[ SECRET POST #2197 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2197 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

also before i get mobbed by angry sf fans or purveyors of the literary realms - BOTH have value in different ways.

Nothing wrong with telling a good story.
Nothing wrong with trying to create meaning.

[(Anonymous)]

I object to your implication that sf is necessarily devoid of meaning or literary value.

For real, though, I do think there are works of speculative fiction and fantasy that have real literary value. And I definitely think that there's no strong reason to assume that it's impossible for a work of SF to have literary value.

[(Anonymous)]

+1 to this. In fact, I think speculative fiction is uniquely able to grapple with questions about humanity in ways that realistic fiction cannot.

[cassandraoftroy]

+2. In my experience, a lot of speculative fiction excels at "creating meaning" -- meaning and a good story are in no way mutually exclusive.

[(Anonymous)]

+3 Someone who thinks that speculative fiction is devoid of meaning or literary value has obviously never read Sturgeon. Granted there are a plethora of other names I could mention, but Sturgeon is the finest example of how amazing and meaningful and pure that SF can be.

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

Yes. Totally down with what you're saying, Sturgeon is one of my favorite writers ever, and "The Man Who Lost The Sea" and "Saucer of Loneliness" pretty much bring me to tears any time I read through them - and I really think "Man Who Lost The Sea" is my favorite short story ever. There are maybe other SF writers who I think are on the whole better, but I don't think there's any who writes more beautifully than Sturgeon, and there's none who mean more to me.

You're cool, anon.