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re: SECrOTB Book Club: I need a good book to read
Posted on 4/16/15 at 9:15 am to hipgnosis
Posted on 4/16/15 at 9:15 am to hipgnosis
I think it comes with getting paid to put out x number of pages and the pressure for those popular writers to keep cranking it out. I love kings early work though and the dark tower series which I feel he put more effort in to than other recent stuff.
Nothing wrong though with enjoying a "burner" as someone put it.
Same with Clancy IMO and likely most of them though I'm not familiar with Chrichton and Grisham belyond A Time To Kill.
I feel like that plays into it with both those sort of authors and the long series, they have probably had the first five books or so in their heads forever tossing around ideas and reworking the story so it's much harder to produce the same level if work once you run out of your initial ideas. Similar things could be said about some musicians
Nothing wrong though with enjoying a "burner" as someone put it.
Same with Clancy IMO and likely most of them though I'm not familiar with Chrichton and Grisham belyond A Time To Kill.
I feel like that plays into it with both those sort of authors and the long series, they have probably had the first five books or so in their heads forever tossing around ideas and reworking the story so it's much harder to produce the same level if work once you run out of your initial ideas. Similar things could be said about some musicians
This post was edited on 4/16/15 at 9:21 am
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Posted on 4/16/15 at 9:26 am to CheeseburgerEddie
I don't think we're really on the same page, but it's cool.
I agree that pressure to continue to put out work has an impact on quality.
I agree that pressure to continue to put out work has an impact on quality.
This post was edited on 4/16/15 at 11:03 am
Posted on 4/16/15 at 11:04 am to CheeseburgerEddie
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Crichton
I think he'll be remembered very well as a prophetic science fiction writer. His books have been popular, yes, and been made into many successful movies. But the themes and elements that he uses are typically quite thought provoking and are extremely well-researched. We're only now starting to see science catch up to some of the themes and warnings that he brought up in Jurassic Park, for instance. Next is terrifying in the sense that much of the "bizarro world" stuff that he describes is already being done, and completely rogue from any semblance of regulation. Airframe completely deconstructed the airline industry, during a time when a number of high-profile crashes had happened.
Yeah, it's burner, but there's a great deal under the surface with Crichton.
Posted on 4/16/15 at 11:49 am to CheeseburgerEddie
Good to know that ST can ruin even a book thread.
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