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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 2533040" data-attributes="member: 812">Um, snicker?MERCEDES HACKEY (sorry, couldn't resist) as an example of great prose? Okay, whatever. What's next, Anne McCaffery?Cherryh has interesting ideas and Donaldson's got stones, and Pratchett's funny enough to get around anything, but NONE of those writers are producing great prose.Steven Brust is, but nobody reads him anyway.But okay, throw down: Give a a quote from one of the above named authors (except Steven Brust) that demonstrates a level of prose quality that you think Howard is incapable of. I'll smack you down with a quote from Howard that blows it away.One thing Howard's DEFINITELY got going for him is very strong prose. He's a powerful, exciting writer who isn't always the best thinker about the human condition, occasionally uses racial stereotypes instead of defining characters, and is a little too fond of wacky coincidence to suit my tastes, but his PROSE? Howard kicks prose butt.</blockquote>