When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right. - Eugene V. Debs
There are so many things about this blog I find offensive, I don't know where to start.
I'm sure there are other books out there that will make you happier than mine. There are books with less sex in them, God knows. There are books that don't make you think that hard.
LKH's books have never made me think hard. I started reading them because I saw a flawed but likeable heroine who stood up for herself and existed in a world full of vampires and werewolves, which I loved. I wasn't after philosophy - I read Plato for that. I was after entertainment. And entertainment shouldn't hurt my brain. LKH's books now do.
I also dislike the implication that anything else I as a "negative reader" choose to read is pap and fluff.
Or maybe this will not move you, maybe you do not feel for the loneliness of the vampires that have not known love for centuries.
Maybe that's because I know vampires aren't real. As much as I want to be immersed in a world and its characters when I read, I can't really get too emo over the fact that fictional creatures don't get enough wuv.
Or maybe, as is implied, I'm an emotionally disfunctional fuckwit for not being moved.
If you do not feel the touch of my characters, the emotional pain, the emotional triumphs, then I have failed you.
As a writer, I want readers to get involved with my stories and characters. I want them to enjoy what I write and feel emotionally attached to my characters. I think all writers do. There's nothing wrong with that.
But as a relatively normal human being, I accept that shit happens in real life, and it should be reflected in fiction. People die. Not everyone gets a happy ending and some people don't find Anita other people attractive. If I want people to believe in my writing, I have to make it realistic in certain respects.
Since Laurell is clearly incapable of this, why should I worry about her characters' emotional pain? Nobody's ever going to suffer unduly and Anita will always pull a new trick out of her crotch hat to save everyone, so why should I care? Where's the suspense?
Go, and find someone who does speak to you. Someone who's characters are plot devices, so the books are neat, understandable, clinical, and utterly organized.
Excuse me while I take offence on the part of every writer in the world.
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There are so many things about this blog I find offensive, I don't know where to start.
I'm sure there are other books out there that will make you happier than mine. There are books with less sex in them, God knows. There are books that don't make you think that hard.
LKH's books have never made me think hard. I started reading them because I saw a flawed but likeable heroine who stood up for herself and existed in a world full of vampires and werewolves, which I loved. I wasn't after philosophy - I read Plato for that. I was after entertainment. And entertainment shouldn't hurt my brain. LKH's books now do.
I also dislike the implication that anything else I as a "negative reader" choose to read is pap and fluff.
Or maybe this will not move you, maybe you do not feel for the loneliness of the vampires that have not known love for centuries.
Maybe that's because I know vampires aren't real. As much as I want to be immersed in a world and its characters when I read, I can't really get too emo over the fact that fictional creatures don't get enough wuv.
Or maybe, as is implied, I'm an emotionally disfunctional fuckwit for not being moved.
If you do not feel the touch of my characters, the emotional pain, the emotional triumphs, then I have failed you.
As a writer, I want readers to get involved with my stories and characters. I want them to enjoy what I write and feel emotionally attached to my characters. I think all writers do. There's nothing wrong with that.
But as a relatively normal human being, I accept that shit happens in real life, and it should be reflected in fiction. People die. Not everyone gets a happy ending and some people don't find Anita other people attractive. If I want people to believe in my writing, I have to make it realistic in certain respects.
Since Laurell is clearly incapable of this, why should I worry about her characters' emotional pain? Nobody's ever going to suffer unduly and Anita will always pull a new trick out of her
crotchhat to save everyone, so why should I care? Where's the suspense?Go, and find someone who does speak to you. Someone who's characters are plot devices, so the books are neat, understandable, clinical, and utterly organized.
Excuse me while I take offence on the part of every writer in the world.