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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Morgan Cole

      19/ 1) I'm not crapping on him; I'm crapping on his writing - the worst I've seen in 43 years of reading F&SF 2) I don't care that he's trying to make a go of it; he should learn to write acceptably first, or - if he can't - just not write.https://twitter.com/MorganColeBooks/status/1252992523095728129 …

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      Who said that? I'm saying maybe refrain from shitting on a very small indie author who's writing and trying to make a go of it. I get you don't like his books. Are you honor bound to shit on everything you don't like?
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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

      20/ > Are you honor bound to shit on everything you don't like? Not at all. I only talk on a topic when I think that there's an interesting analytical framework.

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

      21/ But let me turn that around - are you honor bound to crap on me for raising absolutely valid criticism's about this guy's writing? Why not use that energy to provide feedback to him, explaining that his writing is bad and should be improved?

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

      22/ (I mean, I don't actually find your engagement on this topic to be "crapping on me" ; it's fine, and I welcome it. I'm just using your framing to address things.)

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

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      23/ yep! and someone could write a good novel, I assert, inspired a Dwarf Fortress game ... but it wouldn't / shouldn't READ like a DF game ! https://twitter.com/usernameavaila4/status/1252993101620273153 …

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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

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      24/ well, if you think that the author in question would be well served by reading a scathing critique of his non-existent writing skills, by all means, feel free to contact him and show him my tweets I, personally, don't think he would be. https://twitter.com/benkeiser3/status/1252993717310574593 …

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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

      25/ I think he is unlikely to be able to learn from the feedback (so invested is he in the narrative that he is ALREADY so good at writing that he takes money from others to instruct them on his method), but is emotionally brittle and would have his feelings hurt. /shrug

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    8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted RobH

      26/ No. No. A thousand times, no. There are different genres and different styles, and de gustibus non est disputandum, but technique and skill are objective. Tolkien and Niven are different and great in different ways. ...and some things are bad.https://twitter.com/RobHaines905/status/1252995450916962304 …

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      Isnt artwork subjective? So if he has a fan base what does it matter to you? Becuase really your just coming off as a condescending elitist who thinks the only true "art" is what they deem to be acceptable. It's not a good look.
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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

      27/ > Becuase really your just coming off as a condescending elitist yes I have a better understanding of what makes skilled writing, because I have diligently studied the topic, and I am condescending to explain it to people who have not. We are in agreement.

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    10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

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      28/ we kind of agree? separate magesteria - I'm glad we live in a world where anyone can self publish garbage and put it before the eyes of 10,000 people who can't tell feces from wine I'm also glad we live in a world where I can explain the difference https://twitter.com/ZeroBolusZero/status/1253005430487347200 …

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

      29/ so getting back to "but it's pulp!" - there's a great @paulg essay about looking up the stack at more powerful programming languages and not understanding that they're more powerful

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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

          30/ one way to re frame this is "any person lives in an N dimension space, looks down, sees N-1, looks up, sees N [ because they can't appreciate the extra dimension ]" pulprev / red tribe / indy SF often does this: they tell action packed stories, look up and see ...

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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

          31/ stories that may or may not have tons of action, but also CLAIM to have character development and plotting and good writing style ... and they don't see these things, because their eyes are not attuned to them, and say "LOL, b̵i̵r̵d̵s̵ style aren't real!"

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        4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

          32/ the thing is, style ARE real. Technique ARE real. Good writing ARE real. They are ORTHOGONAL to pulp vs non pulp. Pulp partisans often posit a 1-D space of action vs non-action. But let's talk 2-D: action vs non, good vs bad I was actually re-reading >

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        5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

          33/ a classic pulp tale last night, "Tumithak of the Corridors" (1932), and it's still fun, easy to read, and WELL WRITTEN. It's got a mighty barbarian hero, paper thin science, a big sword, spider villains. PURE PULP. ...and it's well written.

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        6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

          34/ read thispic.twitter.com/6oPMtCOb8y

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        7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

          35/ What interesting world building! Man kind lives deep underground, and has, for centuries. He has returned to a form of barbarism. Yet there are machines that somehow keep them alive. What an interesting world - it raises so many questions. What do we know of the hero?

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        8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

          36/ "Of course he will come..has Tumithak ever failed to [ keep his promises ] ?" The whole arc of the story is spelled out. What is it that makes a man, Mr Lebowski? Is it wearing power armor as torches "gasp" in a pit of putrid soil, in a crude cavern, in a mazelike warren?

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        9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

          37/ well, that ... and keeping his promises

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        10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Apr 2020

          38/ Charles R Tanner is writing trashy by-the-word pulp about alien spiders from Venus ... and yet, in half a page he has created a mysterious world we want to explore, a mysterious history we want to learn, and introduced us to a not-yet-a-man hero who always keeps his word.

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