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carlajpatterson
Posted 2013-03-03 12:09 AM (#4791 - in reply to #4427)
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Location: Richmond, California		I know what you mean about some authors not wanting to be labeled - but it's still true that one reaches fewer readers and doesn't make as good a living by being tarred with the genre fiction brush. Not just in scifi, but in other genres as well (mystery, romance, western, horror, fantasy, etc.). So, I'm not surprised.

I really liked Oryx and Crake - not sloppily written at all from my point of view. I totally agree about the Handmaid's Tale and I wish it were required reading in school. It's funny that you compare Le Guin and Atwood since I find Le Guin much more compassionate. But, that doesn't preclude a comparison, obviously, since that's only one component of either's work.

Since I started reading scifi so long ago, I've seen it change so many times that I sometimes don't know why I stick with it. But, I still seem to find my favorite reading experiences in science fiction - just when everything seems derivative, pandering, poorly written, or just dumb, I will stumble onto a new voice, world, character(s), idea and I'm happy for a while.

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