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Poster is drinking the "Breen Cola". I don't find that prizes, especially modern ones awarded for literature, equate to "stuff worth reading". In most cases, so
by thataccount 2mo ago
Poster is drinking the "Breen Cola". I don't find that prizes, especially modern ones awarded for literature, equate to "stuff worth reading". In most cases, something worth reading is going to typically be 70-80 years old—back when people had to use their imaginations and more extensive vocabulary that wasn't being doused and invaded by vile AI swill.
The same thing is often true of movies in that the older ones are more well-crafted and better paced and carry messages still relevant now.
- arjie 2mo agoThe Hugo Award nominees are all pretty good. Winning isn't any more significant than getting shortlisted. For a short while I thought it was dropping in quality but a discussion here led to my changing my mind: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48929545 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48929545
- dominotw 2mo agoever since i was a teenager i always read all the booker prize nominees and nothing else. But they've seemed to have jumped onto social justice bandwagon and are nominating books with an agenda. i have no problem with social justice and belive in mission 100 percent but for some reason my heart doesnt agree with books slected for an agenda.
- teh_klev 2mo agoI gave up on the Booker Prize years ago. It's mostly hand wringing, dreary, navel gazing tedium, which is a shame.
- dominotw 2mo agoi still re/read old winners though
- sien 2mo agoFor people who are interested in modern literature reading the Booker Prize winners from 1969 forward and skipping any book that you find dull after 100 pages or whatever is well worth it. Then people can stop as they get to the latest things that are driven by identity politics when they choose.
- thataccount 2mo agoThe article you list which is referred to reads to me like the books she is judging are not standing out on their own enough to instill in the reader a sense of their "greatness" as a work. Old school book awards were obvious then, and are obvious now. You know when you put one of those puppies down that you've done something that has re-arranged how you process life. I'm not clear what in the convo changed your mind?
- arjie 2mo agoI'm sorry if I wasn't clear. I did not mean the article. I meant the Hacker News discussion. The link is to my comment claiming that the Hugos today are garbage but I can see how it would appear that I intended the primary story.