tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post4392187973549402085..comments2024-03-20T03:12:56.498-05:00Comments on Lou Anders: Kristine Kathryn Rusch Puts Her Money Where Her Mouth IsLou Andershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362734492222851noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-80886169681865481812009-12-07T09:36:07.629-06:002009-12-07T09:36:07.629-06:00I tend to feel that its a big enough sandbox that ...I tend to feel that its a big enough sandbox that many different authorial styles can play in it. But the bottom line is that a book must entertain before it can do anything else.Lou Andershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362734492222851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303103.post-12086230737556762512009-12-04T15:45:21.532-06:002009-12-04T15:45:21.532-06:00I've tended to see tech as overhyped and overs...I've tended to see tech as overhyped and oversold-to lean toward the view that "futurehype" has been a bigger problem than the shock of so much invention. (I made my case for this position, in brief, in my "End of Science Fiction?" piece at The Fix last year.)<br /><br />But I think she's got a point here: we may be overrelying on the hard-edged "extrapolative" approach, a greater use of other imaginative approaches perhaps injecting some extra juice into the field.Nader Elhefnawyhttp://raritania.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com