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diamondlife) wrote2003-02-09 03:54 pm
diamondlife) wrote2003-02-09 03:54 pm
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I'm in a filthy mood today, for no good reason (other than the Trouble I Am In), and I have to just post a quick rant.
Why do people go on about the lack of good fiction atm? I don't see it. There's crap, yeah, but there's always been crap. There's good stuff now - like I was discussing with someone recently, there may be less stuff now but the proportion of good stuff is higher: the shit writers have given up, and the ones who were OK have got better, and there are some good ones still around. The good fiction we get now is so much better, more original, and with better characterisations. I'd rather have a higher percentage of good stuff than wade through tons of crud like I used to. I'd give a hundred Madam Hydras for one Becca Abbott. *shrug* People are just prejudiced, they don't want to read stuff by people who aren't their favourite writers. And they're wrong. Some of the "favourite writers" can't write the boys decently; some of them don't even like GW, some haven't even seen it all. I don't care about quality as much as I care about caring, really. That's *my* snobbery.
Sorry about that... I realise I'm probably alienating a lot of people, lol. I know some people just don't have the time to read everything, but some just won't give new things a chance. It irks me. We're all new once. But at any rate, this isn't my system, though B's is now fixed so I should be home and sorted again by tonight. Joy!
Why do people go on about the lack of good fiction atm? I don't see it. There's crap, yeah, but there's always been crap. There's good stuff now - like I was discussing with someone recently, there may be less stuff now but the proportion of good stuff is higher: the shit writers have given up, and the ones who were OK have got better, and there are some good ones still around. The good fiction we get now is so much better, more original, and with better characterisations. I'd rather have a higher percentage of good stuff than wade through tons of crud like I used to. I'd give a hundred Madam Hydras for one Becca Abbott. *shrug* People are just prejudiced, they don't want to read stuff by people who aren't their favourite writers. And they're wrong. Some of the "favourite writers" can't write the boys decently; some of them don't even like GW, some haven't even seen it all. I don't care about quality as much as I care about caring, really. That's *my* snobbery.
Sorry about that... I realise I'm probably alienating a lot of people, lol. I know some people just don't have the time to read everything, but some just won't give new things a chance. It irks me. We're all new once. But at any rate, this isn't my system, though B's is now fixed so I should be home and sorted again by tonight. Joy!