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From: wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: THE PROBLEMS OF SCIENCE FICTION TODAY, PART II
Message-ID: <285@unc.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 25-May-85 16:32:58 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 25 16:32:58 1985
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Reply-To: wfi@unc.UUCP (William F. Ingogly)
Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Summary: 

> Crap!, I read books because I enjoy them not because they are masterworks
> of art.  The cardinal sin for a book, any kind of book, on my reading list
> is for it to be boooriiiiiiing.  ...
> ...  Art for the sophisticate always gets short shrift in the mass market,
> and to my lights rightly so.  You can take classic jazz (random notes),
> modern art (random scribbles), and "well written" sci fi (random but well
> structured phrases, translate boring) and stuff them for all that I
> would miss them.  ...

So, Dave, you're the canonical SF fan? There's plenty of 'lite'
reading out there for people who are looking for something to shade
their noses while they get a suntan; why should you resent those of us
who are looking for something more? I could care less what you think
of 'art for the sophisticate;' there are those of us who get the
greatest enjoyment out of listening to classic jazz, looking at modern
art, and reading well-written SF (oh, and by the way, the term 'sci fi' 
is an abomination).

This interchange is addressing SF on one level; you obviously read it
on another. If you don't like what we're saying, use your 'n' key.

                          -- Hugs & kisses, Bill Ingogly