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World on a Plate, by Rask Trandon (Book)

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Trandon develops a trenchant thesis in this book, relating to his belief in the decline of science fiction as a significant literary genre, and attributing this supposed decline to recent technological advances. He argues that we need not the new from our writers, because we get it every day in our Amazon delivery. Notably, though, he fails to mention what proportion of those Amazon deliveries contain science fiction novels! Delivering such a provocative theory, Trandon needed to back it up with very substantial evidence, and that is not to be found in this volume. It will do his reputation as a ritual slayer of sacred cows no harm, but will do him no favours in the academic community. – SWT

Originally published in Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #11.