[LMB] QOTD #7: Emotional genre, re: ACC dedication (Sat. Mar. 1st)

[Meg Justus]

> Question of the Day (QOTD) #7: Emotional genre, re: ACC dedication
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> Would you view LMB's work as in the same genre (emotionally, not
> technically) as the four authors cited in the dedication of "A Civil
> Campaign"?
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> (contributed by Dorian E. Gray israfel at eircom.net)

The funny thing is, I don't like Heyer (I tried, honestly), I find Sayers's 
style unappealing (I like Lord Peter and Harriet, I just don't like how 
Sayers tells the stories), and I was spoiled for both the Brontes and Austen 
in college -- it's hard to enjoy the emotions in the middle of language and 
symbolism and theme dissections.

So I don't know how to make the comparison.  Lois's writing is so 
transparent compared to all of them, that it affects how sympathetically and 
realistically the characters come across to me.  So I don't think I can or 
want to separate the technical from the emotional.  I just like the way she 
writes as well as her people, whereas I tend to just like the people of the 
four dedicatees (is that a word?), not the writing itself as much.

Megaera