Friday, April 22, 2011
Insightful discussion of the recent kerfuffles over fantasy
If you've been following the uproar over the NYT and Slate reviews of HBO's Game of Thrones, or the petition against the BBC's book night, you would do well to take a look at this link from John H. Stevens at SFSignal. He has some really interesting and insightful things to say.
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Wow, I hadn't heard about any of this yet. Can't believe the NYT article. The sad part is that lots of people will read that review and base their feelings about Fantasy on what they read.
ReplyDeleteSo they sneer at fantasy because the books people really read are mainstream, not fantasy?
ReplyDeleteTwo words: HARRY POTTER.