tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post3085409836060920869..comments2024-03-28T18:54:13.800-04:00Comments on alien romances: Marketing Fiction In A Changing World Part 5 - Ace Doubles by Jacqueline LichtenbergRowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-81062782615587680932014-02-25T11:41:27.627-05:002014-02-25T11:41:27.627-05:00I've always felt that science fiction took on ...I've always felt that science fiction took on the serious issues that literary fiction was not allowed to tackle anymore due to some unwritten rules that said "real" literature could only be about small psychological issues. Recently, I found out that, in fact, these were not unwritten rules, but were dictated to the literary through the CIA's funding of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. <br /><br />Did the intelligence community stay out of science fiction? Or is there some kind of influence there, too, where heroic literature had to be labeled melodrama?Aya Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339668413030878426noreply@blogger.com