Craphound is a good name for Doctorow. His writing is really just awful.
I've had the misfortune to have read quite a bit of Cory's writing, and it's just terrible.
All of his books are little pieces of his interests, strung together with buzzwords and little phrases he's attempting to make catchy. In reading his work, the actual story isn't quite that bad, but it's missing a background that makes sense, and the strong scifi that intrigues.
His mother is a washing machine, and his father is a mountain. It's very clever, but doesn't go anywhere, and detracts from the story.
I read Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, and the Doctorow's whole idea of whuffie, the future replacement for currency, seemed so stupid to me that it ruined the book. Doctorow and his fellow talking heads might like the idea of cashing in on popularity, but I find the whole idea repulsive.
I've stopped reading boingboing after reading Doctorow's work. It's a collection of links with a healthy helping of "look at me!" "look at me!" with a "too cool for words" attitude.
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Craphound is a good name for Doctorow. His writing is really just awful. I've had the misfortune to have read quite a bit of Cory's writing, and it's just terrible. All of his books are little pieces of his interests, strung together with buzzwords and little phrases he's attempting to make catchy. In reading his work, the actual story isn't quite that bad, but it's missing a background that makes sense, and the strong scifi that intrigues. His mother is a washing machine, and his father is a mountain. It's very clever, but doesn't go anywhere, and detracts from the story. I read Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, and the Doctorow's whole idea of whuffie, the future replacement for currency, seemed so stupid to me that it ruined the book. Doctorow and his fellow talking heads might like the idea of cashing in on popularity, but I find the whole idea repulsive. I've stopped reading boingboing after reading Doctorow's work. It's a collection of links with a healthy helping of "look at me!" "look at me!" with a "too cool for words" attitude.