Unpopular opinion;
Burgess is a prescient, but not good, writer.
Unpopular opinion;
Burgess is a prescient, but not good, writer.
prescient
Nice word usage. I had to look that one up.
> prescient
Nice word usage. I had to look that one up.
He seen the future, but he ain't write it too good
He seen the future, but he ain't write it too good
Indeed.
Indeed.
I've read some of his other works as well. He's very into wordplay, heavily British. Unless you read a lot of other stuff from GB some of the references in the wordplay are lost. It's been too long for me to do an accurate assessment of his writing style but there wasn't anything that struck me as bad 50 years ago.
Now come and get one in the yarbles, if you have any yarbles, thou jelly eunuch thou.
I've read some of his other works as well. He's very into wordplay, heavily British. Unless you read a lot of other stuff from GB some of the references in the wordplay are lost. It's been too long for me to do an accurate assessment of his writing style but there wasn't anything that struck me as bad 50 years ago.
Now come and get one in the yarbles, if you have any yarbles, thou jelly eunuch thou.
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