{"id":30975,"date":"2012-05-04T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=30975"},"modified":"2012-05-04T07:56:38","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T11:56:38","slug":"bacon-sci-fi-and-feuds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/04\/bacon-sci-fi-and-feuds\/","title":{"rendered":"Bacon, Sci-Fi, and Feuds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ereader.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ereader-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ereader\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-30976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ereader-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/ereader.jpg 623w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/entertainment\/archive\/2012\/04\/the-greatest-author-vs-critic-feuds-of-all-time\/256531\/#slide4\">The literary feud hall of fame!<\/a>\n<li><em>Ploughshares <\/em>launches the fascinating <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pshares.org\/2012\/05\/03\/first-drafts-fiction\/#more-5971\">First Drafts,<\/a> in which writers discuss their revision process.\n<li>Novelist Jane Rogers wins the UK\u2019s science-fiction prize, the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/galleycat\/\"> Arthur C. 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