Comments on: Is longer better, really? http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2007/04/17/is-longer-better-really/ ...science fiction and other stuff from jonathan strahan... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:37:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Blue Tyson http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2007/04/17/is-longer-better-really/comment-page-1/#comment-45244 Blue Tyson Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:52:23 +0000 http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2007/04/17/is-longer-better-really/#comment-45244 Perry Rhodan disagrees with him rather strongly, as well, 3000 short space operas later. Does that make Peter F. Hamilton his favorite author? ;-) Perry Rhodan disagrees with him rather strongly, as well, 3000 short space operas later.

Does that make Peter F. Hamilton his favorite author? ;-)

]]> By: The State of the Blog « Torque Control http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2007/04/17/is-longer-better-really/comment-page-1/#comment-45134 The State of the Blog « Torque Control Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:06:59 +0000 http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2007/04/17/is-longer-better-really/#comment-45134 [...] In another week, I’d write a post about that. In fact, in another week I’d write posts about all sorts of things: about Drive and what I like about it, even though Abigail makes some good points; about Greg L. Johnson’s assertion, as noted by Jonathan Strahan, that “Hard science fiction, and space opera, are styles of SF that tend to work better at lengths longer than short stories”; about Ian R. Macleod’s novella in the May F&SF, “The Master Miller’s Tale”, and about Holly Phillips’ story in the June Asimov’s, “Three Days of Rain”; about Sunshine and why it was a disappointment (although fortunately Adam Roberts has written that one for me, and it’ll appear at Strange Horizons next week); about Alan DeNiro’s three Strange Horizons stories, none of which appear in his Litblog Co-Op-picked collection, Skinny-Dipping in the Lake of the Dead; about reading Anatomy of Criticism by Northrop Frye and London Orbital by Iain Sinclair, except I haven’t got far enough in either; about The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay, which I finished weeks ago and haven’t had the time to organise my thoughts on; and about re-reading, and how we should do more of it, and what I most want to re-read (I’ve been meaning to go back to Kim Stanley Robinson’s Pacific Edge for, literally, years). [...] [...] In another week, I’d write a post about that. In fact, in another week I’d write posts about all sorts of things: about Drive and what I like about it, even though Abigail makes some good points; about Greg L. Johnson’s assertion, as noted by Jonathan Strahan, that “Hard science fiction, and space opera, are styles of SF that tend to work better at lengths longer than short stories”; about Ian R. Macleod’s novella in the May F&SF, “The Master Miller’s Tale”, and about Holly Phillips’ story in the June Asimov’s, “Three Days of Rain”; about Sunshine and why it was a disappointment (although fortunately Adam Roberts has written that one for me, and it’ll appear at Strange Horizons next week); about Alan DeNiro’s three Strange Horizons stories, none of which appear in his Litblog Co-Op-picked collection, Skinny-Dipping in the Lake of the Dead; about reading Anatomy of Criticism by Northrop Frye and London Orbital by Iain Sinclair, except I haven’t got far enough in either; about The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay, which I finished weeks ago and haven’t had the time to organise my thoughts on; and about re-reading, and how we should do more of it, and what I most want to re-read (I’ve been meaning to go back to Kim Stanley Robinson’s Pacific Edge for, literally, years). [...]

]]> By: David S. http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2007/04/17/is-longer-better-really/comment-page-1/#comment-45046 David S. Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:47:35 +0000 http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2007/04/17/is-longer-better-really/#comment-45046 I think he's completely wrong. Some of the best SF ever written is novella length or shorter. If it wasn't for SF the short-story would be all but deceased. If it wasn't for the short-story SF would be... well, unhealthy. I think he’s completely wrong. Some of the best SF ever written is novella length or shorter. If it wasn’t for SF the short-story would be all but deceased. If it wasn’t for the short-story SF would be… well, unhealthy.

]]> By: Niall http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2007/04/17/is-longer-better-really/comment-page-1/#comment-45024 Niall Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:18:21 +0000 http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2007/04/17/is-longer-better-really/#comment-45024 I wondered at that assertion, too. I think I've actually heard the reverse -- that hard sf works better at short-story length -- more often. I wondered at that assertion, too. I think I’ve actually heard the reverse — that hard sf works better at short-story length — more often.

]]> By: Ellen Datlow http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2007/04/17/is-longer-better-really/comment-page-1/#comment-45016 Ellen Datlow Mon, 16 Apr 2007 23:56:44 +0000 http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2007/04/17/is-longer-better-really/#comment-45016 I disagree with him. I think the short lengths (up to novella) are fine for any kind of sf. I disagree with him. I think the short lengths (up to novella) are fine for any kind of sf.

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