Publishers Weekly quotes Rob at length
by Rob - April 4th, 2007.Filed under: Uncategorized.
The cover story in the current Publishers Weekly is about science fiction publishing, and it leads with a short interview with me, then goes into discussions of specific lines — and in that section, I’m quoted again discussing Phyllis Gotlieb’s Birthstones, the latest book under the Robert J. Sawyer Books imprint. A quote from the aritcle:
When asked if traditional SF has “jumped the shark,” Robert J. Sawyer responds, “If it had just jumped the shark, that would be fine—at least people would understand what that means. But no. SF has instead executed a parabolic maneuver with an exemplar of the cartilaginous order Selachii at its focus, which amounts to the same damn thing, but in modern SF fashion it is said in such a jargon-laden, exclusionary and unwelcoming way that newcomers simply aren’t let in.”
The full text of the article is here.
The Robert J. Sawyer Web Site