http://www.assortednonsense.com/2007/12/02/the-trouble-with-tribbles-er-science-fiction-repost/ "The older you get, the better you get. Unless you're a banana." -- Betty White's Mother Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:48:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.assortednonsense.com/2007/12/02/the-trouble-with-tribbles-er-science-fiction-repost/comment-page-1/#comment-218 am » The Trouble With Tribbles… er, Science Fiction (Repost) Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:42:09 +0000 http://www.assortednonsense.com/2007/12/02/the-trouble-with-tribbles-er-science-fiction-repost/#comment-218 [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerptHere’s another repost from Assorted Nonsense V1, which inadvertantly self-destructed a month or two ago Yesterday I received a little bit of feedback on the SF doc that I produced for The Arts Tonight last Tuesday evening. … [...] [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerptHere’s another repost from Assorted Nonsense V1, which inadvertantly self-destructed a month or two ago Yesterday I received a little bit of feedback on the SF doc that I produced for The Arts Tonight last Tuesday evening. … [...]

]]> http://www.assortednonsense.com/2007/12/02/the-trouble-with-tribbles-er-science-fiction-repost/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Gary Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:30:30 +0000 http://www.assortednonsense.com/2007/12/02/the-trouble-with-tribbles-er-science-fiction-repost/#comment-162 "Moderation in all things" as the saying goes. In the hands of a good writer (a major key regardless of genre) Sci-Fi can kick back and make fun of itself. I love Red Dwarf, and it doesn't affect my appreciation for works by Octavia Butler or Greg Bear. There is room. Firefly is a western with sci-fi trappings, and little technobabble, but accessible to people who aren't ordinarily fans of SF. We have Heroes and Journeyman. Both dramas, but can afford humorous moments. So let's lighten up. “Moderation in all things” as the saying goes. In the hands of a good writer (a major key regardless of genre) Sci-Fi can kick back and make fun of itself. I love Red Dwarf, and it doesn’t affect my appreciation for works by Octavia Butler or Greg Bear. There is room. Firefly is a western with sci-fi trappings, and little technobabble, but accessible to people who aren’t ordinarily fans of SF. We have Heroes and Journeyman. Both dramas, but can afford humorous moments. So let’s lighten up.

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