And he that humbleth himself shall be exalted

Aug 25, 2015 19:11

“I am, in all modesty, a skilled author, one of the finest writing today.” - John C Wright, 23 Aug 2015

“So, all modesty aside, I understand materialism, and the arguments for and against it, far better than anyone who had arisen to argue with me here.” - John C Wright, 18 Oct 2012

“In all modesty, my science fiction writing is first rate. If I ( Read more... )

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resonant August 26 2015, 00:01:33 UTC
All this may be true, but the books of his I've browsed at the bookstore have been so floridly overwritten that I couldn't make it past the first page. Half the adjectives, a third the adverbs, and a general pruning of the remainder would make a big difference.

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nancylebov August 26 2015, 01:46:38 UTC
I read part of one of his older pieces and prose seemed like what you'd get if you put Weird Tales stories into a blender.

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redbird August 26 2015, 03:11:23 UTC
Modesty aside, he's missing a lot of science fiction writers with degrees in science, at least back to Isaac Asimov.

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editrx August 26 2015, 04:40:51 UTC
I see he is, in all modesty, one of those who feels he's being "persecuted" for being a Christian (because they're such a minority...).

Oy.

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rosefox August 26 2015, 06:45:05 UTC
"Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened." -- 1 Corinthians 5:6

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