/lit/ - Literature

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Well, I was seriously hoping this thread would drop off the bottom of the catalog and I could just move on with my life. Right now I'm waiting to see if Ogden has any notes to improve the first draft of the review I sent him. He was extremely helpful in determining what kind of structure and tone I should set out for this and did not once balk at any criticism I had for him. The most valuable writing lesson I learned from him: you should be 100% positive that your ideas can at least entertain you before you expect them to do anything else.

However, getting about halfway through People Mover has made me want to drop this project entirely. The quality is so poor (as in, I don't think the author even proofread it himself) that it doesn't warrant a critical review. On the other hand, John David Card has endeavored to get our attention and to promote himself as a personality within the community, and it seems only fair to give his book the in-depth analysis that he has been asking for since February. I did pay $15 and so I feel perfectly justified in dropping one snide remark: he apparently believes that guns are like magic wands, a person automatically has to do whatever you say if you point one at them.

Anyway, pic related is a random page from the Call of F Gardner. I didn't bother reading it as I took the picture. I am hoping the 4chan references have a bit more depth than what we've seen in the ads. It seems unlikely that he could ignore every single piece of criticism that he got since Call of the Crocodile and I am hopeful that the prose is at least bearable. I have always liked his ideas, if not the execution.