You can tell how wanky a fantasy / scifi book is going to be
by teh number of apostrophes in the characters' names.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:07, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Haha, totally.
I hate the whole "I am Arrigon, Son of Kolach, Keeper of the Realm, Lord of the Council of True Eldars and Keeper of the Dragonsword" introductions.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:08, Reply)

Or by the fact that it's described as fantasy

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:09, Reply)

untrue!
Iain M Banks does a bit of crazy naming, but he does it on purpose, wallowing inthe loveliness of sci fi tropes
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:09, Reply)

Ian Banks is nowhere near as good as he thinks he is.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:10, Reply)

nor are you

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:12, Reply)

I'm not being nasty here.
But he is an average author at best. He is great at plotting, granted, but there is a lot more to being a good author than plotting.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:14, Reply)

not nasty, but wrong
anyway, we;ve had this discussion before, and I am mostly talking about the sci fi
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:16, Reply)

His sci fi is probably worse than his proper fiction.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:19, Reply)

at least he can spell iain properly

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:12, Reply)

True.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 20:13, Reply)