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If you're going to posture as an amateur writing critic, thinking about the social context of Asimov's writing, you probably shouldn't also condemn a writer lov
by cynicalkane 16y ago
If you're going to posture as an amateur writing critic, thinking about the social context of Asimov's writing, you probably shouldn't also condemn a writer loved by readers, writers, and critics as "pretty much universally crap". It's counter-cultural and pretentious yet very shallow, and so you lose a lot of credibility as a critic.
- gwern 16y agoIs it really controversial to say that Asimov had a bad prose style and is primarily an idea or conceptual writer? I mean, look at http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=asimov%20%22prose%20stylist%22 http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=asimov%20%22prose... . These people aren't making it up; Asimov will never be praised for his striking style, magnificent metaphors, or lucid descriptions, like, say, Gene Wolfe is.
- slashclee 16y agoPretty sure he was defending Rowling, not Asmiov.