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06/10/09
I think Russell hit it on the head: Who cares about labels? If a writer is a good writer then it should matter if they are producing SF or romance or cookbooks - it's going to be good if they know their craft.
I personally think William Gibson's best book post-Neuromancer is Pattern Recognition, and I have a hard time seeing that as SF. But it's a good book. Stephenson's Cryptonomicon isn't SF, but it's a good book.
If the author is good, then labels really shouldn't matter. Their interests, as Griffith said, will still be a part of them and it will still color their later work. As a result I'll read just about anything she (Griffith) writes and tend to enjoy it. The same goes for Stephenson or Richard Grant (if anyone recognizes him - and I don't mean the actor) and various others.
06/10/09
06/10/09
I seriously was going to finish an article for you guys tonight. Guess what it was about? Samuel R. Delany and Mary Doria Russell and why they should come back to us.
Granted, I had no interviews, just arguments.
Point being, I wanted to write it because I wanted to read it. This is why you are my favorite.
Speaking of favorites. I have had a hard on for Delany since I was 12 and yet I understand his leaving the genre. He left us with a lot to comb through and while being obvious science fiction, there was always something more going on. I won't rant, but I suggest that we all should read (or re-read) The Einsteinian Intersection.
Again, I love you Charlie.
06/10/09