Thread: Over rated Authors-Isaac Asimov
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Old 09-18-2012, 11:05 PM   #71
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Originally Posted by taustin View Post
Make a particular effort to avoid the Barsoom stuff by Edgar Rice Burroughs, then. ... the sole reason female characters exist is to get kidnapped, so that the he-man hero can rescue her (and she will fall madly in love with him and make his babies).

And I say this as someone who has a certain apprecation for the classics.
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And definitely stay away from anything by John Norman.

No, no, NO! Anyone who thinks Issac Asimov is a bad writer definitely must read John Norman.


As a penence...
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