Re: David Weber, Off Armageddon Reef

David DeLaney wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:02:03 +0100, Barb <black.cat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>> "In the past I've criticized certain authors for the extreme amounts
>> of bloat present in their books.  Most notably David Weber, who
>> regularly padded 350 pages of plot into an 800 page novel...."
>
> There's also the books where there's a nice thinner book struggling
> to get out, but it's being smothered by unrelated plot-Velveeta
> and/or exposition. (Goodkind, I'm pointing at YOU.)

Goodkind is lightyears beyond "padding a thin book".  He's way, waaaaaaay 
off in to "Plot?  Who needs a <censored> plot when there are all these 
idiots for me to rant at!?" territory.

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