SciFi elements in "Gravity's Rainbow"?

Dave Monroe against.the.dave at gmail.com
Sun Aug 21 12:15:12 CDT 2011


On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Tom Beshear <tbeshear at insightbb.com> wrote:

> When Philip Roth writes one, it's called a best-seller.

When Philip Roith writes one, it's called literature.

> The only definition of science fiction I like is from Damon Knight --
>  "Science fiction is what we point to when we say it."

"I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I
understand to be embraced ... [b]ut I know it when I see it ...."
--Potter Stewart (1964)

http://library.findlaw.com/2003/May/15/132747.html



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