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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2008-06-25 11:29 am

Not for the fairest

In a previous flocked post, I said "At the risk of destroying my jaded reviewer cred, [name withheld] is nowhere near the bottom of the barrel where modern fantasy and SF are concerned."

This raises the question of who is near the bottom of the barrel where modern fantasy and SF are concerned. Obviously, I am far too poorly read to answer that but those of you who are not in my particular situation may feel free to supply your own answers.

[identity profile] alyxyn.livejournal.com 2008-06-25 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Angus Wells. Avoid him. I've mercifully obliterated almost all remembrance of Dark Magic, but I remember that the writing (maybe not the plot, but I've forgotten it) was absolutely terrible. It intruded itself with every syllable. Ugh!