Hmm...explain further? I'm actually insanely curious, since this is, I think, my ultimate literary crit. goal in life - to make people take fantasy seriously (They haven't done it in 6 centuries, so good luck with that, right?)
For more on the way Science Fiction caters to the needs of the lameos, see author Tom Disch's book The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of. I found his critique of the genre and its fans to be simply and effectively devastating.
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Date: 2005-05-16 04:51 pm (UTC)I'm actually insanely curious, since this is, I think, my ultimate literary crit. goal in life - to make people take fantasy seriously (They haven't done it in 6 centuries, so good luck with that, right?)
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Date: 2005-05-16 05:32 pm (UTC)