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Originally Posted by Cube Inmate
The storytelling is more important than the story. And it's a lot harder to master.
I just read a Grisham book last week and it was... not masterful. In the final chapters, all the mysteries were explained but there was no moment of "I can't believe I missed that!" It was just a mechanical, dry explanation of something he never made me think about in the first place.
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Hm that could definitely be, just getting more picky/discerning over time (either term depending on how you want to spin it lol).
Even when I was young I couldn't read many Star Wars or Star Trek or whatever.. most just seemed terrible. I remember thinking the Thrawn Star Wars books or the Drizzt Forgotten Realms books were decent because they were closer to what I usually read.
Someone suggested Cory Doctorow to me since they're techy/nerdy, but it just seemed like "lets see how many tech concepts we can stir in and hope they don't notice the rest".
Maybe I should be going onto best 100 of blank book lists and start reading the ones I haven't read.