[ SECRET POST #5933 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5933 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Will be missing a Friday post this week (traveling!). Just a heads up!

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Comments

Re: Overrated/underrated authors

[(Anonymous)]

Isaac Asimov is wildly, wildly overrated. The guy had some interesting ideas, he was clever, but he just wasn't much as a writer of fiction. There's only one thing of his I think is worth reading from a literary point of view. And that's not even getting into his personal life. But he's still treated as a god of science fiction.

Re: Overrated/underrated authors

[(Anonymous)]

DA

His science fact books, however, were very well researched and edited. During the eighties, I always enjoyed looking at his small guides to modern science and science fiction movies. They were a real pleasure to read. They spoke to my inner geek.

Re: Overrated/underrated authors

[meadowphoenix]

yeah I think that's the thing...he wasn't writing from a literary point of view. Because of that, he's very easy to get inspired by because his writing is essentially philosophical fiction. I'd say that's where his status comes from. His concepts are extremely good.

Re: Overrated/underrated authors

[(Anonymous)]

Disagree. Sure, his writing isn't literary, but you don't need to be a literary genius to write good genre fiction. His ideas outweigh the writing (which is perfectly servicable for what he was doing)

Re: Overrated/underrated authors

[feotakahari]

I’m not into Asimov’s long fiction, but I think he did some clever stuff in bite-size format. Just enough time to set up the plot, not enough time to get bored with the paper-thin characters. Some of my favorites are “Obituary,” “All the Troubles of the World,” and “The Last Question.” That last one got a really good comic: https://www.reddit.com/r/Frisson/comments/41zsz6/comic_isaac_asimovs_the_last_question/

Re: Overrated/underrated authors

[(Anonymous)]

The comic is well worth rereading.

Thanks.