tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571241725404229411.post8928724854843805100..comments2023-09-02T05:30:49.720+07:00Comments on Potpourri of Science Fiction Literature: 2002: Archform: Beauty (Modesitt, L.E., Jr.)2theDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15795328679130917054noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571241725404229411.post-25070544486151565222013-11-28T08:28:28.750+07:002013-11-28T08:28:28.750+07:00Burn!Burn!2theDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14458136942599361822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571241725404229411.post-81254023408663983992013-11-28T00:46:14.624+07:002013-11-28T00:46:14.624+07:00Of course, I can't change your opinion. That ...Of course, I can't change your opinion. That was obvious, and it was never the point. I write books for people who think. L.E. Modesitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16766891988440869128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571241725404229411.post-58377976059920085912013-11-27T08:41:15.879+07:002013-11-27T08:41:15.879+07:00"Most people won't search for a contrary ..."Most people won't search for a contrary view of a book written almost 15 years earlier." The other fourteen reviews on Amazon offer some contrary views. I read them, disagreed, and let sleeping dogs lie.2theDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14458136942599361822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571241725404229411.post-69561293441083432862013-11-27T08:36:43.574+07:002013-11-27T08:36:43.574+07:00So I read the entire book, took time to quote it, ...So I read the entire book, took time to quote it, took notes on characters... and I didn't give it any "thought". I don't live in your mind, I don't have your experience, I didn't write the book. I feel that the SFRA review was good... but that doesn't make the experience of reading your book good. It's not about the content, it's about the delivery... which was bad... so bad in fact that it warranted a generous 2. Get over it. You can't change my opinion no matter how lofty your ambition was, no matter how elegant your prose is.2theDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14458136942599361822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571241725404229411.post-35067360059807066442013-11-27T05:49:29.133+07:002013-11-27T05:49:29.133+07:00There would have been little point in that. From ...There would have been little point in that. From 2theD's review, it's fairly clear that he has no real concept of what the book is about, nor is he interested in finding out. That's not a personal attack. There are books that I feel that way about, but I don't write reviews about them. My only point was to suggest that there are others who see the book far differently, and I have to beg to differ on the point that others would either know that or know those views. Most people won't search for a contrary view of a book written almost 15 years earlier. L.E. Modesitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16766891988440869128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571241725404229411.post-57551599848652139482013-11-27T05:37:49.676+07:002013-11-27T05:37:49.676+07:00This comment has been removed by the author.L.E. Modesitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16766891988440869128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571241725404229411.post-83551974345530478772013-11-27T03:34:41.929+07:002013-11-27T03:34:41.929+07:00But it's hardly like you have even responded i...But it's hardly like you have even responded in anyway to the criticisms.... Rather, simply stated that other reviews exists -- anyone who can use google knows that. Especially people who know the genre -- as 2theD does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571241725404229411.post-90728013136047286452013-11-27T03:13:13.330+07:002013-11-27T03:13:13.330+07:00Some thought, obviously. Some thought, obviously. L.E. Modesitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16766891988440869128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571241725404229411.post-81918273483334390322013-11-26T23:33:09.216+07:002013-11-26T23:33:09.216+07:00What exactly do you seek to accomplish pointing su...What exactly do you seek to accomplish pointing such things out? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571241725404229411.post-43228975655648022962013-11-26T22:13:56.527+07:002013-11-26T22:13:56.527+07:00No. Merely pointing out that there are other opin...No. Merely pointing out that there are other opinions as strong as yours which differ from yours.L.E. Modesitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16766891988440869128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571241725404229411.post-74089973787972536992013-11-26T20:59:55.017+07:002013-11-26T20:59:55.017+07:00Well in that case, my minority viewpoint says that...Well in that case, my minority viewpoint says that your opinion is accurate. But that doesn't change my inaccurate opinion. Is my blog another one of your soapboxes?2theDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14458136942599361822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571241725404229411.post-870839031289572252013-11-26T11:25:18.924+07:002013-11-26T11:25:18.924+07:00I've also made the point that, with the multip...I've also made the point that, with the multiplicity of media outlets and opinions, that everyone can find a viewpoint with which they agree, whether or not it's valid or accurate. Because a viewpoint is a minority does not make it either accurate or inaccurate.L.E. Modesitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16766891988440869128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571241725404229411.post-39405703670533090162013-11-26T10:06:17.247+07:002013-11-26T10:06:17.247+07:00Thankfully (or at least for you), my blog doesn...Thankfully (or at least for you), my blog doesn't "sell" a book or condemn it to oblivion. I'm simply an informed reader who adores the genre. I'm actually selling your book BACK to the bookstore today. I'll inform the second-hand bookstore owner of Publishers Weekly's and Kirkus Reviews' high regard for your novel. Perhaps he won't care... much like me.<br /><br />And if I remember correctly, you once sided with the opinion of the small voice, "with the multiplicity of outlets for views and opinions, minority opinions become even more fragmented and lost in the noise, and only views held by a great number of people tend to prevail." High opinion or low opinion for your work, you have to accept both with a statement like that.2theDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14458136942599361822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571241725404229411.post-30766066216792860722013-11-26T03:25:58.112+07:002013-11-26T03:25:58.112+07:00Interestingly enough, it got starred reviews from ...Interestingly enough, it got starred reviews from both Kirkus and Publishers Weekly.L.E. Modesitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16766891988440869128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571241725404229411.post-73387124054382875522013-11-19T08:45:26.343+07:002013-11-19T08:45:26.343+07:00In lighter news, I'm reading a "best of&q...In lighter news, I'm reading a "best of" anthology from 2004, which includes VanderMeer's "Three Days in a Border Town" - great story, but shite collection thus far.2theDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14458136942599361822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6571241725404229411.post-43663240338996475352013-11-18T20:20:04.261+07:002013-11-18T20:20:04.261+07:00I tried to read Modesitt's fantasy when I was ...I tried to read Modesitt's fantasy when I was a kid and obsessed with every Tolkein rip-off out there... Even in that mental state I couldn't make it through the first novel, The Magic of Recluse, of The Saga of Recluse sequence...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com