Yeah, I got that impression as well. I figured we weren't going to agree when he started complaining about how the prose in The Left Hand of Darkness was uninteresting; wondered what the hell he'd actually read when he got into how The Girl That Owned A City was an example of something that only existed so a character could spew up a lot of unpopular opinions; looked at the list of works he'd read and then at his staatement that "Of course, most SF doesn't even aim to be literature"; and finally decided that rather than unpacking all the snobbery in
The redemption of the ludicrous is wonderful. It involves revisiting a work that is either for children or just plain not very good and turning it into a respectable work for adults.
I was going to close his "Patterns" page, watch a movie, and occasionally chat with people.
I figured we weren't going to agree when he started complaining about how the prose in The Left Hand of Darkness was uninteresting
I'm happy to hear counterexamples — it's been ten years since I read that one, so it's entirely possible I'd have a different opinion today.
wondered what the hell he'd actually read when he got into how The Girl That Owned A City was an example of something that only existed so a character could spew up a lot of unpopular opinions
Did you read the article, or just the reference to it on the patterns page? If you found anything of merit in that Rand-Paul-for-Kidz™ manifesto, I do wonder what it could be...
looked at the list of works he'd read and then at his staatement that "Of course, most SF doesn't even aim to be literature"
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Re: I just woke up. Sorry if this is only half-coherent.
Date: 2011-03-20 04:54 pm (UTC)I had a much nicer night.
Re: I just woke up. Sorry if this is only half-coherent.
Date: 2011-03-21 01:36 am (UTC)I'm happy to hear counterexamples — it's been ten years since I read that one, so it's entirely possible I'd have a different opinion today.
wondered what the hell he'd actually read when he got into how The Girl That Owned A City was an example of something that only existed so a character could spew up a lot of unpopular opinions
Did you read the article, or just the reference to it on the patterns page? If you found anything of merit in that Rand-Paul-for-Kidz™ manifesto, I do wonder what it could be...
looked at the list of works he'd read and then at his staatement that "Of course, most SF doesn't even aim to be literature"
Again, always happy to hear counterexamples.