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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8719037" data-attributes="member: 7023840"><p>1. Thank you. I AM arrogant and elitist. That's why I have been eagerly awaiting the return of the greatest comedy duo in history.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://c.tenor.com/VKn_LzOahWYAAAAM/beavis-excited.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>First, a movie! Now ... A SERIES! They're back, and better than ever.</p><p></p><p>2. Shakespeare was <em>not </em>the trash fiction of his day. Let's start with the obvious- when he was alive, he wasn't ... you know .... SHAKESPEARE. Um, well, he was I guess. But not considered one of the all-time greatest writers ever. However, <em>during his lifetime, he was incredibly popular.* </em>No writer was more published. Other people began (falsely) attributing their work to him. And not just his plays- his poetry was incredibly popular. By the time of the First Folio, it was generally acknowledged that Shakespeare was the greatest writer of all of his contemporaries. Not a great example!</p><p></p><p>3. Work-for-hire for novels based upon corporate IP tend to be of ... a different type of quality ... for a very good reason. BECAUSE IT'S WORK FOR HIRE. It's not a passion project of the author. And, in many cases (not all!) the author doesn't get royalties on the books sold, or the royalties are insignificant compared to the amount paid initially. Again, if you look at the lists of the best books in any given genre category (from fantasy to science fiction to ... well, any kind) you don't find those novels.</p><p></p><p>4. Finally, yeah- I do think it's important to let people know in a review what the intended audience for a book is. Obviously, this isn't comparing this book to a new book by Murakami. Or Patricia Lockwood. But I do think it is helpful to understand if the book is something that a person who likes fantasy, but hasn't read prior Dragonlance books ... would like. I read the original trilogy, couldn't get past it (back when they were released) and tried to re-read them again a while ago and couldn't because the writing was ... not great. But that's me. Different people like different things.</p><p></p><p></p><p>AND THAT'S THE POINT OF A GOOD REVIEW. To explain to people if this is something that they might like.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>*And just to head this one off at the past- being popular doesn't mean trashy. His <em>poetry was insanely popular and well-regarded</em>; when the literacy rate ... for men ... was under 30%, that means that he was popular with the elites.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8719037, member: 7023840"] 1. Thank you. I AM arrogant and elitist. That's why I have been eagerly awaiting the return of the greatest comedy duo in history. [IMG]https://c.tenor.com/VKn_LzOahWYAAAAM/beavis-excited.gif[/IMG] First, a movie! Now ... A SERIES! They're back, and better than ever. 2. Shakespeare was [I]not [/I]the trash fiction of his day. Let's start with the obvious- when he was alive, he wasn't ... you know .... SHAKESPEARE. Um, well, he was I guess. But not considered one of the all-time greatest writers ever. However, [I]during his lifetime, he was incredibly popular.* [/I]No writer was more published. Other people began (falsely) attributing their work to him. And not just his plays- his poetry was incredibly popular. By the time of the First Folio, it was generally acknowledged that Shakespeare was the greatest writer of all of his contemporaries. Not a great example! 3. Work-for-hire for novels based upon corporate IP tend to be of ... a different type of quality ... for a very good reason. BECAUSE IT'S WORK FOR HIRE. It's not a passion project of the author. And, in many cases (not all!) the author doesn't get royalties on the books sold, or the royalties are insignificant compared to the amount paid initially. Again, if you look at the lists of the best books in any given genre category (from fantasy to science fiction to ... well, any kind) you don't find those novels. 4. Finally, yeah- I do think it's important to let people know in a review what the intended audience for a book is. Obviously, this isn't comparing this book to a new book by Murakami. Or Patricia Lockwood. But I do think it is helpful to understand if the book is something that a person who likes fantasy, but hasn't read prior Dragonlance books ... would like. I read the original trilogy, couldn't get past it (back when they were released) and tried to re-read them again a while ago and couldn't because the writing was ... not great. But that's me. Different people like different things. AND THAT'S THE POINT OF A GOOD REVIEW. To explain to people if this is something that they might like. *And just to head this one off at the past- being popular doesn't mean trashy. His [I]poetry was insanely popular and well-regarded[/I]; when the literacy rate ... for men ... was under 30%, that means that he was popular with the elites. [/QUOTE]
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