May 19, 2012

Harry Potter Modern Day Classic

No. Rowling’s books are poorly written. Her grammar is painfully simple, on a par with “See Spot. See Spot run.” Her plots are convoluted and inconsistent. Toward the end of each book an entire chapter of exposition is necessary to explain the how & why events played out the way they did. She repeatedly writes her characters into problems that CANNOT be solved by means made known to the audience up to that point. She has to wave her CREATOR wand to make some NEW thing or principle of magic appear to save the day.

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Harry Potter Modern Day Classic

What do you recommend

“After an extremely long hiatus from posting, here is a short and sweet new post. What are YOU reading that is a classic? What do you consider classics visitor medical insurance that do not currently have ‘Classic’ printed somewhere on them? (Such as Signet Classic, Bantam Classic, Perennial Classics, etc). I have been reading Jim Butcher’s series “”The Dresden Files”" (currently on book 3,… More

Entire barnes noble classic set still

“Those that had seen my post last year about Barnes & Noble offering the entire paperback edition of their classics for sale will notice that the link I provided is no longer available for purchase (the 2008 edition). For whatever reason they have visitor medical insurance changed the link, and dropped 1 book (2008 says 200 titles, this link says 199 titles). I find… More

What Classic Are You Reading Now

I haven’t read a classic in quite awhile, but I am looking to here in the distant future. I have a lot of books that aren’t classic yet but I want to read that are ahead of my next classic. Namely I have the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series by George R. R. Martin (that was recently made into an HBO show) that I recently purchased. I also have “Snow Crash” by Neal Stephenson that my new friend Steve lent me. If you have read any of those books I would appreciate a comment here as well!

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What Classic Are You Reading Now

What do you recommend

“After an extremely long hiatus from posting, here is a short and sweet new post. What are YOU reading that is a classic? What do you consider classics visitor medical insurance that do not currently have ‘Classic’ printed somewhere on them? (Such as Signet Classic, Bantam Classic, Perennial Classics, etc). I have been reading Jim Butcher’s series “”The Dresden Files”" (currently on book 3,… More

Entire barnes noble classic set still

“Those that had seen my post last year about Barnes & Noble offering the entire paperback edition of their classics for sale will notice that the link I provided is no longer available for purchase (the 2008 edition). For whatever reason they have visitor medical insurance changed the link, and dropped 1 book (2008 says 200 titles, this link says 199 titles). I find… More