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Book burning (was Re: Flag Burning)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 18 Jul 2001 21:01:47 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
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> > > (okay, I burned Marion Zimmer Bradley's "The Firebrand", but that was a
> > > private critique)
> > > :-)
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> Maybe she's an acquired taste, but she's joined Stephen Donaldson and Terry
> Brooks in my Incinerator Special File.
Terry Brooks should stop pretending to write good fiction, acknowledge that
he writes marginal formula at best, and run with it. I don't mind some of
his stuff, I just hate that some people are fooled into thinking it's
quality work.
As to Donaldson.... well, I think everyone should read Donaldson once, to
learn the lesson that a book can have all the elements of a great story, and
still be boring as snot. I'm not entirely certain how he does it.
James
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) I read all the Darkover books as a kid. My tastes have refined considerably since then and when I tried to read a more recent one as a young adult (19-21 or so) I just couldn't do it. It was disappointing. (...) I think the key here is (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Book burning (was Re: Flag Burning)
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| (...) It's a rare talent... fortunately. Some authors are born to mediocrity, some acquire it in old age, and some have it thrust upon them (1). Fortunately a few lose it, too. 1 - success sometimes seems to do this... I like Orson Scott Card a LOT (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Book burning (was Re: Flag Burning)
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| (...) That's a *fantastic* summation. I read the various Chronicles in my early twenties, but when I tried to reread them a few years later I couldn't do it. One of Donaldson's greatests strengths is an obvious love of the language, coupled with a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Flag Burning
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| (...) I knew I shouldn't have mentioned that. I haven't read any of her other books but I knew she was noted for writing things from "a women's perspective". Which I don't have a problem with - at least normally. The book starts interestingly enough (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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