An article pitting science fiction against Homeric epics

This article written by a science fiction writer is why I early and easily discerned science fiction was souless, Spiritless, cardboard written by the most annoying kind of ignoram[u]s: the ignoram[u]s who is convinced he has total understanding and everybody else is a moron. [Note to self: learn to spell ignoramus.]

http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/1999/06/15/brin_main/

C. S. Lewis called atheism a "boy's philosophy." The writer of this article is a boy as well.

It's four pages, but worth slogging through. Though he is a popular writer, so it does read fast.

ps- I found this article linked to the wikipedia article on 'monomyth'. It's interesting that academics have soured on the idea of a monomyth (Joseph Campbell's hero journey thing). It's because myth leads one into seeing the truth of Christianity. It also leads one into seeing oneself in a real way. These are things shallow, anti-Christian academia cannot abide. So they are avoiding the subject altogether.