There are, I've seen it argued, three founding science-fiction writers.

I don't know who decides these things. It's understandable why there are Four Classic Chinese Novels, given there was an Emperor who effectively decided what kinds of thinkers get to be Scholars, and Scholars get to decide what is great. Plus, China has a habit of looking ( Read more... )

Science Fiction/Fantasy is sort of a ghetto section at The Other Tiger. I don't want it to be, and from time to time I've been working to make it less so, but it more or less is.

There's a few reasons for this. The primary, I think, is the way the books were originally ordered. There are two ways that we get books. One, the better way, is directly ( Read more... )