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I discarded your opinion the moment I realized you think Tolkien is a good writer.
The hecko whole manlet hobbits with hairy feet will save the world! True wisdom lies in the old days when we all used to hold hands and shit in the woods! Modern technology is le devil!
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So you read pretty far down and agreed until that part? Talk about
I said strong and listed reasons why his work endures but okay gigar-slur who you think is a good writer?
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Philip. K Peepee Valis trilogy
Ted Chiang has some great short story works.
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A novel series based on him getting high and being contacted by an aliens
You're basically an Isaac Asimov fan.
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Ted Chiang ain't anything like Isaac Asimov
Rings of Power is an honest representation of Tolkein and you lot cannot handle that truth.
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Ted himself says Asimov is one of his biggest inspirations
Bait used to be believable.
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Being an inspiration and being a copy are very different things.
Touche.
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And yet nerds will eternally debate the distinction.
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opinions of nerds aren't valid. They are the adult version of children who are better seen not heard, but in this scenario not even seen, just put to work.
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Did you know Ted Chiang is just an alias for Cixin Liu?
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Can Cixin dis peepee.
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Nothing wrong with Asimov, reddit hates him because he's an neurodivergent that didn't give a frick about characterization or women. He's uniquely good at exploring very novel sci-fi concepts and how humanity would struggle to deal with them. Ted Chiang obviously took a lot of inspiration from this cause his works often follow a similar theme and structure.
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There is nothing wrong with that, I'm just making a point that being incessantly nitpicky over bullshit is just that.
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Philip K Peepee was a hack pillhead who could barely string a coherent narrative together
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Coincidentally, he was also the only classical science fiction author who could write coherent sexual scenes in his books.
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!ringbearers go get him
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He's not a good writer. He's a great writer.
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and hoors aren't cheap, they are free.
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