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Re: Book burning (was Re: Flag Burning)
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Wed, 18 Jul 2001 21:56:35 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes:
> <snip>
> > Maybe she's an acquired taste, but she's joined Stephen Donaldson and Terry
> > Brooks in my Incinerator Special File.
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.
> 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.
I think the key here is marginal formula. As in, not even good formula. More
like bad formula actually.
> 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.
That's an interesting stance. Did he write the _Gap_ books? I had a friend
reading them who thought the psychology of the characters was so incredibly
deep (read twisted and melodramatic) that it must surely qualify as some of the
best SF of all time. I disagreed.
Chris (Who thinks that Vinge writes the best SF.)
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| (...) I've never actually read much MZB that wasn't a short story, and I've never had strong feelings about her one way or the other. I haven't read any Darkover, because I hate coming into the middle of a story or setting, and I've never had (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Book burning (was Re: Flag Burning)
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| (...) He's surely up there. However his latest wasn't quite as good as I'd hoped (it seemed to end rather implausibly after a setup for apparent invincibility by the villians). Here's hoping we never have an Emergency here. (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) <snip> (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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