I enjoyed the Hyperion books but this got him put on my "never read anything from ever again" list: https://web.archive.org/web/20060424105133/http://www.dansim...

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petsfed an hour ago | parent | next [-]

So he had a pretty good (not perfect) run up until the final 1/3, then had a staggering turn that only the author thought was profound or earned?

That's a man who lived his craft right there.

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ses1984 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Can you perhaps explain what is objectionable so I don’t have to read the objectionable thing?

	▲	weavejester 11 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I skimmed it. It's a story about a time traveler warning his ancestor about the horrors of Islam taking over the world. It's pretty yikes.

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ZpJuUuNaQ5 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>never read anything from ever again

I think it's a poisonous and reductive mindset to have. You can separate art from the character of the artist. If you cared about everything everyone has ever said or done in various stages of their lives, you wouldn't have much left to enjoy or appreciate.

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ses1984 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

On the other hand, there is so so much art out there, I could never hope to consume it all. It’s simple for me to use the character of the artist as a filter. I can break that rule whenever I want, but by default, other things being equal, I would prefer to consume art for pleasure from artists I respect as people.

I do consume art from outside this bubble but more to satisfy academic curiosity than pleasure.

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isr 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

He's referring ... to his "art". Thats what the piece he linked to was a part of.

Its not poisonous nor reductive to decide not to follow an "artist" because his "art" is repulsive.

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ZpJuUuNaQ5 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

"I will never read anything by [AUTHOR] because some things [AUTHOR] wrote are now in my no no list."

Sorry, that just doesn't make sense to me.

	▲	weavejester 9 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		With the amount of fiction available to read, why give your money to authors who are bad people?

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lxgr an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Sure, but at the same time it's debatable whether even an artist themselves gets to retroactively reinterpret their own art that way.

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fatbird 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Same here. It's a fading memory, but the decade following 9/11 really did feature a lot of big brains turning THE COMING CALIPHATE into an existential threat to humanity. Which seems quaint, now.

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pragmatic 27 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Interesting.

I don’t think he was particularly kind to any proselytizing religion.

Did you read the Cantos?

	▲	BigTTYGothGF 14 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		You might have missed this part of my post: > I enjoyed the Hyperion books

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RemainsOfTheDay 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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