The New Yorker and Science Fiction (Lisa Goldstein)

[J-Sun]

The New Yorker and Science Fiction

I haven't read any of the New Yorker SFFH stories she's talking about but I know what sort of thing she's talking about. Some gems:

...does it signal a move away from fiction about middle-class adultery and the vague anxieties of modern life, told in a slick ironic tone and with endings that change the protagonists' life so slightly you'd be forgiven for missing it completely?
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What follows is an excellent example of Why Lit-Fic Authors Should Not Attempt Fantasy, At Least Not Without a Better Understanding of It.
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A horror writer would never make this mistake. A horror writer respects fear, knows that it's a real thing with real logic, that it doesn't stand in for something else. A horror story follows its own logic, not the logic of deliberate symbolism.

The last story does sound interesting though. And I just thought it was a neat article deserving of a wider audience (though this particular sub-forum may not accomplish that).

 

[dask]

Science fiction for people who hate science fictionf? Heard they exist.