I wonder if the fact that Ellison copyrighted his own name has made it harder?

Liu is a very literal translator.

Wikipedia cites the source as Kennedy, X.J., and Dana Gioia (ed.): An Introduction to Fiction, 8th ed., page 274. Longman, 2004.

But it sounds like she talked about this on several occasions, probably in interviews. She also included the subtitle "Variations on a theme by William James" to indicate (what she thought was) the provenance of the idea.

But what if there was one child who never ever got omelets? Would this be an acceptable price to pay for unlimited omelets?

FYI it's actually derived from a scene in The Brother Karamazov by Dostoevsky, in which he explores the doctrine of salvation, i.e., how one individual (Jesus) can suffer for all of mankind, and in the process derived an early form of utilitarianism. Le Guin had forgotten about this scene but was inspired by a short passage by the philosopher William James, which had been adapted from Brothers K.

I have read his writing books How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy and also Characters and Viewpoint. They are tremendously good and insightful, and Card comes across as being a generous, thoughtful human. I find it hard, if not impossible, to square with some of the things that he says now, but that's how some people change I guess.

Burgess invents a new language, Nadsat, based on Russian. Read the wikipedia page for more info, Burgess was a smart dude with a background in linguistics among other things. It's like reading Shakespeare or something, stimulates the imagination to figure out what theyre saying.

>Trying to sell an idea is like trying to get someone to pay fine art prices for a block of stone with the argument that the sculpture is in there somewhere.

Perfect metaphor

I enjoyed this book but I don't think it's commonly regarded as his best. Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls consistently gain more acclaim.

Also Hesse bases his arguments ultimately on the metaphysical nonexistence of time.

Brothers Karamazov

Beyond Good & Evil

With these kind of translations there is often a choice whether to keep to the original style, or to improve it for readability. For instance, Dostoevsky's prose was pretty chaotic at times and some translators have chosen to polish it up. Others, notably Pevear & Volokhonsky, try to translate it as faithfully as possible, with the result being rougher. So this may explain it.