I enjoyed that article. I veer towards literary fiction over sci-fi but I’m certainly not averse to the idea that the former can be shite and the latter can be brilliant.
I think you’re right in calling out the snobbery of some aspects of it. Same can be said of certain types of theatre and poetry.
But more importantly, your article made me laugh, mate. Great stuff
I enjoyed that article. I veer towards literary fiction over sci-fi but I’m certainly not averse to the idea that the former can be shite and the latter can be brilliant.
I think you’re right in calling out the snobbery of some aspects of it. Same can be said of certain types of theatre and poetry.
But more importantly, your article made me laugh, mate. Great stuff
Sounds like we might share some similair experianes of the poetry circuit; it's part of the reason why I started a Substack.
Humour is vastly underarted as a tool and often undermined.
What are the names of your collections?