This could be a dispute about the definition of SF: if you consider the core of SF to be something antithetical to “stylish postmodern cynicism,” then maybe it has come on rough times. If you use the same definition the bookstores do, on the other hand, it’s doing fine.
This could be a dispute about the definition of SF: if you consider the core of SF to be something antithetical to “stylish postmodern cynicism,” then maybe it has come on rough times. If you use the same definition the bookstores do, on the other hand, it’s doing fine.