Not for the fairest

[james_davis_nicoll]

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.

Comments

[timgueguen.livejournal.com]

Norman is pretty much a non-entity as far as most current sci fi/fantasy readers are concerned. US comic publisher Dark Horse was going to republish the old Gor books last year but apparently thought better of it. I'd guess they decided the potential revenue wasn't worth the controversy even though one assumes the rights to the books came pretty cheap.

[siedhr.livejournal.com]

I hear what you're saying and thanks for the info.

For me, Norman's book will always serve as a measuring tool for other books with regard to crappiness since it was truly the first book that made me go: "WTF" "WTF is this" "WTF, where's the other shoe" "WTF, how can someone write this" etc.