The community of Janeites
July 26, 2005
In an interview with The Age, Karen Joy Fowler, author of The Jane Austen Book Club, discusses why she brought together Jane Austen and science fiction in her book.
“You are always being told as a writer to write what you know, which actually I find very tedious, but in this case the s-f community is something that I know and love. I’m so struck by the obvious and perhaps not very deep – or perhaps very deep, I haven’t decided! – similarities between s-f readers and Austen fans. The attachment to their literature is so profound that it’s not enough to read and enjoy the books, these particular texts also bring about communities.”
You don’t say. 
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I read this book and because of it found the first science fiction books that I love – author LeGuin is wonderful.