tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17224228.post3478884070122628721..comments2023-10-25T03:40:54.655-07:00Comments on Neth Space: Nethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963540055415924510noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17224228.post-37824807171239820272007-07-27T02:35:00.000-07:002007-07-27T02:35:00.000-07:00I have a different take than either one (one that ...I have a different take than either one (one that I didn't bother to go into much detail in the wotmania post I made a few days ago). I might write an op-ed sort of piece on it this weekend. It'd deal with the <I>social</I> aspects of reading. <BR/><BR/>Then again, you know me - I never quite divorce my spec fic opinions from my cultural historian days!Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17224228.post-67637560391727490152007-07-25T12:45:00.000-07:002007-07-25T12:45:00.000-07:00Angela, I saw that this morning. I'll probably get...Angela, I saw that this morning. I'll probably get around to it a bit later.Nethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963540055415924510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17224228.post-57246134047331844262007-07-25T12:39:00.000-07:002007-07-25T12:39:00.000-07:00OT - Tagged you for an easy meme, if you care to p...OT - Tagged you for an easy meme, if you care to participate.Angela/SciFiChickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03207325369810773405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17224228.post-29734034257112140262007-07-25T12:23:00.000-07:002007-07-25T12:23:00.000-07:00No worries - I know I'm preaching to a choir as we...No worries - I know I'm preaching to a choir as well. But I'm not trying to reclain HP or anything like that, I'm just pointing out that the lense he's viewing things through has a particularly insulting focus. <BR/><BR/>I'm also aware that a piece like his at time like this is intentionally designed to incite a reaction and that I've fallen into the trap. If it were just putting down HP I'd probably have just shrugged and moved on. What motivated me to rant a bit is the part where he starts defending his existence as a critic. While he doesn't go the next step to decry the internet and bloggers for ruining critical thought in the print media, this does come across as more of same bitching along those lines. That's the context of the buggy comment, not something out of HP. <BR/><BR/>I was less than clear, but that comes with blogging in the morning before my second infusion of coffee.Nethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963540055415924510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17224228.post-44073796765954596662007-07-25T11:37:00.000-07:002007-07-25T11:37:00.000-07:00He may well be preaching to choir, but you're doin...He may well be preaching to choir, but you're doing exactly the same thing, you know.<BR/><BR/>I'm not entirely defending Charles's position, but you're overstating the case rather drastically, and attempting to reclaim the HP series 'for the people' from the jaws of the evil empire is a rhetorical step too far. Although he does come across as very pompous, he's making some valid points, and the entire remit of an op-ed article is to incite the sort of reaction you've come up with here. Newspapers learned to link-bait long before bloggers! ;)<BR/><BR/>And the buggys/automobiles comparison; it holds up if used against print critics criticising blogs as a medium, but claiming that HP is the automobile compared to the works that have preceded it is just baseless sophistry. They're just books. Massively hyped mega-merchandised best-selling books, maybe - but still, just books, and as wide open for different opinions of their worth as the most elite literary novel and the most hackish pulp fiction.<BR/><BR/>Paul Raven/VCTBPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04834773803439413211noreply@blogger.com