Comments on: Pack Up this Popsicle Stand http://www.alattimore.com/archives/85 Ranting about the state of the Future for over 3 years. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:12:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: SteveGould http://www.alattimore.com/archives/85#comment-2 SteveGould Fri, 09 May 2003 01:27:24 +0000 http://www.alattimore.com/archives/85#comment-2 Unfortunately, what there survey probably didn\'t account for was the vast amount of near future SF that people read that =isn\'t= marketed as SF including Chrichton, some of that madcap guy Tom Clancy, and lots of Military SF that has technology elements not implemented yet. I strongly suspect that there are lots of =general readership= who would read SF if given the right author without the packaging that predisposes them to reject it. Unfortunately, what there survey probably didn\’t account for was the vast amount of near future SF that people read that =isn\’t= marketed as SF including Chrichton, some of that madcap guy Tom Clancy, and lots of Military SF that has technology elements not implemented yet.

I strongly suspect that there are lots of =general readership= who would read SF if given the right author without the packaging that predisposes them to reject it.

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