Re: Hugo Shortlist 2008 (Sawyer)

On Mar 21, 7:43=A0pm, Artemis <artem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mar 21, 10:53 am, David T. Bilek <davidbi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > David T. Bilek <davidbi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Who keeps nominating this Sawyer bull****? =A0Is it a joke? =A0Yeah,
> > Rollback is less vomit inducing that most Sawyer but that doesn't make
> > it Hugo worthy. =A0"Less undeserving than HOMINIDS" does not an
> > endorsement make.
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> > Shame on you people.
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> =A0 I apologize for changing the subject, but what exactly is wrong
> =A0 with Sawyer? I have never read any of his novels and I would
> =A0 like to know why several people here think that they should be
> =A0 avoided.
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> =A0 Thanks,
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> =A0 Artemis
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I don't necessarily think they should be avoided.  At the craft level,
he seems quite a decent writer; I've found his stuff to be fairly
clean reads when I've tried them (though I've not read him in a long
time...I think Flashforward was the last novel of his that I tried).
I just don't think he's writing anything that really makes me _want_
to read him, which is the best description I have for writers that
really push my buttons.  To me, he's "midlist" in terms of talent (not
sales).