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To the extent that they represent a realistic, as opposed to idealistic, world, they sure are Tom Send a noteboard - 13/11/2013 08:57:42 PM

I agree that you don't HAVE to put sex, violence, drinking or profanity into every novel, but it's difficult to think of a serious author who has never touched any of them. They're central parts of life (sex especially, for obvious reasons). The Bible, for example, has all four.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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So, the New York Times has asked why Mormons produce no serious writers... Tom - 12/11/2013 04:30:26 PM 1131 Views
So that was interesting. Rebekah - 12/11/2013 06:53:06 PM 744 Views
The sunny, happy part was the part I found the least compelling Tom - 12/11/2013 07:43:40 PM 724 Views
Sanderon is Mormon, isn't he? beetnemesis - 13/11/2013 03:47:33 AM 681 Views
totally right on about him... no sexuality in any of his characters at all. temeraire - 13/11/2013 06:43:47 AM 734 Views
Well, there's enough going on that it's not a big deal, but yeah, it's obvious once you notice it beetnemesis - 13/11/2013 03:59:34 PM 663 Views
I'm curious how much he wrote when he was finishing Wheel of Time. Tom - 13/11/2013 08:54:02 PM 713 Views
Sanderson is writing some interesting blog posts on his site on that subject. Legolas - 13/11/2013 11:24:14 PM 691 Views
I feel like Jordan had a lot more allusions, though beetnemesis - 14/11/2013 03:04:09 PM 666 Views
"Serious" writers. I assume that would include competent as well.... Cannoli - 14/11/2013 12:45:37 AM 749 Views
Argh I had blocked that out *NM* beetnemesis - 14/11/2013 02:58:48 PM 261 Views
I wish they had included some statistics of genre readership beetnemesis - 13/11/2013 03:49:03 AM 648 Views
I didn't know that "sex scenes, graphic violence and swearing" are the sings of a serious literature *NM* aragornital - 13/11/2013 07:02:40 AM 448 Views
Well, they're not, but their absence can sometimes be noticable (Mistborn spoilers) beetnemesis - 13/11/2013 04:08:32 PM 643 Views
To the extent that they represent a realistic, as opposed to idealistic, world, they sure are Tom - 13/11/2013 08:57:42 PM 682 Views
I was about to mention Evenson before I read the article Larry - 13/11/2013 07:30:56 AM 659 Views
A Facebook friend also said Nancy Fulda is a "darker" writer Tom - 13/11/2013 09:08:41 PM 643 Views
Never heard of her (Amazon check reveals mostly Kindle-only releases) Larry - 14/11/2013 07:50:50 AM 609 Views
It is all about suffering random thoughts - 14/11/2013 05:05:25 PM 604 Views
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