Parker certainly couldn't read as fast as those literary critics.
After "Dune" was released in China, many people wrote reviews after reading it, and many of them were literary critics.
However, because of what happened to Kong Zhou last time, in addition to praising him, even if they wanted to find fault, they did so fairly and did not dare to say anything too extreme.
However, critics in the United States will not give Zhang Zhong this face.
Schubert Lang is a well-known loudmouth in the North American literary world, and is nicknamed Big Mouth Schubert.
He is different from Kong Zhou, because in addition to being a critic, he also has an identity as a novelist.
Ordinary critics rarely create their own works. After all, if they write novels themselves, it will be okay if they write well, but if they do not write well, they will basically be criticized for their works.
How dare you criticize others for the rubbish you wrote?
In order to avoid being scolded by others, most critics will not create their own works. For example, Kong Zhou scolded many literati, regardless of genre or type, but he usually only wrote columns.
But this Schubert is different. He has also written several novels, and he has covered a wide range of topics. He has written suspense, detective, and science fiction. The most important thing is that his works have been well received. Although he is not particularly famous, at least he can be considered a celebrity.
Best-selling author.
"It's hard to imagine that someone actually regards "Dune" as a science fiction novel. In this book, except for the intricate political and religious entanglements, I don't see anything related to science fiction. There are even
Language skills! Do Chinese novelists think that as long as they write about things in space, it is considered science fiction? If this is the case, the history of science fiction novels can be pushed forward, because according to this theory, on
Those myths and stories from thousands of years ago can also be regarded as science fiction..."
Schubert's point of criticizing "Dune" is the science fiction elements of this book. In his article, "Dune" is no longer as simple as soft science fiction. He believes that this book should be classified as a mythological novel, along with science fiction.
Can't touch the edge at all.
Schubert's fans expressed support for his remarks.
[After this pz’s last science fiction novel came out, I said that what he wrote was not science fiction at all.]
[Can any messy thing be called science fiction now? 】
[I didn’t really like Schubert before, but I support you this time.]
[pz Just go back and write detective novels, science fiction is not suitable for you at all. 】
[His detective novels are not good either. They were popular before because no domestic detective novelists had published any works, allowing him to take advantage of the loophole.]
Of course, there are those who support it and there are those who are against it.
[Is science fiction really important? I read some books and found them quite exciting.]
[Although the science fiction elements are not too obvious, it would be too much to say so.]
【I feel it’s quite sci-fi.】
[Is the definition of science fiction defined by Schubert?]
[Many people have never read the book and just follow the trend.]
[The book has just come out, but there are so many "noble people" upstairs who think this book is bad?]
At the beginning, only readers in the United States participated in the discussion. Later, Schubert's remarks spread to China, and many Chinese netizens also participated.
[Where did the criticism come from? If you don’t understand it, you just say it’s not science fiction?]
[Haha, yes, you foreigners are the only ones who understand science fiction. We, the barbarian land of China, don’t have science fiction. 】
[I feel like this guy was scared, so he jumped out.]
[Well, I just saw Zhang Chonghuo, so [Biquge www.biqusa.vip] this foreigner started to worry. 】
Schubert also has a strong fighting spirit. After being scolded by a group of netizens, he continued to speak: "After talking for a long time, you know how to scold me. Does anyone think this book is science fiction?"
"No one in the comments pointed out the science fiction elements of this book. They objected purely for the sake of opposition."
"If you say that the magicians in the book are science fiction, I have nothing to say."
"Chinese people also come to talk about science fiction?"
"Some people say it doesn't matter whether it's science fiction or not, as long as it's good-looking. I won't discuss whether the book is good-looking or not. I'll just say that this kind of behavior of insisting on using the name of science fiction even though it's clearly not science fiction is no different from deception."
"I originally read this book because it was science fiction, but after reading it I realized that was not the case at all. So can I go to the bookstore to refund the money? Even if I can refund the money, who cares about the time I spent reading the book?
Can you compensate me?"
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One day after "Dune" was released in the United States, Zhang Zhong also saw Schubert's speech and thought it was quite funny. Isn't this just a common trick of a troll? Substantially changing the concept, using a general overview, and changing the topic are specious.
I thought that the so-called "famous critic" would have some great opinions, but I didn't expect that he was just an advanced keyboard warrior.
Originally, if Schubert had just talked about his books, he wouldn't have said anything, let alone waste his time on this troll, but Schubert's attack range was too large, and he directly scolded the whole of China.
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But before he left the show in person, his number one fan in the United States, Affleck, stepped forward to defend his idol.
At 7:35 pm on July 15th, New York time, a long article appeared on Affleck’s Instagram.
This long article has a title that seems very pretentious and makes people feel unclear.
"On the Neglected Field of Science Fiction: Ecological Science Fiction and the Embodiment of Understanding Causality"
I haven’t read the content of the long article yet, but the incomprehensible title alone is enough to arouse discussion among fans.
[Has the world changed? Has the Affleck I follow become a scientist? 】
【Who can translate to me what this title means?】
Although the title is very impressive, the content of the long article is not that difficult to understand, nor is it that high-level. Anyone who has read "Dune" should be able to see that this long article quotes a lot of ecologists from the book.
Words of Rhett Keynes.
For example, Len said: Experimental results often blind us and make us ignore the simple fact of the machine. This fact is that we are dealing with things that are produced and exist outdoors, that is, plants and animals that live normally outdoors.
It can be seen that Affleck read the book very carefully, and he remembered the details clearly, including the explanations of language ability and logical ability, and he also listed them all.
However, such a book review full of details could not convince Schubert. Regarding this book review, Schubert only replied with one sentence, "It is fundamentally wrong to try to explain it with nothingness in the book."