Posted by D. G. Wilson on April 18, 1998 at 23:30:09:
In Reply to: People who dislike SF posted by The Professor on April 18, 1998 at 22:30:59:
Tastes vary and you can't easily teach an old dog new tricks.
I'm like you, a long-time SF reader. My tastes run more to Vance or L. Sprague deCamp.
LeGuin may be a little too far from the mainstream for some.
Some might take a first step with something closer to present time, such as William Gibson, or Bruce Sterling (e. g., "Islands in the Net"). Or even something with a more conventional structure and current setting, maybe Michael Crichton followed by "Lucifer's Hammer" or "Footfall" or ...
Some (not I) may have a political problem with (say) Poul Anderson or Robert Heinlein (or Rudyard Kipling).
Some like to read about sex, which is usually downplayed in SF. But there's P. J. Farmer, and also William Barton.