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“I got through nearly 50 minutes of one episode that I really didn't care for. I could tell from the beginning I didn't agree with him, but I figured I'd here him out to really understand his perspective. Unfortuantely, it was mostly just him talking about himself and about how his book is better. I want to go in depth about the review he did, but first I should say after finishing that one I decided to try out 3 other reviews of books I'd read. Two of them had won both a nebula and a hugo award. Obviously, he hated all of them. I think another reviewer has said he doesn't like a story that makes you think, which seems true. Some of them have depth and he really doesn't appreciate it.
But even beyond appreciating the story, it felt like everytime he was making it about him. I thought maybe the first one (Replay by Ken Grimwood) was because it was very similar to his book, but even the others he was "oh I thought this was perfect for me because the character does this this and this and I did this this and this so thats like totally me." Obviously I'm paraphrasing but it was like you aren't adding to anything he was just trying to further undermine it when he just said it was boring.
So to reveiw, he seems to have trouble with depth and he makes it about himself.
Now, for the reveiw I listened nearly all the way through (Replay) I had a lot of problems with it. He had a german guest, and I like what she had to say more, even though it wasn't a glowing review. But Luke's biggest problem was that this book didn't do time travel as well as he did. This book was one of the inspirations for groundhog day. It helped to invent this format of the story. It was brilliant. The german reviewer said she appreciated it for that and for the depth it went into to really play out how your average joe would react. Because new stories have this premise already introduced in the past, so they don't have to lay out the ground work for how it all works. That foundation was unique to her because she hadn't seen that in other books. To which Luke responded that what he kind of did that in his book. (I didn't like their dynamic. He interupted her repeatedly and wouldn't let her speak). To Luke, the fact that this book created a an entirely new sect of sci fi wasn't a positive, it meant the book was tedious. But thats what makes it so great. Im the story, one of the replayers make a movie with Spilberg and Lucas before they were big relying on the same thematic structures that they created. In that timeline, it was seen as groundbreaking, but only becasue it was new. Those of us looking in know its just a reash, and those movies are often the worst. I think thats what look really hated about it. His book was legit a rehash of what Replay does, and he bends over backwards to make himself seem like the genius. Apperantly he reviewed his OWN book in one podcast. I won't be checking that out, but I can only imagine the level of self love he gives himself.
I fell like I am being really harsh, but I tried 4 different reviews and hate I wasted my time.”
Hedgepeth via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/16/17
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