The Future Is Now
Filed under My Writing • 24-05-2010 •
My three-quarter page, 1600 word article “The Future Is Now” appears in the arts section of today’s Irish Times, arguing that fans of smart contemporary literature should be reading British and Irish science fiction.
Here are the two main quotes:
“While there are still those who patrol and defend both sides of the divide between genre fiction and the mainstream, taking pot shots at anyone daring to cross over, the signs are that the boundaries are becoming increasingly porous, and that smart, critically-acclaimed contemporary genre fiction is being produced by a new generation of unapologetically science fictional writers.”
And;
“If you refuse to read a book simply on the grounds that it might contain some speculative or fantastical elements, you could find yourself missing out on some of our most inventive and excitingly contemporary literature.”
This is my first professional article in a national newspaper, and goes some way towards realising my teenage ambition to be a journalist.
You can read the full article in today’s edition of the paper, or on its website here: The Future Is Now
Tags: contemporary literature • Irish Times • journalism • science fiction
An excellent review in the IT today, Gareth.
Thanks especially for recommending recent books – they all look inviting. I’m getting back into SF having been an avid reader of in my teens and early twenties who then moved to ‘literary’ fiction.
I must read Mieville – there is so much buzz about him. I’ll look out for your own as well.
That should be ‘reader of it’. You need one of the WordPress preview or re-edit plugins. There’s plenty out there in the cyber-communist landscape.
Thanks, I’m glad it’s inspired you to give the genre another go!