tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post8074123471955914742..comments2024-03-27T10:25:48.913-04:00Comments on Still Writing: SpeculativeJ E Oneilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-83049682324980668602013-08-22T14:28:55.318-04:002013-08-22T14:28:55.318-04:00It is redundant, really. All fiction starts off wi...It is redundant, really. All fiction starts off with a question along the lines of "what if..."William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-52984839613398136712013-08-22T13:43:50.304-04:002013-08-22T13:43:50.304-04:00LOL - I was going to say what Andrew did. All fict...LOL - I was going to say what Andrew did. All fiction is made up and speculative.L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-73012916906124317652013-08-21T14:13:12.813-04:002013-08-21T14:13:12.813-04:00Interesting perspective. I see spec. fic. a bit di...Interesting perspective. I see spec. fic. a bit differently now.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08516493326566981116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-45647129910528482402013-08-21T01:33:12.629-04:002013-08-21T01:33:12.629-04:00This reminds me of an old George Carlin bit. I thi...This reminds me of an old George Carlin bit. I think it was George Carlin. Anyway, he goes on about how over the years, the terms for things change, getting longer and more euphemistic. What used to be called "shell shock" is now "post traumatic stress disorder". <br /><br />I bet it's on YouTube if I cared to look.<br /><br />I think that's what's happened with the term "speculative fiction".Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-59394620498702613882013-08-21T01:12:01.347-04:002013-08-21T01:12:01.347-04:00I don't find it a very useful term really. Wh...I don't find it a very useful term really. When you think about it, all fiction is essentially speculative. It all starts with "I wonder....." or "What might happen if...". Speculative. All of it. I say lose the term and be specific.Kate Larkindalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06202347563426692610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-79596669045260317902013-08-20T18:17:00.987-04:002013-08-20T18:17:00.987-04:00I'd rather hear something more specific than &...I'd rather hear something more specific than "speculative," although when someone says that word at least I know it's not realism. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-35769952104900807732013-08-20T12:03:12.186-04:002013-08-20T12:03:12.186-04:00Speculative fiction does sound a bit redundant but...Speculative fiction does sound a bit redundant but I don't write in this genre so I can't really say. Maybe it came from a desire to modernize the classification labels or, it's just here confuse the crap out of us...or at least me. (=Elise Fallsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14734537117333738468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-92037104223037503672013-08-20T09:55:42.778-04:002013-08-20T09:55:42.778-04:00Speculative fiction is a term that is only being u...Speculative fiction is a term that is only being used these days to get away from saying "sci-fi." "Speculative fiction" is pretentious and trying to sound better than it is. All fiction is speculative. Period. To say "I write speculative fiction" is just trying to make people go "ooh." I will never use that term to describe my work.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-27572704303976356932013-08-20T08:40:27.118-04:002013-08-20T08:40:27.118-04:00I think the term is useful for agents and publishe...I think the term is useful for agents and publishers to express the umbrella of genres they deal with, rather than listing them all. It might even be handy for writers who dabble in all those related genres. <br /><br />Dianne K. Salernihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459839567235304842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-9226994744335967862013-08-20T08:02:15.174-04:002013-08-20T08:02:15.174-04:00True, you will never see a bookshelf at a bookstor...True, you will never see a bookshelf at a bookstore labeled 'speculative fiction.' And writing in one doesn't mean we write in another.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com