http://www.tinkerx.com/2007/05/24/literary-dissonance-hating-helprin-loving-the-work/ A deluxe heap of broken images. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:16:48 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.tinkerx.com/2007/05/24/literary-dissonance-hating-helprin-loving-the-work/#comment-16668 JB Fri, 25 May 2007 03:17:50 +0000 http://www.tinkerx.com/index.php/2007/05/24/literary-dissonance-hating-helprin-loving-the-work/#comment-16668 You're a better man than I am, Andy. I used to really enjoy Orson Scott Card's novels until I found out about his personal politics. I just can't read his stuff anymore without thinking about his right-wing views and homophobia (okay, that's not entirely true...I also can't help thinking that he keeps retelling the same basic story over and over again, and that story is an allegory of Joseph Smith and the struggle of the early Mormons). You’re a better man than I am, Andy. I used to really enjoy Orson Scott Card’s novels until I found out about his personal politics. I just can’t read his stuff anymore without thinking about his right-wing views and homophobia (okay, that’s not entirely true…I also can’t help thinking that he keeps retelling the same basic story over and over again, and that story is an allegory of Joseph Smith and the struggle of the early Mormons).

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