Comments on: A Reader Reading Reviews http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/11/18/7762/ A mutual support group for SF/F Novelists Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:35:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Karen Wester Newton http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/11/18/7762/#comment-1053 Karen Wester Newton Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:14:25 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/11/18/7762/#comment-1053 I agree it can be hard to find movie reviewers who don't assume that if a movie is fantasy or science fiction, then it must be crap. I like to go to <a href="http://www.scifi.com/sfw/" rel="nofollow">Science Fiction Weekly</a> for movie reviews for just that reason. I have plenty of sources for book reviews, but unbiased movie reviews of genre movies are all too rare. I agree it can be hard to find movie reviewers who don’t assume that if a movie is fantasy or science fiction, then it must be crap. I like to go to Science Fiction Weekly for movie reviews for just that reason. I have plenty of sources for book reviews, but unbiased movie reviews of genre movies are all too rare.

]]> By: Simon Haynes http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/11/18/7762/#comment-1052 Simon Haynes Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:21:37 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/11/18/7762/#comment-1052 When I read a review I don't want a plot summary or spoilers. I want to know what else the reviewer likes, so I can see whether our tastes coincide and, by extension, whether their dislike of a particular book means I'll probably enjoy it. Given all that, my ideal book review is 'This book is like x, y and z.' If I haven't come across x, y and z before, then the book under review probably isn't for me anyway ;-) When I read a review I don’t want a plot summary or spoilers. I want to know what else the reviewer likes, so I can see whether our tastes coincide and, by extension, whether their dislike of a particular book means I’ll probably enjoy it.

Given all that, my ideal book review is ‘This book is like x, y and z.’ If I haven’t come across x, y and z before, then the book under review probably isn’t for me anyway ;-)

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