SRD on obscurity

pthwndxrclzp · 09 Jun 2006, 23:04 · from 2006-June.txt.gz

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From: aquastor at gmail.com (pthwndxrclzp)
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 16:04:55 -0700
Subject: (urth) SRD on obscurity
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Ah, so let me get this straight. Anyone who disagrees with your opinions on
literary quality is a child? Fascinatingly mature viewpoint ya got there.

Donaldson's early prose is mind-numbingly unreadable. Your mileage may well
vary, Grandpa.

As for able fantasy stylists, I prefer the work of folks like Gene Wolfe,
C.S. Friedman, Mervyn Peake, John Myers Myers, Jennifer Stevenson, John C.
Wright, Lois McMaster Bujold, even George R.R. Martin. But Donaldson? Pfah.
Life's far too short.

But then, you probably like *Tolkien*.... <shudder>


On 6/9/06, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Case in point...
>
> On 6/9/06, pthwndxrclzp <aquastor at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Probably because he's the most egregiously untalented fantasy hack ever
> to
> > (unaccountably) get published?
>
> If you really think that, then you should go enjoy some nice Terry
> Brooks and Dennis McKiernan books, and leave the adults alone.
>
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