http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/08/29/is-atwoods-the-year-of-the-flood-science-fiction/ All you can eat sci-fi and fantasy books Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:54:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/08/29/is-atwoods-the-year-of-the-flood-science-fiction/#comment-1217 Reviews praise Stephen King’s Under the Dome Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:10:39 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=451#comment-1217 [...] in the sci-fi/fantasy community won’t go near the books of Margaret Atwood – even though some of her recent books are plainly post-apocalyptic sci-fi, she has denied that they fit in the genre, and most believe they do not. Witness the fact that [...] [...] in the sci-fi/fantasy community won’t go near the books of Margaret Atwood – even though some of her recent books are plainly post-apocalyptic sci-fi, she has denied that they fit in the genre, and most believe they do not. Witness the fact that [...]

]]> http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/08/29/is-atwoods-the-year-of-the-flood-science-fiction/#comment-343 stringy Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:44:52 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=451#comment-343 I've always found it odd that she doesn't want the label of "science-fiction" when a handful of her books exemplify the best features of the genre. Admittedly, her other work is decidedly *not* science-fiction, but does she think readers won't be able to tell the difference? It seems a little rude to me to brush off half of your potential audience that way. I’ve always found it odd that she doesn’t want the label of “science-fiction” when a handful of her books exemplify the best features of the genre. Admittedly, her other work is decidedly *not* science-fiction, but does she think readers won’t be able to tell the difference? It seems a little rude to me to brush off half of your potential audience that way.

]]> http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/08/29/is-atwoods-the-year-of-the-flood-science-fiction/#comment-339 J M Cornwell Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:02:41 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=451#comment-339 I would imagine that although Atwood disdains to call her work science fiction, she would probably prefer the term "speculative fiction," which is just a PC way of saying science fiction. The labels on the various genres are more for bookstores and publishers than for readers. A good book is a good book regardless of genre. Too bad most people cannot see the distinction. I would imagine that although Atwood disdains to call her work science fiction, she would probably prefer the term “speculative fiction,” which is just a PC way of saying science fiction. The labels on the various genres are more for bookstores and publishers than for readers. A good book is a good book regardless of genre. Too bad most people cannot see the distinction.

]]> http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/08/29/is-atwoods-the-year-of-the-flood-science-fiction/#comment-336 Renai LeMay Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:46:21 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=451#comment-336 Hopefully the problem will ease as time goes on. I know many people in the younger generation (young than me, I mean: I'm 28) don't really make the distinction between science fiction/fantasy and "normal" literature :) Hopefully the problem will ease as time goes on. I know many people in the younger generation (young than me, I mean: I’m 28) don’t really make the distinction between science fiction/fantasy and “normal” literature :)

]]> http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/08/29/is-atwoods-the-year-of-the-flood-science-fiction/#comment-335 Headmaster Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:57:25 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=451#comment-335 It is definitively Science fiction. It seems that "ordinary authors" feel it is prestige drop when the novels are classified as Science Fiction. The problem is not being labelled as Science fiction, but how critics view that literature genre. It is definitively Science fiction. It seems that “ordinary authors” feel it is prestige drop when the novels are classified as Science Fiction.
The problem is not being labelled as Science fiction, but how critics view that literature genre.

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