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    Cambias: I find I don't give a damn. Whether SF and fantasy are inside the academic clubhouse or not is unimportant to me. The opinions of outside critics wr... more »
    lukeoneil47: Is SF really more popular than literature? Serious question. I know mysteries and crime and romance and what have you all sell a lot of copies, but is... more »
    Ed Grabianowski: I've given this topic a great deal of thought, and after many posts about it on io9 and other sites/magazines/literary salons, I have finally formulat... more »
    lightninglouie: Well, I dunno. Not to compare apples with oranges, but Frank Herbert's Dune and Richard Yates' Revolutionary Road were first published around the sam... more »
    Pope John Peeps II: Charlie, I'm going to level with you - that's an awful, intellectually dead rendition of what Kunkel said in that essay. I'm going to do you a favour ... more »
    John: Oh, "Gravity's Rainbow?" "Dhalgren?" Sure there aren't many that would qualify...but what about "Naked Lunch?" more »
  • #literarysmackdown

    The Lit-SF Debate Has Become A Trope In Its Own Right