De Gustibus
Kim du Toit posted a list of “25 People, Places Or Things That Are Popular, For No Apparent Reason”, one of which is Unintended Consequences, by John Ross, and several of his commenters chimed in with “Never read it, never will.”
Now, I happened to enjoy reading that book, quite a bit. I also like Atlas Shrugged, Battlefield Earth, and Tales from Topographic Oceans by Yes.
And I don’t care what you think of me!
UPDATE: Here’s a bloated, self-indulgent work filled with “cardboard charactes” and “kinky sex” that I will NOT be reading…
June 21st, 2004 at 7:32 am
I’ve enjoyed John Ross’s Internet writings, and that made me put his book on my list of things to read one day. So you liked it?
June 21st, 2004 at 8:31 am
I liked it, but then, apparently, I’m odd. It IS long, and may be longer than is really necessary.
One of Kim’s commenters said the plot was “kooky,” which I guess means it couldn’t happen in real life (usually isn’t a problem for me when I’m reading fiction), and that the characters were “cardboard,” which means…well, I’m not sure I understand what that means. Maybe it means the good guys are always good and the bad guys always bad. I don’t know.
When it comes to fiction, I have fairly low standards, as long as it’s entertaining.
June 21st, 2004 at 10:37 am
I hope you meant Battlefield Earth the book, and not the movie.
June 21st, 2004 at 12:50 pm
Well, yeah.
June 22nd, 2004 at 5:48 pm
Battlefield Earth is on my list of really bad movies to watch one day. I hear it’s awful. Most of the bad movies I want to watch one day are sci-fi. Event Horizon is another.
June 23rd, 2004 at 11:52 am
I have not seen Battlefield Earth the movie. I have see Event Horizon and I did not like it.
But of course, de gustibus….