tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991554068610574167.post8639440049489817375..comments2023-10-25T05:34:18.339-04:00Comments on Dust & Corruption: Short Bits: What I've Read LatelyVagrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10053302275793357240noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991554068610574167.post-85605120947537597192012-08-01T00:20:00.154-04:002012-08-01T00:20:00.154-04:00Thanks for the comment, Jordan. I plan on reading ...Thanks for the comment, Jordan. I plan on reading all of the Savages. And like you said, they're hackwork but good hackwork. Hey, even folks like Poe and Shakespeare could be described as hacks. Johnson once wrote, "No man but a fool ever wrote except for money" which I think is very true. Even James Joyce's "Ulysses" was written with the intent of making money.Vagrarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10053302275793357240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991554068610574167.post-13884311745555219872012-07-29T09:15:05.315-04:002012-07-29T09:15:05.315-04:00Doc Savage is an immense, and immensely-fun series...<i>Doc Savage</i> is an immense, and immensely-fun series, which I very heartily recommend. It's also genuine science-fiction, and (in terms of Doc's technology) reasonably well thought-out science fiction at that. (The bad guy technologies are a bit weirder and more dubious).<br /><br />The great good thing about it is that "Doc" and his Crew can wind up adventuring pretty Jordan179https://www.blogger.com/profile/04175992431854812417noreply@blogger.com