Another misguided soul
Katharine Kerr May 5th, 2008
Well, we have here yet another Literary Believer, apparently, who doesn’t understand why the general disrespect of genre annoys us all so much. It’s a review of a new Michael Chabon collection of essays.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/02/RVHDVM6J8.DTL&type=books
The reviewer professes to be bewildered by Chabon’s aggressive defense of genre because after all, Chabon himself is highly regarded, so why is he “fighting stale battles” ? Not so stale to the rest of us . . . Three cheers for Michael Chabon, say I, and let’s hope this reviewer eventually gets a clue from someone nicer than I.
Good point.
But I had trouble with the link. Let’s try this:
this.
Mary, that works! Thank you very much for fixing it.
You’re welcome.
And now I’ve gotten the book out of the library.
I’ve read the first essay.
I will say that if you are familiar with the genre, you have probably heard the argument before — it is, after all, an old theme — but OTOH they are still addressing a valid point, and he puts it very well.
I love Michael Chabon! I had no idea about this book,
thanks for drawing my attention to it. Can’t wait to read
it!