Ursula K. Le Guin: By the Book
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Ursula K. Le Guin: By the Book
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Re: Ursula K. Le Guin: By the Book
#2What a cringe-worthy interview. It's clear the interviewer is asking from a set list of (stunningly boring) questions, and despite Le Guin answering nearly every question with "please ask a more interesting question", the interviewer doesn't waver.
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#3What a cringe-worthy interview. It's clear the interviewer is asking from a set list of (stunningly boring) questions, and despite Le Guin answering nearly every question with "please ask a more interesting question", the interviewer doesn't waver.
Sadly I agree. Le Guin is a remarkable talent but the interviewer asked stock questions, nothing tailored to her. Some interviewees might find a way to turn that into something interesting, but it just seems like Le Guin and those questions did not find any common ground.
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#4What a cringe-worthy interview. It's clear the interviewer is asking from a set list of (stunningly boring) questions, and despite Le Guin answering nearly every question with "please ask a more interesting question", the interviewer doesn't waver.
Pretty sure it was a standard list of questions - perhaps emailed.
Still, she is one of my favorite writers so it's interesting to read what she likes reading.
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#6That may be the worst author interview I've ever read.
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The previous answer defines it as the "Did I re-read it" test.
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It's explained in the interview, but since you missed it:
"And I am applying the Dirri (Do I Reread It?) Test"
Re: Ursula K. Le Guin: By the Book
#9That may be the worst author interview I've ever read.
Re: Ursula K. Le Guin: By the Book
#10What a cringe-worthy interview. It's clear the interviewer is asking from a set list of (stunningly boring) questions, and despite Le Guin answering nearly every question with "please ask a more interesting question", the interviewer doesn't waver.
Pretty sure it was a standard list of questions - perhaps emailed. Still, she is one of my favorite writers so it's interesting to read what she likes reading.
I would like to think it was certainly emailed because I can't imagine a live interviewer getting those kind of answers and continuing in that vein; I really want to assume the only way that could have happened was if there was no real back-and-forth between the interviewer and the interviewed.