March Suggestion box

[james_davis_nicoll]

Waiting for the last few books on my to-read list to come in. Open to suggestions, particularly for more recent books.

I cannot recall who asked me to read the Rational Harry Potter but it has defeated me. May I review something else?

Comments

[sanskritabelt.livejournal.com]

Makes total sense if you remember that (a) Harry is a stand-in for the author and (b) some of Big Yud's opinions on the matter are as unfortunate as you might expect.

[dsrtao]

Makes more sense if you remember that Draco is an 11 year old boy who is parroting the banter of the teenagers and adults he has known -- all of whom are servants of Evil in a fantasy universe.

[sanskritabelt.livejournal.com]

It's been several years since I tried to read HPMOR, but that would require a level of subtlety that I'm not sure Yudkowski's capable of.

[selki.livejournal.com]

It's how I read it. I didn't see it so much as subtlety as, evidently Draco was around people who thought that's how you talk.

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

Since I have known his father for a very long time, I would have difficulty thinking of E. Yudkowsky as "Big Yud."