Comments for Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science. http://www.haikasoru.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:32:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on World SF, Worth Reading BEFORE developing an opinion by Foreign Futures « Auxiliary M. http://www.haikasoru.com/science-fiction/world-sf-worth-reading-before-developing-an-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-1900 Foreign Futures « Auxiliary M. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:38:37 +0000 http://www.haikasoru.com/?p=810#comment-1900 [...] it does bring up lots of examples of science fiction from other countries – see Jason Sanford, Nick Mamatas, Fábio Fernandes and a link compilation.  Read the comments for specific examples.  All [...] [...] it does bring up lots of examples of science fiction from other countries – see Jason Sanford, Nick Mamatas, Fábio Fernandes and a link compilation.  Read the comments for specific examples.  All [...]

]]> Comment on World SF, Worth Reading BEFORE developing an opinion by HELLO! I’M ONE OF THOSE AFRICAN AMERICAN SF/F WRITERS! HEY! OVER HERE! YOO-HOO! « The Cafe in the W. http://www.haikasoru.com/science-fiction/world-sf-worth-reading-before-developing-an-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-1857 HELLO! I’M ONE OF THOSE AFRICAN AMERICAN SF/F WRITERS! HEY! OVER HERE! YOO-HOO! « The Cafe in the W. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:30:43 +0000 http://www.haikasoru.com/?p=810#comment-1857 [...] the guy basically says that there’s no such thing as an African Science Fiction  writer. Which at this very moment is being disputed by many wanting to set this guy [...] [...] the guy basically says that there’s no such thing as an African Science Fiction  writer. Which at this very moment is being disputed by many wanting to set this guy [...]

]]> Comment on World SF, Worth Reading BEFORE developing an opinion by “Third World Worlds” Link Compilation « The World SF News B. http://www.haikasoru.com/science-fiction/world-sf-worth-reading-before-developing-an-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-1853 “Third World Worlds” Link Compilation « The World SF News B. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:57:12 +0000 http://www.haikasoru.com/?p=810#comment-1853 [...] Nick Mamatas on World SF, Worth Reading BEFORE developing an opinion. [...] [...] Nick Mamatas on World SF, Worth Reading BEFORE developing an opinion. [...]

]]> Comment on World SF, Worth Reading BEFORE developing an opinion by Starshadow http://www.haikasoru.com/science-fiction/world-sf-worth-reading-before-developing-an-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-1852 Starshadow Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:51:43 +0000 http://www.haikasoru.com/?p=810#comment-1852 I'm afraid I quit liking Spinrad when I saw him berate a hapless server for the kitchen at an sf con banquet getting his order delayed or wrong, treating her like dirt and acting generally like a boor. His ignorance does not surprise me. It seems over the decades he has chosen to get less informed and more insular. Spinrad seems to have never grown past WWII. Pity, that, but I'm not surprised. I’m afraid I quit liking Spinrad when I saw him berate a hapless server for the kitchen at an sf con banquet getting his order delayed or wrong, treating her like dirt and acting generally like a boor. His ignorance does not surprise me. It seems over the decades he has chosen to get less informed and more insular.

Spinrad seems to have never grown past WWII. Pity, that, but I’m not surprised.

]]> Comment on World SF, Worth Reading BEFORE developing an opinion by nickmamatas http://www.haikasoru.com/science-fiction/world-sf-worth-reading-before-developing-an-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-1845 nickmamatas Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:50:16 +0000 http://www.haikasoru.com/?p=810#comment-1845 Now now, no smacking! Now now, no smacking!

]]> Comment on World SF, Worth Reading BEFORE developing an opinion by TK T. http://www.haikasoru.com/science-fiction/world-sf-worth-reading-before-developing-an-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-1844 TK T. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:44:33 +0000 http://www.haikasoru.com/?p=810#comment-1844 Oh my goodness! I want to smack him! I honestly could smack the man! Thank you Nick for your post! Honestly, Spinrad and the rednecks like him need to OPEN THEIR EYES and do the RESEARCH before they make these ridiculous assumptions about an entire culture/nation of people!!!! Ugh! I'm so mad I really could just smack him, lol! Oh my goodness! I want to smack him! I honestly could smack the man! Thank you Nick for your post! Honestly, Spinrad and the rednecks like him need to OPEN THEIR EYES and do the RESEARCH before they make these ridiculous assumptions about an entire culture/nation of people!!!!

