Comments on: What makes me stop reading http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/ A mutual support group for SF/F Novelists Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:08:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Layong http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2599 Layong Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:03:22 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2599 Hi.. i just blog walking and arrived at yours. nice blog.sometimes some bad books make us stop reading, but out there still a lot of good and worthy books to read. :D thx. Hi.. i just blog walking and arrived at yours.

nice blog.sometimes some bad books make us stop reading, but out there still a lot of good and worthy books to read. :D

thx.

]]> By: Josephine Damian http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2502 Josephine Damian Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:42:00 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2502 James, I hope you're not buying these books. I stopped that a long time ago - wasted too much money on clunkers. Boring-ass flashbacks (which are really thinly disguised autobiography) are big stoppers for me as well as information dump. Being able to figure out "whodunit" half-way through a mystery is a big turn-off. Just plain bad writing - too much "to be" form and adverbs. James, I hope you’re not buying these books. I stopped that a long time ago - wasted too much money on clunkers.

Boring-ass flashbacks (which are really thinly disguised autobiography) are big stoppers for me as well as information dump.

Being able to figure out “whodunit” half-way through a mystery is a big turn-off.

Just plain bad writing - too much “to be” form and adverbs.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2491 Anonymous Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:34:58 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2491 I totally agree. Another thing that kills me though, is when authors subtly try to insert their political views for no reason. It just irks me. by the way, Nicole, caps lock is not cruise control for cool I totally agree. Another thing that kills me though, is when authors subtly try to insert their political views for no reason. It just irks me.

by the way, Nicole, caps lock is not cruise control for cool

]]> By: Dennis http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2489 Dennis Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:11:59 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2489 Some books just talk to you when you pick up, a mystical experience something I have yet to figure out why. Here is what turns me off; an author that thinks we want to be an elite technocrat. The details are mind numbing. Sex at every turn, and in full detail. Some small detail that forces you read all the sexual details. Child rape, enough said. Book covers that look dated. No book details, but endless glory pages from other authors. A book that should have been good, but just does not have the right stuff. Lastly the endless series. Some books just talk to you when you pick up, a mystical experience something I have yet to figure out why. Here is what turns me off; an author that thinks we want to be an elite technocrat. The details are mind numbing. Sex at every turn, and in full detail. Some small detail that forces you read all the sexual details. Child rape, enough said. Book covers that look dated. No book details, but endless glory pages from other authors. A book that should have been good, but just does not have the right stuff. Lastly the endless series.

]]> By: nicole http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2485 nicole Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:01:24 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2485 JAMES I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR WRITING THIS BECAUSE IM THE EXACT SAME WAY WITH BOOKS!!! IT WAS A FUN AND TRUE READ KUDOS NICOLE JAMES I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR WRITING THIS BECAUSE IM THE EXACT SAME WAY WITH BOOKS!!! IT WAS A FUN AND TRUE READ

KUDOS
NICOLE

]]> By: Paul J http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2482 Paul J Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:31:23 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2482 An author writing in a character's accent, and overdoing it to the point of making the dialog difficult to understand. An author writing in a character’s accent, and overdoing it to the point of making the dialog difficult to understand.

]]> By: Timmy Mac http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2458 Timmy Mac Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:39:52 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2458 John Rogers (kfmonkey.blogspot.com) writes for TV and calls this the Idiot Ball, as in "Which character is going to carry the idiot ball this week?" John Rogers (kfmonkey.blogspot.com) writes for TV and calls this the Idiot Ball, as in “Which character is going to carry the idiot ball this week?”

]]> By: The Evil Eyebrow » Blog Archive » The Idiot Plot and Other Things http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2455 The Evil Eyebrow » Blog Archive » The Idiot Plot and Other Things Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:22:44 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2455 [...] This man says many things I agree with concerning my reading of novels. No idot plots. Less Deux ex Machina. As I get older, I find myself less and less inclined to read stuff that I used to like. I guess this is me maturing as a critical reader; I demand more out of my escapism. [...] […] This man says many things I agree with concerning my reading of novels. No idot plots. Less Deux ex Machina. As I get older, I find myself less and less inclined to read stuff that I used to like. I guess this is me maturing as a critical reader; I demand more out of my escapism. […]

]]> By: Mit letzter Vorstellungskraft « m.arschflugkoerper http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2452 Mit letzter Vorstellungskraft « m.arschflugkoerper Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:43:46 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2452 [...] auch mal aufs schriftstellerische Abstellgleis. Aber einen guten Namen, den haben sie zumindest: The Idiot Move und der Diabolus Ex Machina. This entry was written by Mark, posted on 10 April, 2008 at 6:43 vormittags, filed under [...] […] auch mal aufs schriftstellerische Abstellgleis. Aber einen guten Namen, den haben sie zumindest: The Idiot Move und der Diabolus Ex Machina. This entry was written by Mark, posted on 10 April, 2008 at 6:43 vormittags, filed under […]

]]> By: doc http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2451 doc Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:52:32 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/04/09/what-makes-me-stop-reading/#comment-2451 hey this is doc from the itunes podcast: Heroes of Science Fiction and Fantasy, just saying i enjoyed your article. I have put many books back up in the shelves with a book mark in them(waiting for maybe when i retire to continue them). I also like your diabolus ex machina idea that was well written. website www.heroesofsciencefictionandfantasy.com hey this is doc from the itunes podcast: Heroes of Science Fiction and Fantasy, just saying i enjoyed your article. I have put many books back up in the shelves with a book mark in them(waiting for maybe when i retire to continue them). I also like your diabolus ex machina idea that was well written. website www.heroesofsciencefictionandfantasy.com

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