Re: SF Writers' Work You Find Unreadable

Jon A. Bell wrote:


Yes, I know Vinge has won multiple Hugo Awards. but I just don't get it. When I want to read a good SF novel, I'll grab something by Robert Charles Wilson, or Dan Simmons, or John Varley, or John Morgan, or Iain M. Banks. but whenever I try a Vinge novel, it's like chewing tinfoil.



Anyone else feel this way? Is there another SF writer you try to get into, but his/her writing just bothers you?

Many of the more respected "literary" ones. Moor***, Cherryh, Wolfe. Umberto Eco has writing that is so beautiful I can't read it... because I keep stopping to say "oh, that's a nice turn of phrase", which distracts me from the actual book. I read books for the plot and cool ideas, and the prose should NOT make me stop and admire it. It's there to convey ideas, not show off.




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