tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post2788984813577990970..comments2024-01-30T20:01:01.316+00:00Comments on Science Fiction & Fantasy: Brasyl by Ian McDonaldAnthony G Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-12875263347789615672011-03-27T11:28:41.349+01:002011-03-27T11:28:41.349+01:00Too true, Bill. In "mainstream" literatu...Too true, Bill. In "mainstream" literature there has long been a widening gulf between award-winners (elitist) and best-sellers (popular). Is the same thing beginning to happen in SF?Anthony G Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-77622746874035313142011-03-26T16:06:13.581+00:002011-03-26T16:06:13.581+00:00Tony, it sounds like the kind of book I might have...Tony, it sounds like the kind of book I might have liked years ago. I was far more ambitious in my reading then, willing to work my way through a slow beginning to get to an imaginative conclusion.<br /><br />I've lost that ambition these days. I want to enjoy a book, rather than just admire it. Most of the modern science fiction I read - certainly of novel length - aren't the kinds of books that get nominated for awards.<br /><br />Not that an award-winner can't be vastly entertaining, of course. But I tend to pick entertainment over substance, these days. If a book has both, that's great, but... those books aren't easy to find.Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.com