A friend of mine is a tenure-tracked assistant
professor with a PhD from Berkeley, a book of
academic criticism, and three published novels,
and she _still_ gets hassled by her department
about wasting her time writing that sci fi stuff.
On Thu, 20 Nov 1997 23:18:23 -0600, Michael Marc
Levy <levymm@UWEC.EDU> wrote:
>... Partly it's simply prejudice against science
>fiction. Although there's a large body of science fiction academics out
>there, and at least three professional organizations devoted to its
>study, SFRA, IAFA, and the Foundation in Britain, the high powered
>English departments still look down on popular literature. ...
http://www.sff.net/people/Vonda
The Moon and the Sun -- One of Publishers Weekly's
"Best Books of 1997"
http://www.bookwire.com/pw/bestbooks97.article$3946
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