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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Dahlgren is the only acclaimed SF novel I ever started and failed to finish.
Or even get halfway...
Different tastes I suppose.
Interestingly, I've never had any interest in any to do with Hubbard. |
I remember liking Hubbard when I was very young and thought Heinlein was the cat's ass when I was 12 or 13 but then thought that Asimov's laws of robotics were sensible at that time
. At around 18 I found Hubbard trite and boring and was firmly in favour of a robot uprising, and I won't say what I thought of Lazarus Long and the horse he rode in on. And poor old L. Ron is still controlling a hell of a lot of simple folk (from the grave one assumes).
Still these books are enduring the test of time for many. Maybe I liked Dhalgren because I had just bought a motorcycle
, but probably because I am a sucker for the lone hero/anti-hero character. I actually liked escape from New York (the movie) and I am sure I am in a minority group there.
Helen