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You don't seem to want to hear what I'm saying Tom Send a noteboard - 20/02/2012 03:51:13 AM
There is more to literature than storytelling, and Brandon Sanderson lacks it. That doesn't mean anyone is trying to imply you should be ashamed to like Sanderson or for having your own criteria for judging books, but "fluff" by definition means "lacking depth", and as I said before, Sanderson himself would not try to argue that he is writing books that are supposed to be "deep". Both Dickens and Dostoevsky wrote profound novels that will be discussed by educated people for centuries if not millennia. It just takes a bit of effort to appreciate them, though it is well worth the effort.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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A modern Moorcock, eh ? *NM* - 19/02/2012 05:39:00 PM 832 Views
I just wish he'd be done with the RJ shit and go back to writing his own books. - 19/02/2012 05:40:59 PM 1762 Views
Agreed on both points..... - 19/02/2012 08:00:41 PM 1755 Views
Well, but he is a "fluff" writer from a literary standpoint - 20/02/2012 02:16:11 AM 1766 Views
Not a fluff writer in my mind..... - 20/02/2012 03:12:46 AM 1753 Views
You don't seem to want to hear what I'm saying - 20/02/2012 03:51:13 AM 1697 Views
And I am saying that storytelling is more important..... - 20/02/2012 04:52:39 AM 1832 Views
Storytelling is crucial... - 20/02/2012 05:59:57 AM 1905 Views
A few comments/replies about your post..... - 20/02/2012 02:57:16 PM 1763 Views
You are correct in one respect: all of this is opinion. - 20/02/2012 07:01:11 PM 1745 Views
You sound like one of those nasty "literary elites"! - 20/02/2012 08:07:13 PM 1678 Views
Literature is subjective - 21/02/2012 12:26:35 AM 1764 Views
Very well said..... *NM* - 21/02/2012 01:12:40 AM 790 Views
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Never heard of Thomas Mann and the real Mona Lisa..... - 21/02/2012 03:34:12 AM 1643 Views
Conversely, why should I trust the likes of you? - 21/02/2012 06:19:18 AM 1931 Views
Oh, come now... - 21/02/2012 10:35:18 AM 1919 Views
When it comes to evaluating schema, I'm not going to trust someone who only had English 101 - 21/02/2012 11:26:03 AM 1673 Views
Mostly agreed - 21/02/2012 09:00:51 PM 1777 Views
Mostly true - 21/02/2012 09:27:09 PM 1778 Views
Re: Mostly true - 22/02/2012 12:58:55 AM 1539 Views
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Amusing - 21/02/2012 07:49:20 PM 1728 Views
Wow, you lack basic reading comprehension skills..... - 21/02/2012 08:29:24 PM 1691 Views
Uh...Faust is a play. Doctor Faustus is a novel. The former is Goethe, the latter is Mann. *NM* - 22/02/2012 12:00:22 AM 815 Views
D'uh.....notice the smiley face. Good grief! *NM* - 22/02/2012 12:50:23 AM 838 Views
Just checking... *NM* - 22/02/2012 01:07:40 AM 812 Views
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I have not blindly rejected the literary elites..... - 21/02/2012 05:27:35 PM 1785 Views
So true about the Mona Lisa. - 21/02/2012 07:57:41 PM 1784 Views
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Slow down - it may not be the current elites that are hyping it..... - 23/02/2012 05:12:47 PM 1497 Views
There's "subjective", and there's "lack of education" - 21/02/2012 08:58:11 PM 1759 Views
Re: There's "subjective", and there's "lack of education" - 21/02/2012 09:23:38 PM 1847 Views
Thank you. That was excellent. *NM* - 20/02/2012 07:01:31 PM 874 Views
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