neuro: I had to cut and paste that header
> You are certainly right about the "classifications", but it's easier to keep track > > of the writers that way. Would anyone properly classify Lem's The >
> Futurological Congress as fantasy, SciFi, or as political commentary? Well, its > all three... but it's simply more convenient if we classify it as SciFi (although
> bookstores have taken to calling that section Fantasy/SciFi as if that fixes the > problem).
My favorite works by Lem are his shorts, heavily influenced by Borges. “A Perfect Vacuum” and “Imaginary Magnitude.” So many things are called ‘sci-fi’ because nobody knows what else to call them, and yet it’s misleading.
> Well... if you're female, single, and are not easily offended by moderately ugly > men, then perhaps we should get to know each other better.
I’m only easily offended by narrow minds and aggressive ignorance. I guess you aren’t in that category.
> After all, anyone who likes Lem...
:-D