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In Defense of my nostalgia
Jan. 13th, 2003 07:14 pmI would just like to say that I always liked Piers Anthony's books.
Admittedly, I was probably 12 when I first started reading them, and I keep them mostly out of nostalgia, but it gives me a twinge of pain to see that many, many others consider him to be the laughingstock of sci-fi/fantasy writers.
Oh, yeah? Well, I write gay porn, dammit, and I don't get paid for it! So he's one up from me. I don't believe that every book on the shelf has to be the Best Book Ever Written. Sometimes, it's just fun. I can think of several fannish stories I've read that were not the best written stories out there. They had their problems here and there, and despite that, I adored them, and still do.
I just sort of wish people would cut the poor guy some slack. Not all of us were meant to be Shakespeare, but it doesn't mean we should hang up our pencils either.
Admittedly, I was probably 12 when I first started reading them, and I keep them mostly out of nostalgia, but it gives me a twinge of pain to see that many, many others consider him to be the laughingstock of sci-fi/fantasy writers.
Oh, yeah? Well, I write gay porn, dammit, and I don't get paid for it! So he's one up from me. I don't believe that every book on the shelf has to be the Best Book Ever Written. Sometimes, it's just fun. I can think of several fannish stories I've read that were not the best written stories out there. They had their problems here and there, and despite that, I adored them, and still do.
I just sort of wish people would cut the poor guy some slack. Not all of us were meant to be Shakespeare, but it doesn't mean we should hang up our pencils either.
