[Chat] Balto Science Fiction Society

[Emil Volcheck]

Gosh, how do you define literature?

In the early days of pulp magazines back in the 40s, I gather many
scholars did not consider science fiction to be a form of literature,
but I'm glad to hear that you do!

If you've ever thought about reading science fiction and might like
some book recommendations, if you're interested in themes of social
relationships, then I could recommend or loan you some short stories
by Ursula K. LeGuin.  She's a master of what you might call
speculative sociology.  She doesn't talk about ray guns and warp
drives --- which I would guess probably wouldn't interest you --- she
deals with issues like gender roles, androgyny, slavery.

--Emil

On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 09:38:50PM -0400, Christine Gray wrote:
> Emil,
> 
> I don't read science fiction, but thank you for posting that message.
> 
> Btw, I do consider science fiction literature.
> 
> I assume the court will first have to define what literature is!!
> 
> Christine
> 


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Emil Volcheck
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http://acm.org/~volcheck