A Private Letter from Genre to Literature by Daniel Abraham - Science Fiction Fantasy Chronicles: forums

JDP · 21st December 2011, 10:22 AM

Great post by Daniel Abraham regarding the tumultuous relationship between 'genre' and 'literature':

http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/201...to-literature/

Boneman · 21st December 2011, 11:29 AM

Brilliant...

alchemist · 21st December 2011, 12:18 PM

Excellent. I wish I'd written this

Quote:

...and so you skim away my cream and mock me for being only milk.

Dozmonic · 21st December 2011, 12:39 PM

Well written :-)

woodsman · 21st December 2011, 01:58 PM

Sublime, this is getting forward to the English department!

Connavar · 27th December 2011, 06:54 PM

Haha thats brilliant. My fav part was :

You take the best of me, my most glorious moments - Ursula LeGuin and Dashiell Hammet, Mary Shelly and Philip Dick - and you claim them for your own. You say that they "transcend genre". There are no more heartless words than those. You disarm me.

It reminded of the snobby academics in Lit classes. Genre greats stop being genre when they became respected classics hehe.

21st December 2011, 10:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
JDP Never told a lie. Ever. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UK: ENGLAND: Posts: 658	A Private Letter from Genre to Literature by Daniel Abraham Great post by Daniel Abraham regarding the tumultuous relationship between 'genre' and 'literature': http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/201...to-literature/

21st December 2011, 11:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
Boneman Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: West Sussex Posts: 3,507	Re: A Private Letter from Genre to Literature by Daniel Abraham Brilliant...

21st December 2011, 12:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dozmonic Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bristol Posts: 623	Re: A Private Letter from Genre to Literature by Daniel Abraham Well written :-)

21st December 2011, 01:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
woodsman Double-stuff Oreos! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 896 Blog Entries: 1	Re: A Private Letter from Genre to Literature by Daniel Abraham Sublime, this is getting forward to the English department!

27th December 2011, 06:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
Connavar Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 7,969	Re: A Private Letter from Genre to Literature by Daniel Abraham Haha thats brilliant. My fav part was : You take the best of me, my most glorious moments - Ursula LeGuin and Dashiell Hammet, Mary Shelly and Philip Dick - and you claim them for your own. You say that they "transcend genre". There are no more heartless words than those. You disarm me. It reminded of the snobby academics in Lit classes. Genre greats stop being genre when they became respected classics hehe.

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