I don't think so.  In the 80's, there were still a lot of the more "literary" scifi writers (before that term was somewhat settled), arguing about what they should be called.  Among them Margaret Atwood's fave Ursula K. LeGuin. I don't think it was necessarily snobbery.  There was a lot of legitimate debate and…

One is box, one is a ship.  I can't believe that I'm trying to make the bible make sense.  Run away. It could blow at any time.

One is box, one is a ship.  I can't believe that I'm trying to make the bible make sense.  Run away. It could blow at any time.

It's always a fraud.  Until they can show the gametes combining, it will always be a cheat.

It's always a fraud.  Until they can show the gametes combining, it will always be a cheat.

It's a long, dark, road of usage correction that you're embarking on.  Notice how I ended that sentence? They fight back, and usage is always shifting.

It's a long, dark, road of usage correction that you're embarking on.  Notice how I ended that sentence? They fight back, and usage is always shifting.

Don't know if http://tarotconnection.net/… is kinda what you meant, but that's how I'm picturing it.  Only in reverse, of course, head up tail.  To this I say:  Dan Harmon.and Dino Stamatopoulos, yes!  Charlie Kaufman, no!

Don't know if http://tarotconnection.net/… is kinda what you meant, but that's how I'm picturing it.  Only in reverse, of course, head up tail.  To this I say:  Dan Harmon.and Dino Stamatopoulos, yes!  Charlie Kaufman, no!

I've wanted to be a mongoose ever since I read "Riki Tiki Tavi." So if I get a choice of universeses, I pick that one.

I've wanted to be a mongoose ever since I read "Riki Tiki Tavi." So if I get a choice of universeses, I pick that one.

Insulating the engines should have made them overheat in the first episode they did that.  This show has stretchy physics. They all do.  Remember, free big-budget sci-fi.

Insulating the engines should have made them overheat in the first episode they did that.  This show has stretchy physics. They all do.  Remember, free big-budget sci-fi.

This 12:28 a.m. PST, and I'm getting three hours-old comments on Falling Skies. Is there any way out of your deal with Disqus?

This 12:28 a.m. PST, and I'm getting three hours-old comments on Falling Skies. Is there any way out of your deal with Disqus?

I'm a fan, and I'm complaining like an allegedly strident feminist. Didn't think the rape joke was funny. Said so.  Done for now.  I expect that next week he will show us something that's also disgusting, but actually funny.  I have faith.

I'm a fan, and I'm complaining like an allegedly strident feminist. Didn't think the rape joke was funny. Said so.  Done for now.  I expect that next week he will show us something that's also disgusting, but actually funny.  I have faith.

Jay S.  It's supposed to be an extended joke about really bad dates, I guess. But funny?  Are the people who didn't take rape in stride people who can't take a joke?

Jay S.  It's supposed to be an extended joke about really bad dates, I guess. But funny?  Are the people who didn't take rape in stride people who can't take a joke?

True. Yet I'm with the buzzkills above who are saying it was rape. You can say whatever, but you can't smash a car window with someone's head.  That's wrong.  It's important to specify what's actually wrong in a world of appalling.