Novels written by university professors and set in the groves of academe are far more rigidly predictable than anything but the most routine science fiction novel, but they have escaped the stigma of being labeled as genre. — John Clute Copy Share Image
Genres do exist because frequent users of any large bookstore can instantly tell what any piece of fiction is supposed to be about by its title, its cover and its location in the shop. — John Clute Copy Share Image
Science fiction offers an intensely bracing angle of view for writers to adopt, especially in a time of constant innovation and crisis, and it… — John Clute Copy Share Image
Each of them is a book through which other books dream. (referring to Nodier's SMARRA and TRILBY) — John Clute Copy Share Image
We cannot afford to exclude any vision - any way of looking at the world - that human beings have invented for ourselves. — John Clute Copy Share Image
“More interestingly, it could be argued that, if fantasy (and debatably the literature of the fantastic as a whole) has a purpose other than… — John Clute Copy Share Image
Novels written by university professors and set in the groves of academe are far more rigidly predictable than anything but the most routine science… — John Clute Copy Share Image
Genres do exist because frequent users of any large bookstore can instantly tell what any piece of fiction is supposed to be about by… — John Clute Copy Share Image
