Jan 14 • GUARDS
Douglas' kill on Asimov
In this post my intention is to give you another example as a CCC post, we are still warming up. You see an artist (author) is critiquing another author's style. So i happen to critique his critique (body). First i can say that this is a great critique! It hits the five stars:
🌟 Reasonable: Douglas does not attack Asimov’s intelligence or imagination. He explicitly credits the ideas as terrific. The target is style, not mind. That distinction matters.
🌟 Relevant: Style versus ideas is a foundational tension in literature. Especially in science fiction, where conceptual ambition often outruns prose elegance. This critique hits a real fault line.
🌟 Punctual: The metaphor lands instantly. “American Express junk mail” needs no footnotes. The reader feels it before thinking it.
🌟 Creative: Instead of academic language, Douglas uses a commercial, banal image to critique literary irritation. High ideas framed by low experience. That contrast is surgical.
🌟 Humorous:The insult stings but entertains. The humor disarms defensiveness and keeps the critique alive rather than terminal.
But on the other hand i could guard Asimov's style against Douglas' opinion and kill the critique simply as:
Asimov’s plainness was always intentional. Clarity as ethics. Prose as glass, not stained cathedral. The irritation Douglas feels might be the cost of accessibility, not a failure of craft. Having a rigid posture doesn't prevent us to get the idea, the audience is always capable to fill the gaps. Just like Big Lebowski i can say "Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man." 😄
Which critique of mine resonate more within you about the critique? Would you guard the killer or kill the killer?
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