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Dear readers, I'm getting increasingly interested in current debates about the reemergence -- nothing new, yet more noticeable in/by the mainstream now -- of the so-called Slipstream literature. These are literary fiction works that combine speculative fiction modes and themes often associated with sci-fi.
Any fans out there? And what is your take on the YT Speculative Reader's video essay about this mode of recent literature? Video essay -- check video from minute 11 onwards.
I am generally more of a hard scifi fan, but I can’t but rejoice seeing the expansion of the field.
I remember a time when talking about scifi would be met with glazed eyes, the only scifi was StarWars, the only fantasy was The Lord of the Rings and what’s the difference anyways. Now both scifi and fantasy are more popular, with more authors, more diversity and more audience. I’m glad to see that.
I think, particularly now that the technological world is deeply impacting our ways of life, asking the “what if” questions that are the foundation of scifi is fundamental and I am glad there is an avenue to do that for people that don’t care much about the more traditional scifi genre.
Yes. Feel the same about genre film, really. Genre is a 20th century concept, and became outdated as a aesthetic/narrative model. Only mainstream media (films, popular literature, tv) use it, and mostly to create an easy (i.e. lazy) commercial awareness for their products, it seems.