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Re: Book burning (was Re: Flag Burning)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 19 Jul 2001 00:20:01 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes:
> 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.
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 but
some of his later work shows the downside of paying by the word. (4/5 of the
way through a 19th rereading of Songmaster as I type this, actually...
started it on the BWI-IND flight, got well into it on the IND-DTW flight
(where I am) and expect I'll polish it by the time we're wheels down in
GRR... this just to show that I DO like his work, mind you, and why I
mentioned him in particular)
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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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