tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post5880360562357464601..comments2023-10-21T07:44:20.549-04:00Comments on The Existence Machine: Sturdy, Middle Class ProfessionalismRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-2810418902124504812007-10-22T15:13:00.000-04:002007-10-22T15:13:00.000-04:00Actually, Tony, I tend to agree.I attended the Rad...Actually, Tony, I tend to agree.<BR/><BR/>I attended the Radical Book Fair this past weekend here in Baltimore, and my thoughts kept returning to these questions, among others. Some of which I may blog about here...Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-71047109696863545732007-10-22T15:04:00.000-04:002007-10-22T15:04:00.000-04:00I left basically this comment at VanderMeer's site...I left basically this comment at VanderMeer's site also though I'm not sure if it took:<BR/><BR/>The main problem with contemporary fiction is far from aesthetic. There’s plenty of talent and technical skill around. Plus the problem with weak fiction, and art generally, extends far beyond fantasy short fiction. The problem is cultural, intellectual, economic - no realms of which are predomantly libratory or thriving in conditions remotely approaching optimal. In fact, in many ways the cultural, intellectual and economic realms - the socio-political - are barbaric or stagnant. Much fiction and other art not only reflects that but propagates it. Thus, in my view, the great need for accomplished libratory lit, liberation lit:<BR/>http://liblit.org<BR/><BR/>Further thoughts and examples here:<BR/>http://apragmaticpolicy.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/jeff-vandermeer-lamenting-the-state-of-fantasy-short-fiction/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com