Taking on Orson Scott Card's _Hamlet's Father_.

[haddayr]

Will Alexander, my friend and writing group buddy, is an astoundingly precise, dangerous fighter. He has reviewed Orson Scott Card's rewrite of Hamlet, starting with Card's dubious reasons for writing it, pulling apart his prose and bland characterizations, and looking closely at its virulent homophobia. The review is intelligent, darkly funny at

Comments

[sparkymonster]

That line is amazing.

Also reminds me of the fairy tale "love like salt."

[haddayr]

Yes; I immediately thought of that! It's one of my favorite fairy tales.

[jamiam]

I'm really glad Will wrote that.

[janradder]

That's a great line.

[shveta_thakrar]

Will did a fantastic job with that review, but I'm so, so sorry it needed to be written. What the hell, Subterranean? As for you, Card, well, there are no words.

:(

[cissa]

Agreed to all.

Given the misogyny of Card's prose in general, this is hardly a surprise... but still.

One would think that, logically, homophobic men would LIKE women... but that's clearly not the case.

[mrissa]

Today a friend asked if I would read his book and see if it sucks. I told him yes, and that my suckage detector is still functioning, because I heard about this shit oh my God what seriously what.