Why I don't like TBOTSS

Timothy Reilly · 24 May 2002, 00:37 · from urth-v0205.mbox · original

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From: "Timothy Reilly" <treilly at ozemail.com.au>
Subject: Re: (urth) Why I don't like TBOTSS
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 10:37:58 +1000
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> From: "Adam Stephanides" <adamsteph at earthlink.net>
> I'm not suggesting, I hasten to add, that those who like > it are
deceiving  themselves or others.  But I don't understand the seeming
consensus that
>  TBOTSS is a masterpiece, and equal to TBOTNS.  To me, TBOTSS seems more
> like a parody of everything that made TBOTNS great.

Adam, there's no such consensus.  While I liked OBW I had grave doubts after
IGJ, and these were confirmed by RTTW.  I and many others expressed in
detail why we did not think TBSS was successful long ago.  I don't take part
in the ongoing debates about details of TBSS now because I don't like it
enough to be bothered, not because I have changed my mind.

Tim

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