tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715762901764173481.post1439600870757772977..comments2023-11-20T10:11:27.883-08:00Comments on The Pulp Archivist: The Worst is Yet To ComeNathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03308478013021594958noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715762901764173481.post-84740620757740225402022-01-27T03:49:18.807-08:002022-01-27T03:49:18.807-08:00And I'm talking as a dead hard fan of Robert E...And I'm talking as a dead hard fan of Robert E. Howard stories and Terry Pratchett novels. They are high fantasy, but they posses internal coherence and the characters, even exotic and bigger than life, are real people. Heck, Pratchett managed to write the scariest psycophathic character I have ever read, and it was a small lap dog.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627051006021261751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715762901764173481.post-75732390754878421572022-01-27T03:44:10.894-08:002022-01-27T03:44:10.894-08:00I don't understand why you call Asimov or Camp...I don't understand why you call Asimov or Campbell "realists". Hard SF is not "realist" SF. ¿Is realist a monster alien plant in the eternal ices? ¿Is realistic a time machine who gives dinochiken to the world? I have never have a problem with hard SF and people who act like real people. <br />What I can't stand is the supossedly "humanistic" trend, where one finds neither science nor fiction. I can recognize the merits of a Philip K. Dick, but his stories bore me to tears.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627051006021261751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715762901764173481.post-29108481675729668422017-09-20T11:18:03.126-07:002017-09-20T11:18:03.126-07:00"one of the more interesting facts is that sc..."one of the more interesting facts is that science fiction sold the least of all the major categories. This is not a surprise to those who have been following the shrinking sales of the Big Five in this category"<br /><br />Implication does not follow from the data. Yes, science fiction sold the least. Did they sell less than the year previous? If so, how many years has the downward trend been happening? Is it a relative downward trend (sci-fi vs all other categories) or an absolute downward trend (sci-fi selling less in absolute numbers)? Does sci-fi generally poll lower than the other categories?<br /><br />The graph you show doesn't support your argument at all. I'd like better data please.Bearclawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764980394636295943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715762901764173481.post-22648136806331248172017-03-13T14:29:34.375-07:002017-03-13T14:29:34.375-07:00If given the chance, yes. There's enough prece...If given the chance, yes. There's enough precedent that, even in downturns, a sff magazine or a publisher can thrive and even expand. However, the big question is if their parent companies decide to let them. This is not always the case.<br /><br />From a cultural standpoint, though, I expect a doubling down on current practices as long as the money lasts. Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03308478013021594958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715762901764173481.post-60005728965662892882017-03-13T14:03:00.062-07:002017-03-13T14:03:00.062-07:00Do you think the Big Five, even if they reversed c...Do you think the Big Five, even if they reversed course and followed the advice of your last paragraph, could save themselves? Or has their Titanic already taken on too much water?JonMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07705424889025942210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2715762901764173481.post-7982775924906956622017-03-10T17:58:27.209-08:002017-03-10T17:58:27.209-08:00Great call to arms. I'm one of those who all b...Great call to arms. I'm one of those who all but abandoned sf for a decade. A few new books are catching my eye, but what's calling loudest are the adventure sf from my youth; Anderson, Dickson, Cherryh, etc.The Wasphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com