apparently, Modesitt looking a prat online is all my fault: http://forgedforest.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/opinion-another-review-controversy.html …
@niallharrison @booksmugglers That's fine; I'm more objecting to the sense that b/c Modesitt OBVIOUSLY did X, it's not relevant critically.
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@fozmeadows@booksmugglers Before I get into this, note that I have never read a book by Modesitt! -
@niallharrison@fozmeadows ha, never have I and only heard of him recently for the first time so I kind of sympathise with the intro? - Show replies
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@fozmeadows@booksmugglers And my position is slightly different to that of the person who wrote the review-response.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@fozmeadows@booksmugglers But I'm more sympathetic to them than the reviewer, basically, because:Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@fozmeadows@booksmugglers If it's a deliberate and consistent stylistic choice then (a) a reader should be able to recognise that, and ...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@fozmeadows@booksmugglers (b) criticism of that choice is most effective when it recognises that it is a choice. -
@niallharrison@booksmugglers Agreed; but if you've only read one book, is it necessarily obvious that it IS a choice? - Show replies
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@fozmeadows@booksmugglers The reviewer basically asserts "this is bad, I don't like it"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@fozmeadows@booksmugglers What I want is "This is the author's approach, this is what they're aiming for, I don't think it works because."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@fozmeadows@booksmugglers Does that make any sense? -
@niallharrison@fozmeadows it does! and I have several mismatch thoughts about it, here it comes
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