Re:M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to w...
by antonvs on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @05:21AM
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> This on the surface makes for boring works
Do you mean some people find litfic boring? Otherwise, I’m not sure what you mean. E.g. there’s plenty of litfic with exciting, fascinating, and/or gripping plots. M. John Harrison, Doris Lessing, E.L. Doctorow are a few of my favorites in that vein.
Of course someone who finds the nature of the prose itself boring might consider the works as a whole boring. But that’s like saying someone who only sees in black and white finds artworks to be monochrome - it’s a tautology.
Do you mean some people find litfic boring? Otherwise, I’m not sure what you mean. E.g. there’s plenty of litfic with exciting, fascinating, and/or gripping plots. M. John Harrison, Doris Lessing, E.L. Doctorow are a few of my favorites in that vein.
Of course someone who finds the nature of the prose itself boring might consider the works as a whole boring. But that’s like saying someone who only sees in black and white finds artworks to be monochrome - it’s a tautology.