Per Se, The Realism of Speculative Fiction

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19812459742006979962011-11-27T17:43:59.943-08:00Per Se, The Realism of Speculative FictionPutting the wonder back in fiction since 1986Antonio Hopsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13974527298902628355noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981245974200697996.post-13666381559143344192008-08-11T12:25:00.000-07:002008-08-24T15:22:28.179-07:00Walt Whitman is a Big Fat Loser!

Ouch! What the hell am I saying here, right? Who the hell do I think I am getting in Wally’s face like that and calling him a loser. And Big. And Fat.Listen, I’m going to need some latitude here, so please stick with me.First of all . . .It’s not that I don’t think Walt Whitman isn’t worthy of praise. I just happen to think that much of his work is imprecise and flowery. Some of you out there may

Antonio Hopsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13974527298902628355noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981245974200697996.post-44305231722064785742008-03-17T20:23:00.000-07:002008-03-17T20:24:01.676-07:00Should Michal Jackson’s “Thriller” Be Part of the Literary Cannon?

I’m really putting myself out-there with this one. . .I mean, who else do you know with the temerity to mutter these words together: “Francis Thompson” and “Michal Jackson”? But, since this is a blog about speculative fiction, here I go. . .Recently, poetry has filled a need which has long been missing in my life. No, not a lack of passion (’got plenty o’ that) or inspiration (that’s what Sponge

Antonio Hopsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13974527298902628355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981245974200697996.post-62011115854437317642007-12-27T12:21:00.001-08:002007-12-29T16:16:54.287-08:00Existential or Speculative? Make up Your Mind!

I first lost interest in mainstream fiction after I finished my last Dean Koontz novel. I don’t mean to knock him, really I don’t. He’s doing fine without my approval or my money. But his successes (and similar authors) perpetuate what generally passes today as contemporary fiction --a genre I charge as watered down and without wonder.Speculative Fiction is a vague term more often used to

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