Fiction,whether SF or literary,is a work of imagination and it should be evaluated purely by its capacity to engage our imagination.The mischief is actually done by academicians[sic] who have to produce theses and papers and therefore categorise every form of fiction neatly to prey upon it for specialisation.Specialisation knocks all excitement out of literature and works which are otherwise dull and drab are raised to the status of literary masterpieces.it is an in-house thing.Those who read literature to be transported to the imaginative world created by its author love good SF as any other good fiction.Suresh Dogra, Batala, India
From http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2961480.ece.
User comments aren't usually the stuff of great thought, but Suresh (Dr. Suresh?) has a very good point.
Posted by stuart at December 8, 2007 10:53 AM