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Originally Posted by Rahl Windsong I hesitate to say one author's works are better, best, or whatever you might call them, each work, published or not, I like to think of as a work of art. Art can not really be judged by the terms better or best, instead I'd like to think or say how the story made me feel while I was reading it and Tad Williams has always made be really feel for his characters and his stories. I felt strong emotions from this series and I loved it. I have read them all a few times.
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HMMM.. interesting take on how art is judged.
I'd say Art can be and is judged by people but what one person calls Best another may call Worst, so I would agree or at least suggest that judging art is vey much a subjective and therefore personal thing. The fact that you get strong emotions from Tads work means that you are in a sense judging it or indeed responding to it. In fact your emotions could be used as a barometer in terms of which work provided the greatest or strongest emotions i.e. "your favourite or best work of this author".
In other words, the very fact that you experience strong emotions from a piece of art by that very thing means you are making a "value judgement" isn't it?
I judge a book based on my emotions in terms of "Did I find the story engaging? Were the characters people I could relate to or care about?" "Was the story mentally satisfying from the point of view of its wordlbuilding and storyline?" etc...
Just my thoughts on the matter...
