Thing the First: My brother Chase (a.k.a. Chaso con Queso, a.k.a. Man-Child) is graduating from high school tonight! He's the youngest in the family, and it's so weird that he's all-almost grown up and entering into adulthood. When he was little he was this serious-faced baby. I clearly remember changing that kid's diapers (cue embarrassment). He ( Read more... )

I would like to point you in the direction of a most excellent post by yuki_onna, which points out that,
yes, Lost is a science fiction show, and that the producers blatant avoidance and disregard of this truth, has lead to the continued downfall of the show. As a whole it touches upon aspects of genre bias in general, and I think she makes a fair point ( Read more... )

Kevin Nance, in his article "Invasion of the Genre Snatchers" published in Poets & Writers looks at the concept in the minds of many readers that genre fiction is in some way inferior to literary fiction. He continues on to talk about how many literary writers are dipping into genre fiction ( Read more... )