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Don't want to trash talk Doctorow, but I just think he missed his calling at the New Yorker or somewhere similar writing near-future short stories that were su
by evgen 6y ago
Don't want to trash talk Doctorow, but I just think he missed his calling at the New Yorker or somewhere similar writing near-future short stories that were subtle critique of current issues. If we criticize Neal Stephenson for building great worlds and telling an interesting story but not being able to consistently stick the landing then I think Doctorow builds the world but can never really get a good story going. They are all better writers than I, but overall Doctorow to me seems a bit over-hyped for someone who under-delivers on the possibilities of his world-building.
- forgotmypw17 6y agoIf you can do better, where is your writing? Doctorow has added more to my life than the whole of New Yorker, and I'm grateful.
- ulisesrmzroche 6y agoWhat a strange comment. What does it matter if he is a writer or not? Critique is not magically less valid because of it People can criticize without providing a solution.
- bigbubba 6y agoYou don't need to be a chef to give your opinion on food.
- CodeGlitch 6y agoThat is true but a chef is classed as a (usually) expert so knows what they're talking about. Put another way, I value the opinion of a chef about food than everyone else.
- bigbubba 6y agoTo the point though, if somebody told you that Bills Burger Bin had great burgers and you responded with "How would you know? Where are all the burgers you've made?", that would make you a jackass.
- CodeGlitch 6y agoYes but if that somebody was a chef, I would value their opinion more.
- tomc1985 6y agoThere are entire sports' worth of armchair quarterbacks who would disagree with you