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Originally Posted by fjtorres
My tastes run towards simplicity.
While I appreciate a well-crafted turn of phrase, lyrical word-smithing is not a requirement and overly lyrical prose will raise a caution flag. Unless the book is well-above average, I would be less inclined to return for more from the same autor. Especially if word-smithing is most or all that the author has to offer.
Conversely, I look favorably upon authors whose prose is lean and concise and who get to the point easily. Even more if they have a worthwhile point to get to.
Examples? I favor Asimov, Heinlein, Dickson, and Anderson over Ellison, Bradbury, Moorcock, and Delany even though I have read, enjoyed, and own many titles from all of the above. Thus I am more likely to reread books from the former group than the latter.
Ideas over mood, basically.
Worldbuilding over pathos; plot over theme; rationality over neuroses...  |
I kind of agree except Delany would have been my top pick of the bunch. Dahlgren may be the only SF book I would consider rereading. Heinlein and Asimov have not withstood the test of time although I have many friends who would strongly disagree, some of them even adults. Me I would just as soon read L. Ron Hubbard if I wanted a taste of a male oriented Utopia
(just kidding, I would sooner remove my toes than re-read any of them). STill I loved them all when I was young.
Helen