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Heh by yicky yacky (4.00 / 1) #4 Sat May 26, 2007 at 06:51:20 AM EST

I find the fact that many of the critiques are negative quite amusing. It's as if either the author thought they might throw people off the scent in treating them that way, or that the criticism of the piece accurately reflects authorial frustrations with the final story -- although, by nature, a more informed type of disappointment than with the other pieces. More Nietzsche, less Morrissey, people.

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A cynical, mercenary, demagogic, corrupt press will produce in time a people as base as itself - Joseph Pulitzer

bit of both, I think by Kellnerin (2.00 / 0) #8 Sat May 26, 2007 at 08:29:30 AM EST

Of course, it would also help to look at the reviews in comparison to each author's comments on the other stories, to see how they line up. Sometimes I've actualy skewed my self-review to be less harsh than I felt about the piece, because though I won't hurt my own feelings I never bash other people's stuff quite that much. Actually, I like how some of the reviews comment without actually giving an opinion, positive or negative.

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"If a tree is impetuous in the woods, does it make a sound?" -- aethucyn
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consistency is important by persimmon (4.00 / 1) #11 Sun May 27, 2007 at 02:03:27 AM EST

This is why I'm careful to conspicuously hate everything.
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: I admit by Kellnerin (2.00 / 0) #13 Sun May 27, 2007 at 09:01:51 AM EST

I look forward to your reviews. I always prefer a reaction of "this sucked" to "yeah, OK" (the worst thing, I think, is to make no impression), and with the equal-opportunity persimmon-hate it's hard to take it too personally.

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"If a tree is impetuous in the woods, does it make a sound?" -- aethucyn
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