/lit/ - Literature

>>9667178
I ended up disliking most of the classics I read after reading modern sci-fi/fantasy series. I know I read some of them as a child, when I was 16-18 or so, and I liked them, but I just can't stomach the silly progressiveness (female characters, casual sex) and clumsy quirkiness many of the books contain. I hate just about every character in any of the books, unless I find them completely bland and forgettable. The writing is just stale in general. I assume that was different back in the 60s and 70s, but it's going on 2020 now and I'm comparing them with everything written up to now, not just with the ancient stuff.

Overall many of them contain interesting ideas, but I'd vastly prefer a 30 page short exploring them, instead of the 400 page book full of drivel they usually are. That doesn't apply to BotNS, which is great, nor Starship Troopers, which is irredeemable garbage, and I haven't read Star Maker).

Dan Simmons books are kind of dazzling when you first read them, but I found that they lose a lot of appeal upon a re-read. There's a lot of stuff, but most of it just feels kind of random and kitschy and ultimately pointless.