Re: ~ Arthur C. Clarke, Science Fiction Author and Gay Man, Dies ~

"Michael S. Schiffer" <mschiffe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Though my impression, backed up by a quick web search on ABC News' 
>site, is that there really aren't any sf writers currently with the 
>public recognition that people like Asimov and Clarke attained 
>during the 60s and 70s or so.  Which is especially odd given the 
>comparative mainstreaming of geek culture in general compared to 
>then.

It's not that geek culture has mainstreamed, it's that geek culture
has morphed into the mainstream.  Being a geek nowadays has more to do
with following anime serials or certain TV series than being
intellectual.

D.
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