Originally Posted By alexbook I'm reading a science fiction novel published in 1953 ("Ring Around the Sun" by Clifford D. Simak, if you must know), and I find the blurb on the back cover hilarious, so I thought I'd share it: >>TODAY'S FICTION --TOMORROW'S FACTS LIFE Magazine says there are more than TWO MILLION science fiction fans in this country. From all corners of the nation comes the resounding proof that science fiction has established itself as an exciting and imaginative NEW FORM OF LITERATURE that is attracting literally tens of thousands of new readers every year! *Why?* Because no other form of fiction can provide you with such thrilling and unprecedented adventures! No other form of fiction can take you on an eerie trip to Mars . . . amaze you with a journey into the year 3000 A.D. . . . or sweep you into the fabulous realms of unexplored Space! Yes, it's no wonder that this exciting new form of imaginative literature has captivated the largest group of *fascinated* *new* *readers* in the United States today!<< (*italics in the original)
Originally Posted By avro_imagineer Only two million? Science Fiction is dead, Captain Kirk, it's all your fault. (Don't tell the people in Vancouver who work on Battlestar Caprica or on SG Universe though)
