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- From: buckmr@aix02.ecs.rpi.edu (Ron Buckmire)
- Subject: Re: Top GLB Fiction (actually Delany)
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- References: <1992Dec22.024227.25596@spdcc.com> <1992Dec22.124058.3613@nic.csu.net> <1992Dec22.221438.3951@spdcc.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 06:20:00 GMT
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- dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Dec22.124058.3613@nic.csu.net> hsu@walnut.sfsu.edu writes:
- >>Steve Dyer:
- >>>
- >>> I think that almost all current SF/fantasy writing is simply TV for
- >>> the semi-literate, and Delany's work in this genre hasn't made me
- >>> change my mind.
- >>
- >>Well which of Delany's books have you read, Steve? Do tell.
-
- >_The Motion of Light in Water_, which is really wonderful. He really
- >should write a follow on to his autobiography. The man _can_ write; I
- >just don't find the fiction he writes very interesting. I found both
- >"Stars in My Pocket..." and "Dhalgren" to be impenetrable and unrewarding.
- >Boring.
- Eeeek! I'm actually going to agree with Steve on something. I, too, find
- most of Delany's novels to be unrewarding. [I've read, "Stars In My Pocket...",
- ""Nova", one of the Neveryon novels]. However, I found a collection of his
- short stories that were actually compelling. I forget the title, it included
- "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones", which despite being a
- munificent title, was really quite odd. The other stories were much more
- interesting.
-
-
- >I didn't mean to say that Delany's attempts are semi-literate, or that
- >reading and liking his stuff isn't proof that you have some reading facility.
- >It's that his efforts in the genre don't redeem the field in general for me.
-
- >--
- >Steve Dyer
- >dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer
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