On Nov 14, 3:08 pm, Sea Wasp <seawaspObvi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Moriarty wrote:
> > On Nov 14, 1:46 pm, Sea Wasp <seawaspObvi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >>Ralph Wilson Huckabee wrote:
>
> > <snip>
>
> >>>See Michael Moorcock's important and revealing essay, "Epic Pooh,"
>
> >> Pfui.
>
> >> For all I know, Moorcock was just jealous. It's for sure that
he's
> >>not as high-selling, nor as highly influential, nor as widely read and
> >>appreciated, as Tolkien.
>
> > I don't think jealousy has anything to do with it. Moorcock just
> > Doesn't Like LOTR. He's written at least one other article on the
> > subject that I've read. I quite enjoyed the essay above too. Well
> > written, even if I disagree with its content.
>
> I didn't particularly like the essay, but then again I don't
really
> care about what ANYONE has to say about any book I read; the book says
> anything it needs to to me. The essay's certainly not "important and
> revealing". (it might have an argument to being "important" if it
> actually transformed the way most people view the books, but that
> clearly didn't happen, and sure isn't likely to now)
Oh don't get me wrong here, I'm firmly in the Sea Wasp "If I like it,
it's good and everyone else can go hang" camp. I liked the essay
because it's by one of my favourite authors who really doesn't like
another of my favourite authors. Particularly since I started reading
the two around the same time.
I also like reading well written negative critiques of fiction on the
grounds that I'm likely to get useful information out of them than out
a positive review.
-Moriarty
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