Comments on: Science Fiction’s Past Meets Its Future

By: Links and Things « Enter the Octopus

Links and Things « Enter the Octopus — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:57:12 +0000

[...] Chabon and “John Carter”: SF’s past meets SF’s future [...]

By: The Crotchety Old Fan

The Crotchety Old Fan — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:20:02 +0000

G I think you missed my point. Chabon has made his respect and interest for the genre clear in writings and interviews.

There has long been a movement to take SF in a more literary direction, supposedly to gain more ‘respect’. Chabon, as a respected ‘literary’ writer, demonstrates that this is a fool’s errand. SF works by ‘literary’ writers are usually marketed as something else, with the writer’s eschewing all knowledge of and connection to the genre. Chabon does the opposite – he embraces it.

By: G

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:36:41 +0000

You sound so surprised! Chabon did win a Hugo for novel last year, has published a Sherlock Holmes pastiche (The Final Solution) and has basically been a grrk fan forever. His wife writes mysteries. Why wouldn’t he be overwhelmed at the opportunity to introduce John Carter to generations? It could be his biggest moment, and the one that will be most remembered (if done well).