Moratorium on sci-fi novels in which the main female character's breasts are described in detail—or as "perfect". I get it. She has boobs.
Well, of course his own assertion is that no novelist is, has been, or ever can be above it all. But some are more painstaking than others.
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And some are simply more sensitive to infelicities of style and substance that undermine the effect of a novel by distracting its readers.
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This heightened sensitivity to missteps is a curious faculty. We call it "taste," and we know it when we see it. But it remains mysterious.
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