tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post2332732911997684663..comments2023-09-12T06:18:38.552-04:00Comments on The World in the Satin Bag: New Weird and Scifi Strange: Part Three -- The Existence of Unsure ThingsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-20812105508360305172011-01-23T22:52:04.666-05:002011-01-23T22:52:04.666-05:00I think we will disagree on "Exhalation."...I think we will disagree on "Exhalation." I think it fits within the theme I'm seeing in potential Scifi Strange tales. But I should probably do a bit more reading to see where the lines might be.<br /><br />I don't think a hate fest would be such a good thing. I don't know if SFS should be too niche. Small? Sure, but not so small as to remain obscure. If it exists as a subgenre, then it needs to be one that neither floods, nor sinks back to obscurity.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-17937868527693366142011-01-23T21:50:09.127-05:002011-01-23T21:50:09.127-05:00I think you make a valid point about Sanford's...I think you make a valid point about Sanford's catch all definition. I think that the actual number of stories that fit squarely in SF Strange, and that aren't better served as being called Hard SF, Space Opera, etc. is quite small. I do believe SF Strange is a legitimate subgenre, and the stories that qualify as SFS are truly unique of other subgenres. The Ships Like Clouds is definitely SFS, but Exhalation is almost secondary world clockpunk. A hate fest would be good, however, as it will keep SFS niche, where all good subgenres should be if they wish to produce revelatory stories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-41184813128752952742011-01-23T20:32:17.092-05:002011-01-23T20:32:17.092-05:00Yet you deemed it worthy enough to spend time post...Yet you deemed it worthy enough to spend time posting an un-constructive bit of criticism. Must not be so meaningless after all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-157356581740361872011-01-23T20:25:22.135-05:002011-01-23T20:25:22.135-05:00Most of this seems to me to be fairly...meaningles...Most of this seems to me to be fairly...meaningless. I mean, seriously. I could render this down to four one sentence bullet points. And they wouldn't be very interesting bullet points.<br />JeffVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com