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I use the language I use to my friends. They wouldn't believe me if I used some high-flown literary language. I want them to believe me.
I think speculative fiction has fewer unspoken prerequisites than literary fiction for writers of color.
Don't get me wrong, I love literary fiction. It's faux literary fiction I can't stand.
Yes - 90% of fantasy is crap. And so is 90% of science fiction and 90% of mystery fiction and 90% of literary fiction.
Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.
I don't mean that literary fiction is better than genre fiction, On the contrary; novels can perform two functions and most perform only one.
Politeness decrees that you must listen to be kind; intelligence decrees that you must listen to learn.
It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
