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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 703 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 1528 Views
Agreed on both points..... - 19/02/2012 08:00:41 PM 1490 Views
Well, but he is a "fluff" writer from a literary standpoint - 20/02/2012 02:16:11 AM 1526 Views
Not a fluff writer in my mind..... - 20/02/2012 03:12:46 AM 1503 Views
You don't seem to want to hear what I'm saying - 20/02/2012 03:51:13 AM 1458 Views
And I am saying that storytelling is more important..... - 20/02/2012 04:52:39 AM 1583 Views
Storytelling is crucial... - 20/02/2012 05:59:57 AM 1585 Views
A few comments/replies about your post..... - 20/02/2012 02:57:16 PM 1514 Views
You are correct in one respect: all of this is opinion. - 20/02/2012 07:01:11 PM 1506 Views
You sound like one of those nasty "literary elites"! - 20/02/2012 08:07:13 PM 1454 Views
Literature is subjective - 21/02/2012 12:26:35 AM 1529 Views
Very well said..... *NM* - 21/02/2012 01:12:40 AM 669 Views
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Never heard of Thomas Mann and the real Mona Lisa..... - 21/02/2012 03:34:12 AM 1395 Views
Conversely, why should I trust the likes of you? - 21/02/2012 06:19:18 AM 1693 Views
Oh, come now... - 21/02/2012 10:35:18 AM 1645 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 1402 Views
Mostly agreed - 21/02/2012 09:00:51 PM 1466 Views
Mostly true - 21/02/2012 09:27:09 PM 1489 Views
Re: Mostly true - 22/02/2012 12:58:55 AM 1314 Views
Larry = snob - 21/02/2012 05:34:22 PM 1450 Views
Amusing - 21/02/2012 07:49:20 PM 1453 Views
Wow, you lack basic reading comprehension skills..... - 21/02/2012 08:29:24 PM 1447 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 688 Views
D'uh.....notice the smiley face. Good grief! *NM* - 22/02/2012 12:50:23 AM 704 Views
Just checking... *NM* - 22/02/2012 01:07:40 AM 652 Views
Wait, let's look at the gross disconnect between two statements. - 21/02/2012 01:59:34 PM 1511 Views
I have not blindly rejected the literary elites..... - 21/02/2012 05:27:35 PM 1504 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 1264 Views
There's "subjective", and there's "lack of education" - 21/02/2012 08:58:11 PM 1459 Views
Re: There's "subjective", and there's "lack of education" - 21/02/2012 09:23:38 PM 1592 Views
Thank you. That was excellent. *NM* - 20/02/2012 07:01:31 PM 743 Views
Seems like an awful lot. - 19/02/2012 08:11:22 PM 1682 Views
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