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dustydigger
Posted 2015-05-31 12:44 AM (#10662 - in reply to #9162)
Subject: Re: The Definitive 1950s Reading Challenge		Quote Reply



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Location: UK		@ Jim. Better late than never I watched the Heinlein/Asimov video,and I too agree that Heinlein holds up better.The Great Lorenzo is such an interesting and engaging character,and anyway the whole substitution plot is one of my fave plotlines,from Shakespeare's Comedy of errors through Twain's Prince and the Pauper up to Josephine Tey's Brat Farrar and a million other modern books. Asimov has a lot of great ideas,the world building of the Caves of Steel is interesting,but the writing is so pedestrian and clunky.and the characters are so cardboard that much is lost. Still.I enjoy both books,and can bear to reread them.
By the way,the person discussing the books obviously comes from my area.,probably 15-20 miles away by his strong north east accent. My accent isnt half as strong as that,thank heavens! A really strong local accent is almost incomprehensible to the rest of the country

The Wyndham article was interesting,especially the points about how Wyndham and others escaped the genre straitjacketso prevalent in the US because the SF magazines were in short supply here so authors were looked upon less disparagingly by the wider public. Food for thought.

Edited by dustydigger 2015-05-31 12:59 AM

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