Asimov is by far the weakest of these four, and it is absurd that he won.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/875201866975531008 …
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Replying to @HeerJeet @notjessewalker
Heinlein is a childish embarrassment, Bradbury is overwrought & boring, Clarke could have done better, but he's to florid for "Golden Age"
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Replying to @3662brendon @HeerJeet
Asimov never wrote anything as good as Jonathan Hoag, Martian Chronicles, or Childhood's End.
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Replying to @notjessewalker @HeerJeet
I hate Martian Chronicles
, but agree w/ CE, Clarke almost shouldn't be in the category. Asimov was consistently but prolifically "OK".1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @3662brendon @HeerJeet
His OKness is why it seems so weird to me that he won. Other than "Nightfall" I can't think of anything of his that's a standout.
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Of course, he was so prolific that I can't claim to have read more than a small fraction of his work.
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A lot of sci-fi readers value conceptual inventiveness (which Asimov certainly had) more than prose or character creation.
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