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more about #conniewillis Kiala Kazebee: I'm just picking up the pieces of my brain after reading the phrase, "George RR Martin said to me" coming from Connie Willis' mouth. Maybe they could... more » OlavRokne: I'm not a huge fan of her writing, but Connie Willis is a class act. And she's entirely correct in her assessment of the genre. more » KirkyX: Sci Fi ain't gonna die until we're travelling around the galaxy at warp factor 9. more » ManchuCandidate: Like SF is going to die during the biggest technological/scientific revolution in the history of mankind. more » Adam.R.Burch: My college physics professor was Mrs. Willis' husband. They make a great pair at science fiction conventions. He teaches science, she handles fiction.... more » bobert: Given the incessant high quality of her writings, I take anything Connie Willis has to say seriously. But I wish I had her reading list, because I'm n... more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Ah. That would explain why George R. R. Martin has totally not written any sci-fi books whatsoever since then. Oh, wait. more » Roklimber: Charlie, I think you're judging this woman too harshly. She didn't ask for a way to *stop* the kid from reading sci-fi (as you suggest), but only for ... more » bookwench: My favorite thought about kids reading is actually from the Ghostbusters animated series, where Ray is describing his reading habits as a child and hi... more » Anekanta - Go Play!: Whenever I read something like this, I realize that I was lucky enough to have a really really good high school English curriculum. We had a good mix... more » Sunshineyness: As a kid's bookseller you get this attitude all the time- and never as polite as that letter writer. I suggest comics: "Oh, I want them to actually R... more » omgwtflolbbqbye: Actually it reads to me like she just wanted him to read more stuff + sci-fi and not instead of. Nonetheless, the discussions bellow remind me of my ... more » SnehalMarten: I wouldn't include China Mieville on that list of modern sophisticated Sci-Fi writers. more » zenzer: God bless my Mom (a school teacher) for encouraging me to read NO MATTER WHAT IT WAS. She fed my teenage addiction to post-apocalyptic pulp (Deathland... more » Rocketknight: Maybe she WAS being a little condescending about sci-fi, but I still think it would be beneficial to the kid to get him into something besides sci-fi.... more » HerrIssyvoo: I appreciate the intention and in general her examples are well-chosen, but man is Godzilla a bad choice. The original is one of the best sci-fi movie... more » Zyg: I don't understand why people think scifi isn't a smart read. Who give a s#!t anyway what people read as long as they do so. more » Lewen Stonewar: Whatever you do don't start them with DUNE. My cousin, who I worshiped, gave me DUNE for my thirteenth birthday. It took me 4 years to read it. more » Cpt. Obvious: I started reading SciFi at an early age. What could be more mind expanding. Besides, what else is there for the young, Hardy Boys? more » drukus: My eight year old is reading the Lord of the Rings. He has read a bunch of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells already. Why would I want to stop that? None o... more » -
#quoteoftheday
Connie Willis Explains How Science Fiction Came Back From Its Near-Death Experience
Connie Willis talks to Publishers Weekly about her forthcoming time-travel duology, Blackout/All-Clear. And she explains that when she started writing SF, 30 years ago, she was warned she'd come too late to a dying genre. More » -
#books
Don't Ask The Wall Street Journal How To Wean Your Kids Off Reading Science Fiction
Somebody wrote to the Wall Street Journal's book advice column to ask how you go about convincing your 13-year-old nephew to stop reading science fiction. Thank goodness the WSJ's in-house book nerd was smart enough to say: You don't. More » -
#storytelling
What's The Difference Between Story And Plot?
People always say the story is the most important thing in good science fiction. But excessively "plot-driven" science fiction is dismissed as mindless or worse. What's the difference between story and plot anyway?
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