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I'm curious what makes Doctorow notorious. I read some of his short stories, with mixed feelings. Agreed with your point on this article not being a good use o
by tooltower 5y ago
I'm curious what makes Doctorow notorious. I read some of his short stories, with mixed feelings.
Agreed with your point on this article not being a good use of the reader's time.
- KennyBlanken 5y agoBeing in the right place at the right time during the internet boom, having hipster glasses, and writing so-so near-future scifi stories which appeal to the sort of people who write "GNU/Linux" non-ironically.
- toyg 5y agoHe helped put together a zine/blog that got popular in the early days of the web, and was an early blogger (when weblogs were few and novel). Then became a bit of a parody of himself.
- WalterGR 5y agoDoctorow's not notorious, he's just famous (in certain circles.) Emphasis mine: notorious - adj - famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed. I would call that definition prescriptive and not descriptive. In practice, people use the term mostly for someone who's famous or well-known because of some bad quality or deed, and sometimes for someone who's famous or well-known and who additionally has some bad quality or has done a bad deed.