Fantasy and SF in the news

[wellinghall]

Imaginary worlds from Philip Pullman to Terry Pratchett
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/children/article2882716.ece

Russians offer Terry Pratchett-style droid luggage
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/14/infrared_ultrasonic_electric_robot_luggage_pratchett/

Update on ITV JK Rowling Documentary
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/12/2/update-on-itv-j-k-rowling-documentary

Why don't we love science fiction?
"Aldiss says that was SF’s one golden age, when Oxford dons were happy to be seen indulging the genre."
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2961480.ece

Comments

[mrkinch.livejournal.com]

Interestingly, Aldiss references exactly the point I whined to you about with his "back to drinking ale in the Shire" comment. I guess I really am taking an unusual view.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Not that unusual, I think. (I will reply to your email, honest!)

[pellegrina.livejournal.com]

It's regrettable that Aldiss couldn't promote SF without a sly dig at fantasy. Besides, in what world is he living where adults liking Tolkien and Harry Potter is considered "respectable"?! Not the one inhabited by broadsheet journalists, for sure.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Quite.