Dear readers, I’m getting increasingly interested in current debates about the reemergence – nothing new, yet more noticeable in/by the mainstream now – of the so-called Slipstream literature. These are literary fiction works that combine speculative fiction modes and themes often associated with sci-fi.
Any fans out there? And what is your take on the YT Speculative Reader’s video essay about this mode of recent literature? Video essay – check video from minute 11 onwards.
Yes. Feel the same about genre film, really. Genre is a 20th century concept, and became outdated as a aesthetic/narrative model. Only mainstream media (films, popular literature, tv) use it, and mostly to create an easy (i.e. lazy) commercial awareness for their products, it seems.