24 janvier 2022

_année_2022 _mois_janv. art critique littérature science-fiction

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Paul McAuley sur Twitter : "Book critics: if a novel in any particular genre (romance, crime, SF, fantasy, whatever) is especially well-written, please don't claim that it 'transcends genre' because it suggests that you think genre writing is limited to lower levels of proficiency & ambition. Kthxbye." / Twitter

Paul McAuley sur Twitter : "Book critics: if a novel in any particular genre (romance, crime, SF, fantasy, whatever) is especially well-written, please don’t claim that it 'transcends genre' because it suggests that you think genre writing is limited to lower levels of proficiency & ambition. Kthxbye." / Twitter

Les commentaires soulignent bien le syllogisme dans cet argument : c’est mauvais parce que c’est de la littérature de genre, mais quand c’est bon, ça sort du genre …​