Ugh! I’m so mad I really could just smack him, lol!

]]> Comment on World SF, Worth Reading BEFORE developing an opinion by Clint H. http://www.haikasoru.com/science-fiction/world-sf-worth-reading-before-developing-an-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-1841 Clint H. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:33:00 +0000 http://www.haikasoru.com/?p=810#comment-1841 Spinrad's assumptions about SF in non-US/European countries are just as racist and ridiculous as Spivak's argument that non-Indians cannot understand Magical Realism. Plus, what kind of petri dish world does he live in where cultures develop entirely independent of each other? Should we add world history to his ever-growing list of things he doesn't know a lot about? Spinrad’s assumptions about SF in non-US/European countries are just as racist and ridiculous as Spivak’s argument that non-Indians cannot understand Magical Realism.

Plus, what kind of petri dish world does he live in where cultures develop entirely independent of each other? Should we add world history to his ever-growing list of things he doesn’t know a lot about?

]]> Comment on World SF, Worth Reading BEFORE developing an opinion by Aliette de Bodard » Blog Archive » Some l. http://www.haikasoru.com/science-fiction/world-sf-worth-reading-before-developing-an-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-1840 Aliette de Bodard » Blog Archive » Some l. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:24:24 +0000 http://www.haikasoru.com/?p=810#comment-1840 [...] blog -Cheryl Morgan about translation markets and the isolationist nature of the US book market -Nick Mamatas on the stuff Spinrad gets woefully wrong -The awesome Charles A. Tan nails a lot of what I thought [...] [...] blog -Cheryl Morgan about translation markets and the isolationist nature of the US book market -Nick Mamatas on the stuff Spinrad gets woefully wrong -The awesome Charles A. Tan nails a lot of what I thought [...]

]]> Comment on World SF, Worth Reading BEFORE developing an opinion by Amy Sterling C. http://www.haikasoru.com/science-fiction/world-sf-worth-reading-before-developing-an-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-1839 Amy Sterling C. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:01:09 +0000 http://www.haikasoru.com/?p=810#comment-1839 "Journalists can write an article about . . . whatever . . . (Asimovs book reviews count as 'journalism') . . . I don't want to write about elves . . . There's a lot of fiction that doesn't get there . . . I think there's a Renaissance . . . not just British . . . not just Australian . . . he can remember Peter Watts and Ian McDonald . . . fairies of New York . . . Martin . . . (Martin Millar). He does not read Neil Gaiman (Neil Gaiman wrote intro to Fairies of New York). Bad Panel Syndrome. “Journalists can write an article about . . . whatever . . . (Asimovs book reviews count as ‘journalism’) . . . I don’t want to write about elves . . . There’s a lot of fiction that doesn’t get there . . . I think there’s a Renaissance . . . not just British . . . not just Australian . . . he can remember Peter Watts and Ian McDonald . . . fairies of New York . . . Martin . . . (Martin Millar). He does not read Neil Gaiman (Neil Gaiman wrote intro to Fairies of New York).

Bad Panel Syndrome.

]]> Comment on World SF, Worth Reading BEFORE developing an opinion by StarShipSofa http://www.haikasoru.com/science-fiction/world-sf-worth-reading-before-developing-an-opinion/comment-page-1/#comment-1837 StarShipSofa Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:06:52 +0000 http://www.haikasoru.com/?p=810#comment-1837 People might like to hear this interview I did with Norman Spinrad. It was recorded in 2008 at a French SF Convention and has never been played before - it seems a good time to put it out now. Click and listen or download the mp3 link: http://bit.ly/bEywMC People might like to hear this interview I did with Norman Spinrad. It was recorded in 2008 at a French SF Convention and has never been played before - it seems a good time to put it out now.

Click and listen or download the mp3 link: http://bit.ly/bEywMC

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