{"id":7808,"date":"2016-05-15T23:09:26","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T03:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=7808"},"modified":"2016-05-15T23:09:26","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T03:09:26","slug":"rejecting-the-roots-of-science-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=7808","title":{"rendered":"Rejecting the Roots of Science Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know, I know, I am a broken record about this stuff. But it never ceases to amaze me (in an unhappy way) how the so-called writers of Science Fiction, seem to be in such a huge hurry to run away from the roots of the field. I\u2019ve read and listened to all the many arguments \u2014 pro and con, from both sides \u2014 about how Campbell rescued the field from the Pulp era, but then New Wave in turn rescued the field from the Campbell era. So it might be true that we\u2019re finally witnessing the full maturation of SF\/F as a distinct arena of \u201cserious\u201d literature, but aren\u2019t we taking things too far? Does anyone else think it\u2019s a bad idea for the field to continue its fascination with cultural critique \u2014 the number of actual nutty-bolty science types, in SFWA, is dwindling, while the population of \u201cgrievance degree\u201d lit and humanities types, in SFWA, is exploding \u2014 while the broader audience consistently demonstrates a preference for SF\/F that might be termed \u201cold fashioned\u201d by the modern sensibilities of the mandarins of the field?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brad R. Torgersen, “The Martian and Mad\u00a0Max<\/a>“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know, I know, I am a broken record about this stuff. But it never ceases to amaze me (in an unhappy way) how the so-called writers of Science Fiction, seem to be in such a huge hurry to run away from the roots of the field. I\u2019ve read and listened to all the many … Continue reading Rejecting the Roots of Science Fiction<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,12],"tags":[2510],"class_list":["post-7808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fiction","category-publishing","tag-science-fiction"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}