RE: Why some people who dislike horror call it stupid?
March 2, 2019 at 7:17 pm
(This post was last modified: March 2, 2019 at 7:18 pm by fredd bear.)
I read mostly sci fi for about a decade. This included many back issues of "Astounding Science Fiction"" and "Amazing Stories" from a friend. This stuff was written for young boys and very young men..
I think I started off with the' John Carter Of Mars' series . Loved them. Also actually liked a lot of the recent film "John Carter", even though it had very little to do with the books, which were far more intricate. EG Rice Burroughs wrote some scathing things about organised religion in those books.
Would I say 90% of sci fi is rubbish? Of course not. I think such claims are elitist nonsense. Sci fi has always been written for a specific audience.For people who have a strong imagination, the ability to suspend disbelief and--a sense of humour.
Literature is one of the fine arts. Dismissing most of it as rubbish, is I think, to miss the point. It is what it is, and delights millions; most of it is essentially unpretentious.. I don't allow critics to form my opinions. I am a vulgar man; I really fail to understand many of the claims about 'great art' music and literature, although I have really tried.
A possible exceptions is self help books.
An Aussie wit wrote about critics " There is no need to be nervous about critics; they're just like ordinary people .VERY ordinary people."
My corollary; Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach, criticise.
I think I started off with the' John Carter Of Mars' series . Loved them. Also actually liked a lot of the recent film "John Carter", even though it had very little to do with the books, which were far more intricate. EG Rice Burroughs wrote some scathing things about organised religion in those books.
Would I say 90% of sci fi is rubbish? Of course not. I think such claims are elitist nonsense. Sci fi has always been written for a specific audience.For people who have a strong imagination, the ability to suspend disbelief and--a sense of humour.
Literature is one of the fine arts. Dismissing most of it as rubbish, is I think, to miss the point. It is what it is, and delights millions; most of it is essentially unpretentious.. I don't allow critics to form my opinions. I am a vulgar man; I really fail to understand many of the claims about 'great art' music and literature, although I have really tried.
A possible exceptions is self help books.
An Aussie wit wrote about critics " There is no need to be nervous about critics; they're just like ordinary people .VERY ordinary people."
My corollary; Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who can't teach, criticise.
