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When I was on holiday in Ireland years ago this was one of the books in the cottage we stayed in. It was so long I didn't finish it before the holiday was over, and I pledged to read the whole thing one day.

It's pretty good as hard SF goes: incredible attention to detail and there's loads of science, both known and extrapolated, in there. Unfortunately, like most SF authors, Robinson can't write for shit.

After that, my reading list looks like:

Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons - The Watchmen
Joseph Conrad - Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, Victory, Nostromo, The Nigger of the Narcissus
Irvine Welsh - The Marabou Stork Nightmares

I also promised my friend I'd read Dawkins' The God Delusion, although I'm not particularly interested in it.

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Originally posted by weymouth American Gods by Neil Gaiman Gaiman is pretty popular with a lot of "hipster" fantasy readers and wanted to see what it is all about. Not really that impressed after 400 pages in. He's an imaginative guy but he doesn't weave that great of a story.

I read this a couple of years back.. and I was actually really impressed. Probably as much by the concepts as the story. Though I haven't read ANY fantasy since LOTR in 5th grade. So perhaps whatever it is about the traditional fantasy genre is missing. In general I found this book interesting in a sci-fi sorta way more than a fantasy way (not that I read sci-fi either).

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Just finished up A Brief History of Time and am now starting:

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Unfortunately, like most SF authors, Robinson can't write for shit.

I've always wondered why that is -- that SF authors can't write.

It seems to me that most prominent Science Fiction writers seem to have a strong background in pulp and serial publication-inspired childhoods. I'll bet this begins to change as newer generations come forth, no longer the result of long-since extinct forms of fiction.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On It seems to me that most prominent Science Fiction writers seem to have a strong background in pulp and serial publication-inspired childhoods. I'll bet this begins to change as newer generations come forth, no longer the result of long-since extinct forms of fiction.

JK rowlings being the most famous example. even i can write better than this bitch.

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Right? I just don't understand how people can say it's so "good". I can understand liking something just because it tickles your fancy, but to accredit any sort of skill or profession to a work merely because you like it is dumb as shit.

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My girlfriend, an English major, is a big fan of the Harry Potter books and recommended them to me. She recognizes that they're written badly but finds them entertaining.

Exactly - entertaining and good can be two entirely different things. Trust me, there's lots of stupid crap that I am entertained by, but I have no qualms calling the crap what it is and criticizing the rest appropriately.

/sticks nose up

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