Not sure who here will enjoy this, but my latest review for Strange Horizons... kind of eviscerates a mess of an academic book? A work of literary analysis attempting to fit science fiction into a #History of #Philosophy that Hegel and Lukács applied to other narrative forms?
My review at least gives a taste of academic writing, & explores the perils of publishing pressures for academics. Never mind the bollocks (er, academese): sometimes analysis *is* junk.
🤣 Do you enjoy arguing with bad literary analysis too?
I have to admit, I *do* find it fruitful to dive into a text that fails. This one is a clear fix-up jumble of a few conference papers, but the benefit of seeing its errors is that I came away with a better understanding of how a *good* theory of science fiction as a narrative form might be written.
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🤣 Do you enjoy arguing with bad literary analysis too?
I have to admit, I *do* find it fruitful to dive into a text that fails. This one is a clear fix-up jumble of a few conference papers, but the benefit of seeing its errors is that I came away with a better understanding of how a *good* theory of science fiction as a narrative form might be written.
Making lemonade from lemons, right? 🙃