Re: Arthur C Clarke, RIP

David Harmon wrote:
> 
>  On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:06:55 GMT in rec.arts.sf.written, "W. Citoan"
>  <wcitoan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote,
> >Kurt Busiek wrote:
> >> 
> >>  It includes FAHRENHEIT 451, as Bradbury notes himself.
> >
> >This gets us into the question of: if an author publishes one book of
> >a specific genre, but all their other books are in a second genre,
> >should they be called a genre one writer or a genre two writer who
> >has written a book in genre one?
> 
>  I guess Bradbury is probably as well known for Fahrenheit 451 as for
>  all his other work put together, if that makes any difference to you.

Within genre circles, I'd think he's known for his body of work.  The
Martian Chronicles is well known also.  Outside of genre circles,
Fahrenheit 451 is probably more thought of as that dreaded literature
than as science fiction.

- W. Citoan
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