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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I think it all depends on what you mean by writes better. Doc Smith, i.e. pulp fiction, wrote to a specific style. I would argue that if we are still reading a work some 80 years after it was written, it's likely well written. That's withstanding the test of time. Maybe it doesn't match Elements of Style, but then again, a lot of my favorite classic authors growing up probably didn't either.
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I appreciate the art of the early sci to masters.....but time hasn't been kind to all of them. One, 50 or more years have happened and their vision of the future is archaic for much of them. It's kind of like how the Battlestar Galactica reboot series was SO much better than the original. Of course the special effects are better, but so is he acting and the writing.
Forever War by Haldemon must b appreciated for the time period it was written. Just reading it today...it's not very good story telling. Of mice and men didn't hold up well, IMO and I loved that book when younger. To Kill A Mocking Bird...still awesome.
Opinions. Of course