Anatomy Of A Hatchet Job - Greg Egan

"As with the wider population, the people who read, write, edit and review science fiction include a significant proportion with no knowledge of, or interest in, the universe they inhabit — and within that group, a smaller but still substantial number who treat any such interest with contempt. Given that much of what I write is coming from the position that mathematics and the natural sciences are intrinsically interesting, and are as suitable as the central concerns of fiction as anything else, when the result is reviewed by someone who has about as much passion for these things as I have for opera or baseball, a clash of expectations is inevitable."

Or, reviewers with an English literature background failing to acknowledge their own lack of scientific education - the double standard, in other words.


4.5 out of 5


http://gregegan.net/INCANDESCENCE/Z/Hatchet.html