Re: Arthur C Clarke, RIP

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:54:52 GMT, Amanda <chicagofish@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:


>Peter Knutsen wrote:

>> Gene Ward Smith wrote:

>>> Peter Knutsen <peter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in news:47e071ce$0$15894

>>>> Bradbury doesn't fit into *all* definitions of science fiction. I 
>>>> know little about Vance, but I'd guess that it is the same with him.

>>> You'd guess wrong. And some Bradbury is clear science fiction.

>> There exists definitions according to which Bradbury is not a science 
>> fiction author, whereas there exists no definitions according to which 
>> Clarke is not a science fiction author.

>Please share this definition which exists regarding Ray Bradbury. Get 
>back to me after I've finished re-reading Martian Chronicles.

There are many definitions of "science fiction" which would exclude
Ray Bradbury.  Which one did you want us to share with you?

Oh, what the heck.  How about Ray Bradbury's definition of science
fiction, which excludes Ray Bradbury?

"First of all, I don't write science fiction.  I've only done one
science fiction book, and that's Fahrenheit 451, based on reality.
Science fiction is a depiction of the real, fantasy is a depiction
of the unreal.  So The Martian Chronicles is not science fiction,
it's fantasy.  It couldn't happen, you see?"
	Ray Bradbury, September 1999
	<http://weeklywire.com/ww/09-27-99/alibi_feat1.html>


Yes, _The Martian Chronicles_ has got Rocket ****ps flying to Other
Worlds.  That has got rather little to do with what is or is not
science fiction.


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