Question

[james_davis_nicoll]

Which SF authors have said they are planning to write something upbeat in the next year or so?

Comments

[caper-est.livejournal.com]

Business purely as usual is boring and needs few words, because both we and the characters know how that goes. The Earthly Paradise is boring and soon told of, because it is tidy-minded and full of Sims, and did I mention I don't want any colour pony anyway?

But upbeat is not boring. Upbeat is just harder. I can turn this world into a crapsack as easily as calling up Cthulhu*. Turning it into a party from which nobody wants to go home requires much more subtlety and verve, that's all. A mighty big 'all', I admit.

* And he will come, when I do so call!