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> I don’t really understand the fascination with it. People who aren't used to sci-fi think the ideas in the book are mind blowing. It's like someone who has n
by schwartzworld 4y ago
> I don’t really understand the fascination with it.
People who aren't used to sci-fi think the ideas in the book are mind blowing. It's like someone who has never heard rock music hearing a shitty cover of Sweet Child Of Mine.
- rendall 4y agoI'm not a fan of the books either and as an avid reader, science fiction is my overwhelmingly favorite genre. Still, I think this is unfair. Lots of hard core scifi fans love them. I don't get it, either, but let's all be ok with people appreciating that which we do not without insulting or questioning their taste.
- schwartzworld 4y agoI don't think what I said is insulting. TBP comes up in conversation surprisingly often, and the reason is always the "mind-blowing ideas" in the book. The idea that tropes only seem novel to the uninitiated isn't insulting to the uninitiated. It might be insulting to the author who wrote that drek, but I could say much worse about TBP.