Why Hawaii? credible meaningful

[Michael Joseph]

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Terrance wrote:

> We say, "But the world isn't like that." These genres, by insisting on
> what is contrary to fact, fail to be Serious enough, and so they get
> redlined under the label "escapist fare."
>
Certainly. That's one of the inherent risks in making art, and part of
what endows literary art with a stench of nobility.

> This is especially unfortunate in the case of science fiction, in which
> the decade after Hiroshima saw one of the most remarkable flowerings of
> literary talent and, quite often, genius, in our history. It was just as
> important as the Beat movement going on at the same time, certainly more
> important than mainstream fiction, which with only a few exceptions had
> been paralyzed by the political climate of the cold war and McCarthy
> years.
>
> http://www.potlatch-sf.org/potlatch7/litcartoon.htm
>
Thanks for the link.


Michael