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03-29-2008, 08:45 PM
You know, it's only just occurred to me that I'm totally not interested in writing what most of science fiction's narrower old-school critical audience seems to me to be reading for, which is the quote unquote big idea SF.
I'm interested in science fiction as a vehicle for literature, which is to say, I'm interested in using its tropes and metaphors and structures to talk about people, and tell stories.
That's a nice thing to realize, actually. Very freeing.
And now, back to the goddamned coal mines.
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I'm interested in science fiction as a vehicle for literature, which is to say, I'm interested in using its tropes and metaphors and structures to talk about people, and tell stories.
That's a nice thing to realize, actually. Very freeing.
And now, back to the goddamned coal mines.
(Original Post) (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/1346251.html)