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From: Caro.PA@PARC-MAXC.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP
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Subject: Re: SF & Literary Merit
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Date: Mon, 26-Sep-83 13:57:13 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 26 13:57:13 1983
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''I think it only shows that "lasting" lit merit is, obviously, not
something that can be predicted in the same age as a given work is
written.''

Then why is it that the Pulitzer Prize for literature is awarded to
contemporary authors for contemporary works?

More to the point, why is it that NO writer of Science Fiction or
Fantasy has ever won a Pulitzer Prise for his or her work in these
fields?

Perry