tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7456211.post351250426111419566..comments2023-11-02T06:01:21.793-07:00Comments on Visions of Paradise: Fantasy vs Science Fictionadamosfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17388012371752166422noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7456211.post-17707689626426894952009-12-15T14:27:49.873-08:002009-12-15T14:27:49.873-08:00My personal feelings on the fantasy is alive, sci ...My personal feelings on the fantasy is alive, sci fi is dead argument is that first of all it is a little too black and white. My frequent visits to bookstores seem to show that there are regularly new sci fi titles being placed in the New Books section. Also, these things are cyclical. While one might be MORE popular at any given time, it does not necessarily mean that the other is DYING. Again, I think it is too black and white. There are a number of fantastic, popular, big selling critically acclaimed science fiction authors working right now and I keep seeing work coming from them. So I'm not worried. I haven't run out of good sci fi to read yet and I doubt I will any time soon.Carl V. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948764216438379394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7456211.post-60275704634080298552009-12-09T15:34:31.446-08:002009-12-09T15:34:31.446-08:00No, that was a typo. I corrected it to read "...No, that was a typo. I corrected it to read "Locus reports in their November issue that as of September, 2009 there have been 142 sf novels published this year but 259 fantasy and 145 horror novels." Thanks.adamosfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17388012371752166422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7456211.post-15274490324860187122009-12-07T05:52:16.743-08:002009-12-07T05:52:16.743-08:00Were you being sarcastic when you said the 17 book...Were you being sarcastic when you said the 17 book difference between SF and F was a wide differential? Because that's not very wide at all...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.com