tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post3888678431617962617..comments2023-09-12T06:18:38.552-04:00Comments on The World in the Satin Bag: Literary Explorations: Rethinking the Classics -- Ringworld and the Golden Age (Brief Thoughts)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-76559576416353213712013-02-20T23:39:24.407-05:002013-02-20T23:39:24.407-05:00One difference between then and now is all of the ...One difference between then and now is all of the computer graphics on TV and in movies. Back then the reader had to envision what was described without having seen lots of computer generated images of things that were impossible to create. Does science fiction need different characteristics to be appealing now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-15331906681605949212013-02-20T21:10:54.871-05:002013-02-20T21:10:54.871-05:00I honestly don't think "Sensawunda" ...I honestly don't think "Sensawunda" is what separates the Golden Age (GA) writers from contemporary SF writers. When I look at a lot of contemporary works -- 2312, The January Dancer, The Quantum Thief -- they have, in my opinion, even more sensawunda than GA works. It's just that the genre (both SF and novel) is maturing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-16379405500537684492013-02-20T20:28:57.618-05:002013-02-20T20:28:57.618-05:00I'm not sure that a sense of wonder is a bad t...I'm not sure that a sense of wonder is a bad thing. Nor one that is as exhaustible as you seem to think.<br /><br />On the other hand, Ringworld did age badly. I think of a lot of that has to do with social commentary Niven was making as a man who largely already estranged from youth and popular culture at the time he wrote it.<br />Curthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551622231008097181noreply@blogger.com