Makes sense. I suppose that my objection is not to idea fiction being done by literary types (I like Borges a LOT) but to world-building done by literary types (other than David Foster Wallace, but he’s more the ‘genius-polymath’ type), which is what I really think gets the critical acclaim despite being pretty uniformly awful when compared to even competent SF.
This is the nth time someone recommends me Borges. Although I have never felt particularly attracted to his writings by sampling pages of his books, I am reaching some kind of irresistible threshold I am about to cross. Will read something from him.
Makes sense. I suppose that my objection is not to idea fiction being done by literary types (I like Borges a LOT) but to world-building done by literary types (other than David Foster Wallace, but he’s more the ‘genius-polymath’ type), which is what I really think gets the critical acclaim despite being pretty uniformly awful when compared to even competent SF.
I generally agree (but not about Hesse).
This is the nth time someone recommends me Borges. Although I have never felt particularly attracted to his writings by sampling pages of his books, I am reaching some kind of irresistible threshold I am about to cross. Will read something from him.