tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post2374144754279306113..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: "Maturity" and Science FictionMichael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-36734469228312830092013-02-20T12:23:05.841-08:002013-02-20T12:23:05.841-08:00@ David Stone:
"Enough is maturity."
A...@ David Stone:<br /><br />"<i>Enough</i> is maturity."<br /><br />As I recall.Larshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915440101940467640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-84133362052344055592013-02-19T22:37:58.176-08:002013-02-19T22:37:58.176-08:00I hate myself because I read this story about 20 y...I hate myself because I read this story about 20 years ago as a very young man, and I remember lots of incidental details as well as really liking the story, but I can't remember how it ends. What is wrong with me? Was I not tuned in then, or am I losing my mind now?<br /><br />On a similar subject, I do remember Harlan Ellison's "A Boy and his Dog" and the last line very clearly. I think this is what is meant when people describe fiction as "accessible". Not to demean the story of course... I don't have a strong grasp of historical context for this kind of thing, but I'd be surprised if it didn't rank up there with the stories you talked about on that panel.David Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09983230505509685792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-62737031580244570892013-02-18T16:48:51.694-08:002013-02-18T16:48:51.694-08:00One of those stories which sticks in the mind beca...One of those stories which sticks in the mind because it's so gnomic (also because Sturgeon did not seem to be capable of writing a bad story). I read it many years ago and still remember the last line. Every now and again I ask myself if it's true.Larshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915440101940467640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-69807926635026724782013-02-18T12:05:52.628-08:002013-02-18T12:05:52.628-08:00When I hear hipsters preening about being "tr...When I hear hipsters preening about being "transgressive" I have to restrain myself from telling them, "Fifty years ago Theodore Sturgeon was more transgressive before lunch than the lot of you since you discovered puberty."Neil_in_Chicagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09062490117473145827noreply@blogger.com