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Old 01-23-2011, 11:24 PM   #76
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I suspect that it's a book that will perhaps appeal more to women than to men.
That's possible. Outlander's biggest issue is that it is highly unrealistic. It does not even try to be realistic in an unrealistic setting.
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Old 01-23-2011, 11:28 PM   #77
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I didn't think Outlander was any more preposterous than The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, for example. Both kept me turning the pages. Great literature, no. Escapist entertainment, yes.
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Old 01-23-2011, 11:41 PM   #78
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That's possible. Outlander's biggest issue is that it is highly unrealistic. It does not even try to be realistic in an unrealistic setting.
We get it, Jon. You hated it. Enough bashing my taste, eh?
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We get it, Jon. You hated it. Enough bashing my taste, eh?
Wait... you mean different people have different opinions about the same thing. That's news to Jon.

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Wait... you mean different people have different opinions about the same thing. That's news to Jon.

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Wait... you mean different people have different opinions about the same thing. That's news to Jon.

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All I can say about Outlander is that it ranks right up there with Battlefield Earth for sheer badness.
I loved "Battlefield Earth"! Pure escapist space opera. A great read.
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Old 01-28-2011, 09:00 PM   #83
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I loved "Battlefield Earth"! Pure escapist space opera. A great read.
Dude, that was exactly my opinion when I first read it wayyy back when. Many years later [ca. 1990?] I read a review that was more a critique by Neil Gaiman in Knave magazine, which went pretty far to show how undiscerning and easily entertained I am.

So, I could hardly rebut Gaiman's well-reasoned points, and how did a Brit girlie mag wind up on the desk in my office at work anyway?
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