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Comment by BigTTYGothGF

2 days ago

I enjoyed the Hyperion books but this got him put on my "never read anything from ever again" list: https://web.archive.org/web/20060424105133/http://www.dansim...

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petsfed  2 days ago

So he had a pretty good (not perfect) run up until the final 1/3, then had a staggering turn that only the author thought was profound or earned?

That's a man who lived his craft right there.

e40  1 day ago

Bizarrely, Reply is one of my favorite scifi books. One of the only books I’ve read more than once.

fatbird  2 days ago

Same here. It's a fading memory, but the decade following 9/11 really did feature a lot of big brains turning THE COMING CALIPHATE into an existential threat to humanity. Which seems quaint, now.

ses1984  2 days ago

Can you perhaps explain what is objectionable so I don’t have to read the objectionable thing?

  • weavejester  2 days ago

    I skimmed it. It's a story about a time traveler warning his ancestor about the horrors of Islam taking over the world. It's pretty yikes.

ZpJuUuNaQ5  2 days ago

>never read anything from ever again

I think it's a poisonous and reductive mindset to have. You can separate art from the character of the artist. If you cared about everything everyone has ever said or done in various stages of their lives, you wouldn't have much left to enjoy or appreciate.

  • ses1984  2 days ago

    On the other hand, there is so so much art out there, I could never hope to consume it all. It’s simple for me to use the character of the artist as a filter. I can break that rule whenever I want, but by default, other things being equal, I would prefer to consume art for pleasure from artists I respect as people.

    I do consume art from outside this bubble but more to satisfy academic curiosity than pleasure.

  • isr  2 days ago

    He's referring ... to his "art". Thats what the piece he linked to was a part of.

    Its not poisonous nor reductive to decide not to follow an "artist" because his "art" is repulsive.

    • lxgr  2 days ago

      Sure, but at the same time it's debatable whether even an artist themselves gets to retroactively reinterpret their own art that way.