Actually, I've been reading some of his more recent material, and I think he's improved. In his Harry Potter "Icemaidens" stories, he seems to have lost that "punish those who've hurt the main character" traits and the associated lecturing/preaching -- in fact, the Dursleys and Snape get nicely redeemed. There's still a lot of expospeak, but it's not as bad as it was, say, ten years ago. Which just cements his place in my list of favorite "less-than-perfect" writers -- he's no artist, but he writes stories that are fun to read if you don't mind wading through the verbiage a bit.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.