Legislation
Mar. 2nd, 2005 08:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
coalescentFollowing his assumption of dictatorial powers, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
drplokta, in his infinite wisdom and inestimable benevolence, has appointed me Minion i/c Genres. I now declare that the following things are True and have always been True:
1. That genres are fuzzy, and that there are no sharp lines dividing science fiction from fantasy from horror from crime from pirate stories. Arr!
2. That Cloud Atlas and 1984 and The Handmaid's Tale are sf novels, dammit.
3. Most importantly, that 'speculative fiction' is not a redundant categorisation (although it may, in time, prove to be a pretentious categorisation).
That is all. You may continue about your business as long as that business does not contravene this legislation or that of the other Minions. Further updates as events warrant.
drplokta, in his infinite wisdom and inestimable benevolence, has appointed me Minion i/c Genres. I now declare that the following things are True and have always been True:1. That genres are fuzzy, and that there are no sharp lines dividing science fiction from fantasy from horror from crime from pirate stories. Arr!
2. That Cloud Atlas and 1984 and The Handmaid's Tale are sf novels, dammit.
3. Most importantly, that 'speculative fiction' is not a redundant categorisation (although it may, in time, prove to be a pretentious categorisation).
That is all. You may continue about your business as long as that business does not contravene this legislation or that of the other Minions. Further updates as events warrant.
