The ideal, it seems to me, is to show things happening and allow the reader to decide what they mean.
From John M. Ford
The language fictional characters use is chosen for effect, at least if the author is concentrating.
The people who don't like it tend to dislike it intensely. That's unfortunate, but not surprising when one deliberately goes against audience expectations.
There are people who believe in an absolutely transparent prose; with every respect for clarity of expression, I don't.
There are readers who want every point to be clearly and unambiguously set forth, and there are those who want to pry ideas and meanings out for themselves.
Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman, of course, but there was also the intention to describe a culture that had been seen in rather narrow terms.
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