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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Emueyes" data-source="post: 1340932" data-attributes="member: 16058">Even physics is subjective, much of the time. But that's way off-topic (instead of moderately).Artworks are tested chiefly by how well they capture the imaginations of large amounts of people, and -more importantly- by the test of time. Tom Clancy may spin a good yarn about the Soviets, but a hundred years from now when people have forgotten what the world was like during the cold way do you think his themes and characters will be indelible and timeless enough to still be popular and relevant? Will Shakespeare or Bram Stoker?If you gave Ulyesses to your nephew, I think it more likely that he would concede that he did not understand it, than that he did not like it. Even if Ulysses was objectively better than Nimh, some people might dislike books, or even specifically good books. Someone might dislike books in english, or fiction altogether.According to my subjective value-judgment, since we both live in the objectively rudest part of the country, we're allowed to question  each others' mental faculties all we like. But I was actually asking if you frequently DO separate quality from appreciation, not if you were capable. Many people just don't. I frequently lament that I like something that's in poor taste.Back on topic: the state of pop fantasy literature is deplorable, and it always has and shall be. This is because whatever makes the most money will garner the most attention. Since the more distinct a novel is, the further it is from popular tastes, such books will continue to dominate the genre. I hope in Gene Wolfe for salvation of the genre..</blockquote>

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