I agee. Science fiction got a great boost as pulp fiction, there were quite a few SF magazines (short stories). All of it wasn't great, but it allowed writers to develope their skills. One of the greatest SF novels was I Robot and it started as short stories. The laws of robotics were so logical that I think even now if an android was created we would use them. Asimov also wrote many books that were none fiction and his ability to write so that anyone could understand what was written (example The Human Brain) made his works great reading. Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles was another great work, his talent allowed one to completely visualize the Martians and the stories were great. Let's hope that present day writers can improve their writing.
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I agee. Science fiction got a great boost as pulp fiction, there were quite a few SF magazines (short stories). All of it wasn't great, but it allowed writers to develope their skills. One of the greatest SF novels was I Robot and it started as short stories. The laws of robotics were so logical that I think even now if an android was created we would use them. Asimov also wrote many books that were none fiction and his ability to write so that anyone could understand what was written (example The Human Brain) made his works great reading. Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles was another great work, his talent allowed one to completely visualize the Martians and the stories were great. Let's hope that present day writers can improve their writing.