60/ First, the litmus test of reading "from the last decade" is a very bad one. Even if we assume that good SF is evenly distributed over time (it's not), why read a random selection of recent stuff instead of the top 1% of previous decades? >>> https://twitter.com/iridienne/status/1290749897147215872 …
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61/ But to answer the question, in the last year or so I've read and loved SFF like
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62/ "let me get this straight" ...and proceeds to get it wrong No, I didn't say I don't read recent SF. I do. I pointed out an unexamined and false premise you had. https://twitter.com/iridienne/status/1290750884607954944 …
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63/ "MOVED ON" it's all caps so it must be true yes, there is no other reason to read Heinlein other than historical interest -he certainly doesn't have a fun style, good plots, strong female characters, good moral lessons, or anything else good point https://twitter.com/iridienne/status/1290751878867771392 …
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64/ please read more carefully ; I didn't say that none of it is good; I said that greatness was not evenly distributed > there are great science fiction writers right now not that many!https://twitter.com/sharagodwinson/status/1290751817161138176 …
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Here Be Dragons 🐲 🐉 🏳️🌈 🌈 @sharagodwinsonReplying to @MorlockP @iridienneUm...okay. But isn't this a bit limiting. I mean, the classic authors have their merits. There's no doubt about that. But you can't just dismiss current science fiction as if it doesn't matter or isn't great. Because there are great science fiction writers right now.1 reply 0 retweets 6 likesShow this thread -
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65/ I'm sorry that Heinlein wrote about women who were very competent at math, engineering, and other skills, while still being sexual beings. I hope that him suggesting that some women are like this hasn't hurt your feelings too much. https://twitter.com/iridienne/status/1290753266851012612 …
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66/ I strongly agree with this! ...and this is why I was saying that it's better to read a curated selection of classics than to concentrate on reading things merely because they're "recent". Reading award winners of all yrs > reading random 2020 bookshttps://twitter.com/doctorflopsy/status/1290753611794808834 …
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Sarah McKinlayScott @doctorflopsyMost fiction of any genre published at any time is garbage. I’d say 90% of first printing books are a waste of your time to read. People get rose-colored glasses bc they forget they things no one recommend or they put down after one page. Probably meant most of the popular SF. https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1289983463567720449 …Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 15 likesShow this thread -
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67/ That's not remotely what I said. I made an observation about distribution, not a causal argument. Please pay attention and engage constructively ; strawmen are boring.https://twitter.com/sharagodwinson/status/1290755300396417024 …
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Here Be Dragons 🐲 🐉 🏳️🌈 🌈 @sharagodwinsonYay! You added me to the Neverending Twitter Thread! Thank you Michael Ende of Twitter. Not...evenly distributed... this is a really bad take. You're suggesting that greatness can only be attributed to works older works because: time = greatness. It does not. https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1290752679359242248 …1 reply 0 retweets 12 likesShow this thread -
68/ Still chuckling that I made an SJW mad by agreeing with Heinlein that some women are smart / good at things and enjoy sex.
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agreed; I've muted most of them at this point my feelings aren't hurt or anything, but it's just so tedious and sad that their idea of a good way to use the internet is to mock the actually-pretty-good writing of an author and call him names because he's not woke
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