Pride & Prejudice & Pedantry: My Reponse on HuffPo

Huffington Post invited me to submit a rebuttal to the article by Alan Elsner that I mentioned in passing late last week. Mr. Elsner took a stack of romances from the library, read them, and pronounced the entire genre as absolute crap.

My response is now up over at Huffington Post’s book section: Pride and Prejudice and Pedantry. An excerpt:

In response, I refer to that book he holds in such high regard, “Pride and Prejudice”, by Jane Austen:

“You have insulted me in every possible method. You can now have nothing farther to say.”

A shabby, patched-up survey of books with no curation involved, let alone curiosity, does not an expert make. I invoke Smart Bitch Law #1: Thou shalt not diss the reading material of another person merely to elevate one’s own. By doing so, thou art passing the buck, and verily thou art being a douchebag.

I wonder if the comments will be as intricately moderated for mine as for Mr. Elsner.

 

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  1. Wendy says:

    Mr. Eisner may not bother with your reading list, but it was my Christmas Wishlist for books, and I got four of them, plus a gift card to buy the ones that weren’t available. My to-read pile now includes:

    “Bitten” by Kelley Armstrong
    “Cry Wolf” by Patricia Briggs
    “Sea Swept” by Nora Roberts
    “The Sharing Knife” by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Thanks for the recs, Sarah!

  2. CitizenCobalt says:

    Sarah, your rebuttle was awe-inspiring!

    I wonder if there’s a trashy romance out there where the roles are reversed. Y’know when the guy kidnaps the heroine for some outlandish reason? And then he proceeds to treat her like a child? Albeit one he’d like to bang.

    Is there a book where the woman kidnaps the man? And acts all rightiously superior over him? And can kick the ever-loving crap out of him?

    One more thing I must ask. Why is it that the men in those books are able to keep a relatively clear head, while the woman is completely helpless to her raging passion? Shouldn’t it be the other way around? All the guy’s blood went from his head to his prick! Where did her’s go? Her breasts? Perhaps that’s why her bosoms are always spilling out on the front cover.

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