dirty little secrets

[rone]

In the Other Place:

ROGER BURTON WEST: [William] Gibson has said [...] that not only is he not an SF writer, he has never written SF.

REBECCA ORE: It's a career move. People do have documentation that he not only used to go to cons, he costumed.

Comments

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Definitely not me. I find the term "speculative fiction" highly risible, because it makes me want to write fiction that isn't speculative at all.

[omarius.livejournal.com]

I'm sure the Devil's Dictionary for "Speculative Fiction" would read something like, "The manuscript your publisher has been waiting on. The one mentioned in your contract. For which they paid you $5000 in advance. Get to work!"

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I'd say it's something closer to, "Science fiction written by someone with a sack over his head."

[omarius.livejournal.com]

IHNJH,IJLS "Two-Kroger-Bagger Fiction!"