It's funny how SF gets bashed by the mainstream literary folk all the time
Sure there's just out there just like any other genre, but look at the themes and
plots of most mainstream works - it's the same tripe over and over, just variations
on a soap opera plot. But if we delve into the feelings of some woman, it's serious
literature, right?
No wonder I find most books and films to be boring - just the endless focus
on the oh so wonderful human race.
The guy who wrote the Times piece on RAH is a hack. He might as well be a
bug (not the Starship Troopers kind) bouncing off the windshield of the speeding
car that is the legacy of RAH.