I was not able to get past the first few pages either. I think it's style. I have a pretty high tolerance for bad writing too. It's not the ideas. I can read Heinlein, Nietzsche, Celine... shrug. But believe what you like.
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 10:26 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > Writing content takes a back seat to writing style for me. If something is > well written, I can read it almost regardless of the content. Conversely, > even if the subject matter is riveting, if it's poorly written, I'm going > to have trouble getting through it. > > That's why I can read almost anything Stephen King writes. Some of his > stories are kind of stupid or even boring, but I'm always going to enjoy > his writing. > > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think she was just a crappy writer. I thought the same of some sci-fi > > greats. I can't stand Arthur C. Clarke's writing style. I tried reading > > Childhood's End several times and couldn't make it past the first couple > of > > pages. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Three Ravens Consulting > > Eric Roberts > > Owner/Developer > > [email protected] > > tel: 630-486-5255 > > fax: 630-310-8531 > > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > > ------------------------------------ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: GMoney [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 7:55 AM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy > > > > > > Yeah well...there's a difference between espousing crappy ideas, and > being > > a > > crappy writer. > > > > Curious if people can separate the two. I had a flaming liberal > girlfriend > > back in college...and she LOVED Atlas Shrugged. So i dunno. > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:44 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Because they don't like her ideas. > > > > > > Meh. > > > > > > I can't stand reading Shakespear, to each their own. > > > On Dec 12, 2012 8:20 AM, "GMoney" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Why is she a horrible writer? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Eric Roberts < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You made it that far. I have Atlas on my tablet and didn't make > > > > > it > > > past > > > > > page 2. What a horrible writer. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > Three Ravens Consulting > > > > > Eric Roberts > > > > > Owner/Developer > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > tel: 630-486-5255 > > > > > fax: 630-310-8531 > > > > > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 3:47 PM > > > > > To: cf-community > > > > > Subject: Re: Krugman on the Foundation Trilogy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I tried reading Rand about 4 times, I could not get past page 10 > > once. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Judah McAuley > > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Asimov and Heinlein were big influences for me. I never cared > > > > > > for > > > Rand > > > > > > even when I was young. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:00 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Yeah, Asimov and Heinlein had a lot to do with my life and my > > > > > >> philosophy for living it. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> And Rand of course, but you guys mostly don't care for her, and > > > > > >> I'll admit with time and age and experience I've certainly come > > > > > >> to see some of the draw backs of objectavism, but still follow > > > > > >> it's main tenets as much as a human can. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson > > > > > >> <[email protected] > > > > > >> >wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > The Dorsai novels also had a lot of good talk about open vs > > > > > >> > closed workforce/societies > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Larry C. Lyons > > > > > >> > <[email protected] > > > > > >> > >wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > I've always wondered whether Asimov when he started the > > > > > >> > > Robots series and the Foundation novels ever intended to > > > > > >> > > merge the two as he later did. For that matter the prequel > > > > > >> > > trilogy written by David Brin and Gregory Benford sort of > > > > > >> > > thoroughly changed the entire meaning of the first trilogy. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Judah McAuley > > > > > >> > > <[email protected]> > > > > > >> > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > I thought this was a pretty good review of the Foundation > > > > > >> > > > Trilogy. It reminds me that I really ought to go reread > > those. > > > > > >> > > > Just the first > > > > > >> > three, > > > > > >> > > of > > > > > >> > > > course. The later additions..eh, not so much. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/dec/04/paul-krugman-asimov-econo > > > > > >> mics > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > Cheers, > > > > > >> > > > Judah > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359170 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
