Food in SF and F

[sartorias]

I have an entry included with today's Mind Meld.

Comments

[cmcmck]

I'm now smiling at memories of Cat and the food replicator in 'Red Dwarf.' :o)

[sartorias]

:-)

[cmcmck]

Found it!

[sartorias]

Oh yes, I remember that!

[sartorias]

By all means put up those links--I bet anyone interested in this subject would love them!

Re: Will do

[sartorias]

Excellent! I will link it back here.

[nancylebov]

There was a genuinely science fictional food scene by Delany-- I think it was in Stars in My Pocket. The character had a long strip of meat which he draped over a metal frame. Part of the strip was cooked, part was raw (in a sauce?), and there may have been something else done to another part of it.

[sartorias]

I do remember some rare ones like that, but at least in my reading when young those were rare.

[nancylebov]

I don't think they've gotten more common.

It's a bit surprising, considering how much more interested in food a lot of people are compared to since the 90s.

[sartorias]

It seems to be I've read a lot more about food in recent years. One thing, I think, is wordcount. Back when novels couldn't top sixty thousand words, things like meals would be cut as extraneous detail.

[queenoftheskies]

I find meals to be a fascinating look into culture and love them in fantasy. I wish there was more of it in SF.

[fwilde]

There's some great ones, and more coming. I couldn't find a way to work in Bujold's stranded-in-space-with-Large-Packet-of-Blue-Cheese-Dressing scene in, though.

[fwilde]

I loved your answer, Sherwood! It was a really good Mind Meld.

[sartorias]

Thanks! And you wrote good stuff on SF--I found it interesting, where our ideas intersected.

[fwilde]

I liked the intersections too! We should discuss further...