http://www.metafilter.com/tags/debate+fiction Posts tagged with 'debate' and 'fiction' at MetaFilter. Mon, 03 Sep 2012 01:01:47 -0800 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 01:01:47 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/119567/Injury%2Dand%2Dthe%2DEthics%2Dof%2DReading <a href="http://www.bostonreview.net/BR37.4/elaine_scarry_poetry_literature_reading_empathy_ethics.php">Poetry Changed the World: Injury and the Ethics of Reading.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.119567 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 01:01:47 -0800 Beauty Civics Counterfactual Debate ElaineScarry Empathy Ethics Fiction History Injury Justice Law Literacy Literature Poetry Scarry Sonnets homunculus http://www.metafilter.com/116153/The%2DMan%2DWho%2DThought%2DHe%2DWas%2DKing <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/DahgMahn/status/204488809155543040">"I want to know how I am a small press, if I am outselling Robin Hobb and Terry Goodkind and Tolkien?"</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/MR-Mathias-Authors-Page/156005194415256">Fantasy author</a> <a href="http://www.mrmathias.com/">M.R. Mathias</a> <a href="http://fantasy-faction.com/2012/the-man-who-thought-he-was-king">has a disagreement</a> with <a href="http://fantasy-faction.com/forum/advertising-your-novels/mods-please-read-this-post!/">Fantasy-Faction.com.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.116153 Mon, 21 May 2012 14:00:16 -0800 author debate fantasy fiction Avenger50 http://www.metafilter.com/84337/Science%2DFiction%2DVS%2DScifi <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDNrnpefGio">Harlan Ellison tears up the debate and J. Michael Straczynski speaks up on the topic.</a> Oh, yeah there is also Herb Solow as well and his wife Yvonne (WTF) speaking on the subject "Science Fiction" over "SciFi". None of them saw SyFy coming back in 1997, that's for sure! (SLYT) Also, <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/109072">here is the Newsweek article</a> mentioned at the start of the segment. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.84337 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:34:03 -0800 90's debate ellison fiction harlan j michael science scifi sf Straczynski syfy tv vortex GavinR http://www.metafilter.com/81457/Dagger%2Dof%2Dthe%2DMind The SF Signal <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/cat_interviews/mind_meld.html">Mind Meld</a> feature poses science fiction related questions to a number of SF luminaries and the scientist, science writer or blogger. Subjects have included <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/04/mind-meld-the-best-women-writers-in-sff/">the best women writers in SF</a>, <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/03/mind-meld-taboo-topics-in-sff-literature/">taboo topics in SF</a>, <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2008/04/mind-meld-underrated-authors/">underated authors</a> and <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2008/07/mind-meld-what-are-the-most-controversial-sff-novels-of-the-past-present/">the most controversial SF novels of the past and present</a>. The also cover lighter topics, such <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2008/09/mind-meld-how-do-media-tie-in-novels-affect-sff/">the role of media tie-ins</a>, <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/04/mind-meld-battlestar-galactica-finale-draft/">how Battlestar Galactica could have ended better</a> (bonus <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/05/mind-meld-make-up-test-with-geoff-ryman/">Geoff Ryman</a>) and <a href="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2009/05/mind-meld-the-most-realistic-and-the-most-ridiculous-uses-of-science-in-scifi-film-and-tv/">the realistic (or otherwise) use of science on TV SF shows</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.81457 Wed, 06 May 2009 15:01:13 -0800 battlestargalactica books BSG controversy debate fiction film gender media mindmeld race realism science ScienceFiction sfsignal taboo technology television tieins underrated women writing Artw