Thread: Is SF dying?
View Single Post
Old 02-05-2015, 01:52 PM   #212
tompe
Grand Sorcerer
tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.tompe ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 7,452
Karma: 7185064
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Linköpng, Sweden
Device: Kindle Voyage, Nexus 5, Kindle PW
Quote:
Originally Posted by DrNefario View Post
I feel that's the key with Hunger Games. The setting doesn't really even make internal sense, it's just an excuse to have the Hunger Games. I enjoyed all three books, but they're a bit like a blockbuster film, where you come out thinking "hang on..." having been thoroughly entertained by the explosions while you were in there.
Which was why a lot of people when it was published did not consider it to be a particular good SF book. I thought that the first book was OK but I did see its problem.

And I think some people found it unfair that The Hunger game that had these problem got so popular compared to much better and similar books by better authors.
tompe is offline   Reply With Quote