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Heh. James Send a noteboard - 12/09/2012 03:43:52 PM
You need to apply the same standard to books that you do to professional Wrestling(get well King) and vice versa.

There is a place for the over analysis of prose you love to indulge in, but that place is mainly within the walls of acedamia. In the real world, a good book is one that people enjoy; the Drizzt books qualify.


In the real world, a book can be entertaining or enjoyable and still be bad. The notion that a book has to be good because people enjoy it is almost as silly as a book being good because it sells well.

Now, I am a fan of Bob's. The Drizzt books introduced me to fantasy and really got me back into reading. Hell, I'm even a moderator on his official forums. But there is no denying that his books are poorly written. They are enjoyable. They are entertaining. They aren't very good. Seems like most of the people who argue that they are tend to be the ones who haven't really read anything other than tie-ins.
"It's a strange world. Let's keep it that way."
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I think my IQ dropped a little bit when I parsed what you said - 13/09/2012 04:16:21 PM 1245 Views
Yep, your usual rebuttal... *NM* - 17/09/2012 02:14:56 PM 616 Views
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Defensive much? *NM* - 10/09/2012 10:31:17 PM 668 Views
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Prove it. *NM* - 11/09/2012 03:12:17 AM 601 Views
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Both - 14/09/2012 04:36:59 PM 1126 Views
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Interesting scenario - 14/09/2012 10:16:11 PM 1149 Views
Re: Interesting scenario - 15/09/2012 09:55:59 AM 1330 Views
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