Books: The Science-Fiction Situation

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Amis has no notion that science fiction will one day comprise the main stream of literature, as some of its proselytizers seem to think. But he defends it vigorously as a popular art form, and, by way of illustrating its appeal, he cites the case of a science-fiction writer who wandered into a New Orleans bordello and found his work so highly favored by the staff that he was asked to be the guest of the establishment. Better writers may have won the Pulitzer Prize, but few have won this sort of recognition.