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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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This may be one of the most dire reviews you shall ever read - 09/09/2012 09:12:25 PM 2431 Views
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Poorly written by what standard? - 10/09/2012 12:29:17 AM 1689 Views
By the standards of what I enjoyed as a nine year-old? - 10/09/2012 01:04:12 AM 1639 Views
So like I said, by the standards of Elitist Literary Snobs - 11/09/2012 12:03:08 AM 1699 Views
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I shall tread lightly so. - 12/09/2012 06:15:51 PM 1677 Views
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The Game of Life? - 12/09/2012 08:23:53 PM 1638 Views
Re: Pretty much so - 12/09/2012 08:50:57 PM 1672 Views
You apparently do not read my blog/reviews much - 12/09/2012 09:07:18 PM 1692 Views
Actually, I read them almost never - 13/09/2012 03:07:48 PM 1706 Views
I think my IQ dropped a little bit when I parsed what you said - 13/09/2012 04:16:21 PM 1664 Views
Yep, your usual rebuttal... *NM* - 17/09/2012 02:14:56 PM 842 Views
No, not really - 17/09/2012 06:25:15 PM 1505 Views
Yes, Yes, wrap yourself in arrogance and declare yourself correct until your opposite gets bored... - 17/09/2012 11:12:17 PM 1786 Views
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The last word with me is rather difficult to obtain - 18/09/2012 02:48:03 PM 1596 Views
Don't try to argue with them. They've made their judgments. They are better than you. - 10/09/2012 09:36:17 PM 1619 Views
Defensive much? *NM* - 10/09/2012 10:31:17 PM 883 Views
He never said you couldn't enjoy it. - 10/09/2012 11:10:11 PM 1757 Views
Indeed - 10/09/2012 11:17:20 PM 1612 Views
But they aren't. - 10/09/2012 11:48:14 PM 1646 Views
Prove it. *NM* - 11/09/2012 03:12:17 AM 814 Views
He also went on to compare liking the books to having the standards of a nine-year-old. - 11/09/2012 02:34:18 AM 1610 Views
You didn't read what I said very well then - 11/09/2012 03:16:21 AM 1604 Views
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Interesting point - 11/09/2012 12:41:01 AM 1601 Views
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My dad was (and is) influenced by Evangelicals - 13/09/2012 12:17:36 AM 1520 Views
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12 modules, not 15 - 14/09/2012 02:55:39 PM 1804 Views
These threads are so much better than the rape threads! *NM* - 12/09/2012 04:03:01 AM 915 Views
You're just waiting to see if I'll use hexameter in the next one *NM* - 12/09/2012 04:32:31 AM 745 Views
When do we get to see some alexandrines? *NM* - 12/09/2012 12:41:29 PM 811 Views
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Sssssh! - 14/09/2012 05:10:19 AM 1597 Views
People become lesbians for no reason! - 17/09/2012 04:34:20 PM 1467 Views
I think my IQ dropped further upon learning of this - 17/09/2012 06:29:29 PM 1492 Views
Baldurs Gate wooooo! - 14/09/2012 04:13:34 PM 1729 Views
Is the review dire because of the subject or the sonnet form? - 14/09/2012 04:24:37 PM 1649 Views
Both - 14/09/2012 04:36:59 PM 1566 Views
it would be unusual for someone to just randomly pick books like that up - 14/09/2012 05:05:37 PM 1875 Views
Interesting scenario - 14/09/2012 10:16:11 PM 1574 Views
Re: Interesting scenario - 15/09/2012 09:55:59 AM 1830 Views
Re: Interesting scenario - 17/09/2012 06:28:57 PM 1488 Views

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