Maven (famous)@piefed.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhats the worst book anyone has ever recommended you?message-squaremessage-square446fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down13
arrow-up1187arrow-down1message-squareWhats the worst book anyone has ever recommended you?Maven (famous)@piefed.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square446fedilink
minus-squareCorhen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoI’m sorry, but I just don’t agree. I love 70s sci-fi, and have aread a huge collection of weird books… But none of them have prose as good as some of the modern books, such as The Final Architecture, The Expanse, or even Red Rising.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoAre we just talking about sci-fi? Because it’s not exactly known for having the best prose. I was referring more to like actual literary classics. Have you ever read Nabokov? Shit is insane, and English wasn’t even his first language.
I’m sorry, but I just don’t agree. I love 70s sci-fi, and have aread a huge collection of weird books… But none of them have prose as good as some of the modern books, such as The Final Architecture, The Expanse, or even Red Rising.
Are we just talking about sci-fi? Because it’s not exactly known for having the best prose.
I was referring more to like actual literary classics. Have you ever read Nabokov? Shit is insane, and English wasn’t even his first language.