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Aristus

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1. I'm a passionate, lifelong reader. I just can't get into James Michener.

Reply to RipVanWinkle (Original post)

Mon Jun 20, 2022, 06:55 PM

Jun 2022

It's not the length of his novels, or his prose, which is serviceable enough. I think it's a lot of his narrative choices.

I was about a third of the way through "Space" when I realized: Wait. Hold on. Michener invented a fictional state for his hero to be from? Something wrong with the fifty real ones we have? I thought it was lazy storytelling.

And I couldn't get further into "Centennial" than fifty or so pages, even though I saw the miniseries as a kid and enjoyed it very much.

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Centennial, the miniseries [View all] RipVanWinkle Jun 2022 OP

I'm a passionate, lifelong reader. I just can't get into James Michener. Aristus Jun 2022 #1