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MrModerate

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4. I'm happy for you that you've found one of his books you enjoy . . .

Reply to Ohio Joe (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2013, 02:29 AM

Sep 2013

Since my experience seems to be only with his turds.

I'd rate him as one of the leading hacks in contemporary SF, and guilty of a thousand sins for his and Brian Herbert's pollution of Frank Herbert's Dune legacy. IMO he's guilty of some of the crappiest writing in the English language.

In fact, the notion that he wrote something people enjoy is hard for me to imagine. I'll take your word for it, though, because I'll never touch anything that has his name on it again.

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