blog.markcnewton.com/?p=1643#comment-3390 [...] on similar lines though also from the perspective of being involved in publishing. (He does have a second post defending himself an I can see sense in his arguments coming from an ex-bookseller [...] [...] on similar lines though also from the perspective of being involved in publishing. (He does have a second post defending himself an I can see sense in his arguments coming from an ex-bookseller [...]

]]> http://markcnewton.com/2009/12/08/why-sf-is-dying-the-follow-up-post-in-which-the-author-defends-himself/comment-page-2/#comment-2497 Dark Fantasy « Everything Is Nice Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:33:58 +0000 http://blog.markcnewton.com/?p=1643#comment-2497 [...] a comment » When I saw Mark Newton using it, I wasn’t really sure what it meant so I hazarded a guess. When I saw Gav Nextread using [...] [...] a comment » When I saw Mark Newton using it, I wasn’t really sure what it meant so I hazarded a guess. When I saw Gav Nextread using [...]

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