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Re:Has sci-fi run out of steam? by ephermata on Sunday November 22, 2009 @06:48AM (#955659)
I actually thought "Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory" was "worse" than Unaccompanied Sonata. Still I wish he'd write more short stories like that...they're more engaging than the novels I've seen recently from him.
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Re:Has sci-fi run out of steam? by Dove on Saturday November 28, 2009 @02:45PM (#965440)
Fair. It depends on what bothers you, I suppose. Now that I think about it, "A Thousand Deaths" was also pretty disturbing.

I suppose I shouldn't be so judgmental in my description. Whether you like or dislike those types of stories, they are good illustrations of why some people find Card's writing disturbing. Then again, some people like to be disturbed. I might go so far as to say that is the point of his stories in the first place.

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