Warren Ellis parle encore de science fiction :
"And the only people who don't like a little swagger are those insecure souls who recoil when they feel the art they consume is cooler than they are. Which is a shame, but the great project of art is not to create a nice zoo for people who are afraid of artists who can think. Besides, those people can always go and watch DIAGNOSIS; MURDER."
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In the twilight of his career, Alfred Bester gave an interview -- I think to Charles Platt -- wherein the name of novelist Brian Aldiss comes up. "Brilliant," Bester says. "TOO brilliant." Bester complains that he, a pretty smart guy, can't understand what Aldiss is writing. "But he's off on this brilliance kick, I don't know why." I always found that sad. Aldiss, of course, did pretty well as a novelist from the 60s (labelled as New Wave) through to the 80s. New Wave was another movement, though labelled by others.
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