You know the man in question is reportedly Cordwainer Smith, the godson of Sun Yet-Sen, the high ranking CIA officer who wrote the treatise on psychological warfare and finally, a top diplomat in China?
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza
I read (by sheer chance) Aldiss' text about him maybe 2-3 months ago. Never read his own work, or his grandfather for that matter.
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His sci-fi work is extremely out there. It is fantastical and full of details. His military work is equally great.
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He is however not anywhere near classic authors like Heinlein, Lem or the Strugatsky brothers.
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Never liked Heinlein perosnaly. Lem is a genius in his own realm. Always been fascinated by new-wavers like Delany and Ballard. Bester is the only 'Classic' author i relatively enjoy, and to some extent, Sturgeon.
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Heinlein is great, how come you didn't like him because of his rabid libertarianism? His juvenile books are fantastic. Star Beast's diplomat Mr Kiku is one of my all time favorites and let's not talk about The Man Who Sold the Moon, a pure capitalist exercise in cosmism .
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza @lesoiseauxdumal
Ballard is too monotonic for my taste even tho I love Applied Ballardianism and some of Ballard's own short stories. Delany is ok but he gets too tortous at points. Sturgeon's stories are ok but his fame is mostly due to introducing the soviet sci-fi to western readers.
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza
Reza! Reza! Delany is much more than ok. I mean Dhalgren is just incredible and some of his theory-laden sf&f works are dear to my soul (the fisrt part of stars in my pocket i think is the greatest scifi i've ever read, what about Neveryon??) And his non-scifi stuff, like hogg
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Replying to @lesoiseauxdumal
Dhalgren is great, but have read Hogg? Druj almighty! Even as a former fan of transgressive lit, I couldn't stomach it.
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza @lesoiseauxdumal
Sorry I didn't see you mentioned Hogg. I'm going to report you.
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I have read much more extreme novels but there is something in Hogg that disturbs me to my core. By more extreme, I mean some novels by my friend Matthew Stokoe, like Cows or High Life.
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Replying to @lesoiseauxdumal
This is why I truly hate that worthless worm Peter Sotos. I can read everything but not this kind of stuff.
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