[LMB] SFi vs Fantasy

[James Nicoll]

On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Elizabeth Holden wrote:

>
> --- paal at gis.net wrote:
>
>> Some folks LOVE exposition, and go to lectures for
>> fun.  Some give them for fun.
>
> As I would; but I don't want this sort of thing in a
> thriller. Or in SF.  (Which is why I gravitate away
> from 'hard SF'.)
>
 	You might like John M. Ford's fiction, which often reads like he 
wrote a 1400 page book and then shaved away every bit of information the 
protagist either doesn't know or would not think about, resulting in a 200 
to 300 pager.