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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merlion" data-source="post: 3112684" data-attributes="member: 10397">I'm not sure I understand this. I agree entirely that age shouldnt have anything to do with it...it is as you say a level playing field.But I'm not sure then why you seem to think who published the book has much to do with anything. Especially since his parents published the initial small release, but it was then discovered and accepted by Knopf. Ok heres where I have a problem. What you mean is, writting you don't like. As I've been saying, there really isnt such a thing as "bad" writting (or any other art). You cannot objectively qualify it as bad, because its quality, unlike its merit, is subjective. You didn't like or enjoy it. That doesnt mean its bad.Obviously, many people did enjoy it. So who then is right?The answer is, both are right...for you it was "bad" for them it was "good" neither of which has anything to do with its merit, as a work that someone put time, effort and thought into. You aknowledge that just because you didnt enjoy it doesnt mean it shouldnt have been published or others shouldnt read it, which is good. So how is it that your not liking it makes it "bad writting"? Um...you don't like the person's work, so he's "sad?" Whats wrong with liking Terry Brooks exactly?And you do realize that this SOUNDS LIKE (note I said SOUNDS LIKE, not that you definitely are, but merely that it sounds like) your saying people who like Terry Brooks or Eragon are at least artisitically, if not mentally, deficient.</blockquote>

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