Comments on: Fifty Shade of Bad Writing. George Turner’s Books to be Reissued.

By: Graham Clements

Graham Clements — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 06:12:09 +0000

Bruce Gillespie on Facebook informs me that George Turner wrote six, not five, mainstream novels before he turned to science fiction.

By: Graham Clements

Graham Clements — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 06:10:56 +0000

Anthony and Maggie,

I have no intention of caving into hype and reading 50 shades. Same as I did not read Dan Brown. The subject matter of both does not interest me.

I do worry about that farmer who bought the novel because he wanted to see what all the hype was about. What if it is the first book he has attempted to read for years? It might put him off reading for many more years. What if a lot of people pulled in by the hype react the same way? Yes it is good to get people reading, but we don't want their latest attempt at reading to be so negative that they give up on fiction forever.

By: Graham Clements

Graham Clements — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 06:00:23 +0000

Anthony,

Yaa, I have created interest in George Turner.

Graham.

By: M A Anderson

M A Anderson — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:08:32 +0000

Graham, I haven't read, nor do I want to read Fifty Shades of Grey. From what I've heard and read it isn't worth picking up or wasting time with. And I, for one, don't feel the need to play into the hype! How do these people put such rubbish out there? Don't we, as writer/authors, have an obligation to produce a quality read. Isn't the younger generations losing the English language as it is? I'm appalled that Random House would allow something like this get on the shelves. I wholeheartedly agree with Anthony. Argh! Maggie Anderson.

By: M A Anderson

M A Anderson — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:07:23 +0000

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By: Anthony J. Langford

Anthony J. Langford — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:56:22 +0000

Haha – very funny Graham. I call it 50 Shades of Brown.

I had the misfortune of having it in my house as my partner's workmate raved about it. The first sentence is bad. And its donwhill from there. Open to random pages and have a laugh. There must be a many previously published erotica/soft porn writers pissed off with her, just like all the vampire writers got peed off with Meyer. Why does rubbish take off? It's abyssmal and despite the humour of it all, it's rather depressing.

Keep me updated on the release of Turner's book. You've got me interested now.