• By Charlie Jane Anders
    Nov 25, 2008 7:20 AM 1,015
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    Has "Sense Of Wonder" Gotten Senseless?

    "Maybe the world has gotten too grubby and jaded for "awe." Or I have. At any rate, a "sense of wonder" is no longer what I look for in fiction, including SF. I don't want to be dazzled by things I never thought of before, even though often that seems to be what SF values. I want to be emotionally moved, involved at a visceral level with the characters and the situation, not with novelty or landscapes or gadgets or derring-do." — Nancy Kress, via Futurismic


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