Unhappiness with fantasy writing

Kate Savage · 16 Jun 2006, 16:02 · from 2006-June.txt.gz

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From: katesavage2001 at yahoo.com (Kate Savage)
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:02:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) Unhappiness with fantasy writing
Message-ID: <20060616160259.28718.qmail at web36808.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Re: (urth) Unhappiness with fantasy writing
 pthwndxrclzp <aquastor at gmail.com> wrote on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:44
  > Sorry to begin by hijacking your post...but I am similarly dismayed by 
> what I see as both Charles Stross' and John C. Wright's almost simultaneous 
> shift from deft and enthralling sf  to clunky, contrived, half-hearted 
> fantasy.
  > Their sf is terrific, though

  My understanding is that Stress' agent told him that if he wanted to improve sales, he needed to shift from hard sf to fantasy. The problem with hard sf is the bottom line - fantasies and paranormal romances marked to the fantasy community seem to be bringing in the most money these days. Look at the sale of ARCs on eBay - writers like Wolfe do not bring top dollar but Robert Jordan will.

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