Literary Snobbery (Part One): The Idiocy of “Artistic Expression”

I try not to dig into these sorts of issues primarily because, generally speaking, the arguments against genre fiction (specifically science fiction and fantasy) are almost all the same, almost always utterly ignorant, and almost always the mark of someone who, unfortunately, takes pride in thinking he or she is above someone else because he […]

Steampunk Reading List?

Some time ago I found this list of Steampunk novels that someone had put together as a sort of preliminary reading list of the genre. Interestingly enough, it splits the list into three categories: proto-Steampunk, early Steampunk, and recent Steampunk. I’m not sure that there really is that big a difference between the first two […]

Five Reasons Fantasy Is Better Than Science Fiction

It’s been mentioned to me that I don’t talk enough about fantasy around these parts. It’s true, I don’t. In fact, I don’t talk about fantasy very much at all and I think that is a horrible disservice to you, my readers. So, I thought it would be nice to start off my fantasy binge […]

Would You Rather Live in Science Fiction or Fantasy World?

Marian of Flights of Fantasy recently had an interesting post about what kind of world she would want to live in and it got me thinking about the same thing. Warning: I will be taking this whole idea very seriously even though it’s totally fiction and unreal. My initial reaction to this question is: which […]

C.S. Lewis and Madeleine L’Engle Meme

Discovered this interesting, but short, meme here while perusing Google. Anyone who wants to do it for their blog is welcome to (I’m too lazy right now to tag people individually). Here goes: Have you read any of Madeleine L’Engle’s books?Yes, but unfortunately not a lot. Which is your favorite?A Wrinkle in Time happens to […]

Werewolves and Misconceptions About Science Fiction

I was perusing Yahoo! Answers today and saw an interesting inquiry: I know that very technical stories like one of Jules Verne’s are science fiction, but what about stories of werewolves, etc. Does this count as science fiction? Does it count as fantasy fiction? Is fantasy fiction a subgroup of science fiction? I’ve never heard […]