tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post784762830477368819..comments2024-03-16T18:38:15.627-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: MovementsMichael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-30069395709113889012010-09-05T08:49:18.498-07:002010-09-05T08:49:18.498-07:00Whoops. Completely forgot Steampunk, probably the...Whoops. Completely forgot Steampunk, probably the single SF movement that's been the most benign in its influence on the culture By the time I got around to writing something steampunk, it had been around for decades.<br /><br />The fragmentation of the nation-state thing is only a trend or a tendency right now, although I agree that it's a strong one. You can't have a movement without somebody declaring it one. And it's got to be a writer. So the New Cacophany isn't real until somebody stands up and says, "Ich bin ein . . ."<br /><br />(Not me. Movements eat up an enormous amount of time, and I've got more things to write than I have time to write 'em in.)Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-24928598855686718352010-09-05T04:00:17.029-07:002010-09-05T04:00:17.029-07:00I would have thought that Steampunk at least deser...I would have thought that Steampunk at least deserved a mention, although maybe it's encompassed by one of these other "movements."<br /><br />I do notice, however, what seems to be an increasing number of writers devoting their energies to the near term fragmentation of the nation state, particularly the US. This isn't necessarily new, of course--there just seems to be more of it these days. The New Fracture?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-66257675057906706692010-09-02T14:23:30.987-07:002010-09-02T14:23:30.987-07:00Quick, Michael, send a letter to LOCUS and say, &q...Quick, Michael, send a letter to LOCUS and say, "Don't you think this whole fad of naming everything " -punk" has got to end? Or why don't you just go and call me and Waldrop "Magpiepunks."<br /><br />That's what K. W. Jeter did 23 years ago. . . . and look where "steampunk" is now.<br /><br />---Gordon V.G.GordonVGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09306312651179589213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-88386836694808928072010-09-02T09:11:51.931-07:002010-09-02T09:11:51.931-07:00Better than Swanpunk I guess. If this NC thing ta...Better than Swanpunk I guess. If this NC thing takes off, I imagine your and John Kessel's names will appear together in the same sentence more often.David Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09983230505509685792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-277517977173395642010-09-02T07:40:20.134-07:002010-09-02T07:40:20.134-07:00*choke*
It sounds cool except for the caca part.....*choke*<br /><br />It sounds cool except for the caca part....Victoria Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.com