The real question is, is there a historical precursor to /r/SneerClub? Perhaps an SF zine run by someone who didn’t like Korzybski and Van Vogt…
a lot of the new wave stuff feels like a SneerClub sensibility w r t golden age SF
Well, Pulp & Golden Age sci-fi was “discredited” by us actually landing a probe on Venus and realizing that it was not a likely place to find a lush jungle...https://www.ecosophia.net/the-worlds-that-never-were/
Meanwhile SneerClub is a bit too current to LessWrong for that parallel to work ?
The above author has followed through on his project of resurrecting classic science fiction, “Vintage Worlds” is already on its 3rd volume :
https://www.solarsystemheritage.com/anthology-project-2017.html
The real question is, is there a historical precursor to /r/SneerClub? Perhaps an SF zine run by someone who didn’t like Korzybski and Van Vogt…
a lot of the new wave stuff feels like a SneerClub sensibility w r t golden age SF
Well, Pulp & Golden Age sci-fi was “discredited” by us actually landing a probe on Venus and realizing that it was not a likely place to find a lush jungle...
https://www.ecosophia.net/the-worlds-that-never-were/
Meanwhile SneerClub is a bit too current to LessWrong for that parallel to work ?
The above author has followed through on his project of resurrecting classic science fiction, “Vintage Worlds” is already on its 3rd volume :
https://www.solarsystemheritage.com/anthology-project-2017.html