Apprentice Chefs, Trying to Impress Pizza Eaters?

Writer's Digest strikes again, with this popular fiction report.Love this quote from Crawford Kilian, author of Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy:Kilian notes the rise of traditional (hard) science-fiction writers like Neil Gaiman and Rudy Rucker, but worries that the days of mind-stretching tales are dwindling. “No doubt some agents and editors really are looking for brilliant and innovative newcomers,” he says. “But they’ll be like apprentice chefs, trying to create superb meals for customers who want Domino’s Pizza.” To which I can only say..."you idiot!" (unless this is a misquote). Such things become self-fulfilling prophesies and are the kinds of generalizations that, over time, can really hurt "brilliant and innovative newcomers", if you're really worried about them. Not to mention...Gaiman's a (hard) SF writer?Note also this quote:Among the many distinct sub-genres, however, the most prevalent trend is the return of “urban fantasy,” which Harper Collins Voyager Publishing Director Jane Johnson describes as “the supernatural erupting into the everyday—sexy, tongue-in-cheek, post-modern.” The best example of this resurging genre, says Johnson (aka Jude Fisher), is the work of Kim Harrison.I hope that's a misquote, because Harrison is many things, but post-modern is not one of them. That's not a slam--just a fact.JeffNote: The publisher of Kilian's book on writing SF/F is sending me a copy. It's worth noting that a quote in an article doth not a separate book damn...