tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post6565005371962208502..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: A few simple banned wordsLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-76449356109653506802008-09-22T23:28:00.000-05:002008-09-22T23:28:00.000-05:00Nice suggestions, especially considering the irony...Nice suggestions, especially considering the irony of Eric's words being applied to posts that note the absurdities of other such posts ;)Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-21454643438740879062008-09-22T17:39:00.000-05:002008-09-22T17:39:00.000-05:00This topic is overhyped and not exactly groundbrea...This topic is overhyped and not exactly groundbreaking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-51540979691177991582008-09-22T16:17:00.000-05:002008-09-22T16:17:00.000-05:00I'm glad I haven't used any of these yet. Of cours...I'm glad I haven't used any of these yet. Of course, my fantasy site is brand-spankin'-new.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-78631180777431224892008-09-22T16:16:00.000-05:002008-09-22T16:16:00.000-05:00Don't think I've used any of these yet, but my fan...Don't think I've used any of these yet, but my fantasy/sci-fi blog is brand-spankin'-new. :) Good guidelines though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-89761890896483402752008-09-22T16:08:00.000-05:002008-09-22T16:08:00.000-05:00I'm for adding stunning to the list of banned word...I'm for adding stunning to the list of banned words. <BR/><BR/>This makes me think of getting a cattle prod to the back of the neck. Not something I want when reading, or any other time for that matter.<BR/><BR/>Anything with a recommendation by Anne McCaffrey on it is not getting into my collection.Swainsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12868686527341125913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-88816663340975509412008-09-22T06:49:00.000-05:002008-09-22T06:49:00.000-05:00Larry - Ha! I'm 25, so I don't remember that debat...Larry - Ha! I'm 25, so I don't remember that debate, but I can imagine it.<BR/><BR/>And Jeff - excellent call on "tropes"Elenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09285405662294874917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-48057355134053101352008-09-21T20:20:00.000-05:002008-09-21T20:20:00.000-05:00I didn't use "tropes" in my review of Erikson's bo...I didn't use "tropes" in my review of Erikson's book, Jeff! :PLarry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-85062845709175034732008-09-21T19:49:00.000-05:002008-09-21T19:49:00.000-05:00I'd like to add a word to the banned list: tropesI...I'd like to add a word to the banned list: tropes<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure I've read a review of a traditional fantasy book lately without 'tropes' appearing in the review somewhere.Jeff Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00865412847796927368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-34106456211583752102008-09-21T19:29:00.000-05:002008-09-21T19:29:00.000-05:00Elena, I don't know how old you are, but I am remi...Elena, I don't know how old you are, but I am reminded of the time when I was 14 years old and I was watching the 1988 Vice Presidential debate on TV, when Senator Bentsen put down Dan Quayle's comparisons to JFK. I can see it now:<BR/><BR/>Mr./Ms. Reviewer, I have known gritty, having read <I>American Psycho</I>. Your book (Lynch, Abercrombie, Finch, etc.) is no <I>American Psycho</I> gritty.<BR/><BR/><BR/>And yes, I remember when Huey Lewis and the News were huge and that section cracked me up when I read it! I'll never think of them the same way again.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-60836790296029922482008-09-21T18:53:00.000-05:002008-09-21T18:53:00.000-05:00i'm going to disagree on gritty, only because i *h...i'm going to disagree on gritty, only because i *have* read books that make me want to take a shower afterward. that is the feeling i consider "gritty." i would consider american psycho to fit that, for example. i think i needed about 4 showers to wash some of those scenes out of my mind. and i still can't hear huey lewis without breaking into giggles...but i digress...<BR/><BR/>i will agree with the spirit of your ban on gritty, since you were targeting certain en vogue buzz words that are used so much they are meaningless. and that is one of them. lynch and abercrombie get called gritty a lot, and neither of them gave me that feeling...Elenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09285405662294874917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-21911003463507657272008-09-21T12:57:00.000-05:002008-09-21T12:57:00.000-05:00I did! :O I guess those were such givens that I j...I did! :O I guess those were such givens that I just plain forgot about them. Maybe they'll be in a supplemental edition later on? :PLarry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-36025296537918303852008-09-21T12:43:00.000-05:002008-09-21T12:43:00.000-05:00You forgot "pretentious"!!!!! And "literati".You forgot "pretentious"!!!!! And "literati".Fish Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15513113946225645783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-24438060826670747432008-09-21T09:25:00.000-05:002008-09-21T09:25:00.000-05:00Hehe, that was pretty good. :-) Glad I haven't use...Hehe, that was pretty good. :-) Glad I haven't used those words... yet. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-55043522392672299822008-09-21T05:15:00.000-05:002008-09-21T05:15:00.000-05:00I'll bite on "Mainstream". Only because I've been ...I'll bite on "Mainstream". Only because I've been reading the introduction of Pilo Family Circus, which in itself was an experiment if the iPhone was any good as an ebook reader. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, the introduction was making the argument that because Pilo Family circus had been marketed at a mainstream and literary audience the publishers had missed or dismissed by genre reviewers and commentators. Leaving it to sink shortly after publication. <BR/><BR/>I know this probably isn't what you meant but it was interesting to read.<BR/><BR/>Which is probably why in the UK there is an effort to get the Sony Reader on literary blogs rather than the more geeky ones as they want them to go mainstream but without the underground build-up or getting them into the hands of the people that are going to have to show their mums how to actually get books on them. I'm sure my parents are still struggling with iTunes and their ipod.<BR/><BR/>"Best" is another interesting word, which I've used a bit. I guess I use it to say that the next book has to have a lot to live up to to knock it off my favourite read so far this year. It's probably better to say, 'xyz is my favourite abc-type of the year so far.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com