EVERYONE's a critic
Over at his blog, Charlie Stross has a list of deathless reader "Reviews" of more or less classic literature. It contains gems like this one:
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck:
Jef4Jesus wrote: "So, I'm only on page 478 of 619, but I've been disgusted at the amount of profanity. So far I've found more than 500 uses of profanity! On average every page (with relatively big writing, even) has more than one swear. Yikes! I'm never going to read Grapes of Wrath again, and won't be recommending it to anyone. If you don't like profanity, be careful."
(He actually *counted* *profanities*? Ye gods and little fishes...)
Honestly, I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry. It being Halloween and all, I'm just going to call these responses a particularly horrible kind of horror story...
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck:
Jef4Jesus wrote: "So, I'm only on page 478 of 619, but I've been disgusted at the amount of profanity. So far I've found more than 500 uses of profanity! On average every page (with relatively big writing, even) has more than one swear. Yikes! I'm never going to read Grapes of Wrath again, and won't be recommending it to anyone. If you don't like profanity, be careful."
(He actually *counted* *profanities*? Ye gods and little fishes...)
Honestly, I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry. It being Halloween and all, I'm just going to call these responses a particularly horrible kind of horror story...