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07-11-2013, 05:33 AM | #17 | |
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I find it especially frustrating when the story is excellent and it is clear to me that had the author hired a professional editor the book could be outstanding -- a book that I would give 5 stars to and recommend repeatedly. Instead, because of the lack of editing, I didn't give it a positive review and I didn't recommend the book to anyone. I also put the author on my do-not-buy-ever-again list. Rip me off once, shame on you; rip me off twice, shame on me! When I have bought a book, I hope to get something out of it. If the story is good, I'll read it even in the absence of editing because I bought it. The killer is when the story sucks and the editing is worse, yet I can see where had the author invested in a professional editor the story might be readable, even enjoyable. |
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Besides, one would think that the committee that wrote the fantasy could have come up with better horrors than plagues of locust and better sex than begats. |
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But back on topic.. I am with you. The story drives the entertainment. So long as the editing is not so bad to make it unreadable, that will not make me give up. |
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And I say that as someone who enjoys his books. Last edited by HarryT; 07-11-2013 at 11:27 AM. |
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The posts on the Bible overlook it as literature,
and that it is the single largest source of quotations added to the English language, including "feet of clay," "reap the whirlwind," and many, many others, 257 in total, exceeding even those attributed to Shakespeare, according to Wikipedia.
And then there are the longer passages, of which these are only a few (from the King James version): Ecclesiastes 3, 1-8 ("To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven . . . ") First Corinthians 13, 1-3 ("Though I speak with the tongues of men and of Angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal . . . ") First Corinthians 13, 13 ("So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.") Genesis 1, all ("In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and void . . . ") John 11, 35 ("Jesus wept.") (obviously not long, but included because of its power) As a final example I cite the Twenty-Third Psalm ("The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters . . . ") I know of no one writing today with such simplicity and power. |
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Ive put down Neuromancer several times. Ulysses a couple of times.
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It takes a lot to get me to stop reading a book after I've started it, but I'm merciless in deciding to read a book in the first place. Especially these days, when it's often possible to read an author's own synopsis. Before coming here just now I decided against buying an ebook that looked interesting, but the author's description started off by describing it as "an mystery."
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Despite getting more patient with age, I still put down loads of books. It's hard to find a pattern.
A few weeks ago I put down Isaacson's Kissinger at page 220. The early chapters, about Kissinger's life through World War II, were close to sympathetic, and fascinating. And then Kissinger grows up to treat subordinates so poorly that you can't sympathize with him having an SOB (Nixon) for his own boss. However, Isaacson's a great writer, and I may return to it. About a month ago I put down Richard Ford's Canada. I just didn't sense that the characters were real. Will not return. On the other side, I just finished Blackout/All Clear, a single sci-fi novel in two volumes. Major characters are unreal cutouts with indistinguishable personalities. The plot is both ridiculous and repetitive, commonly using the device of a journey where the traveler is in danger of being late. However, there were decent secondary characters, and the physical settings include places I have been in repeatedly and care about. So I finished. Last edited by SteveEisenberg; 07-11-2013 at 10:07 PM. |
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