Topic: best authors
hamfist !!snnYcROO9 started this discussion 15 years ago #9,029
Kurt Vonnegut and Chuck Klosterman, hands downAnonymous B joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 50 seconds later[^] [v] #159,905
Richard Preston. :')
swamplights !!V3J448+/B joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,907
J.K. Rowling, Aldous Huxley, Chuck Palahniuk, Stephen King, David Sedaris, Bill Bryson, Paul Theroux.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 16 minutes later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,924
I've always loved Ray Bradbury's prose, my copy of F451 looks forty years old because I've read it so goddamn much ;_;
@previous (swamplights !!V3J448+/B)
> J.K. Rowling, Stephen King
These people are writers in the same sense Britney Spears is a musician.
@previous (swamplights !!V3J448+/B)
> J.K. Rowling, Stephen King
These people are writers in the same sense Britney Spears is a musician.
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Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 20 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,925
Syntax.
Ks !KansasxqvM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 5 seconds later, 20 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,926
hamfist !!snnYcROO9 (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 16 seconds later, 20 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,927
dreamworks !AUIkTW/L46 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 24 seconds later, 20 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,929
Anonymous E replied with this 15 years ago, 46 seconds later, 21 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,930
@159,924 (D)
> > J.K. Rowling, Stephen King
>
> These people are writers in the same sense Britney Spears is a musician.
lol 0/10 bud
> > J.K. Rowling, Stephen King
>
> These people are writers in the same sense Britney Spears is a musician.
lol 0/10 bud
Anonymous E double-posted this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 22 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,932
@159,929 (dreamworks !AUIkTW/L46)
No idea. Could be that it really was DM, and he just dropped the persona when people caught on.
No idea. Could be that it really was DM, and he just dropped the persona when people caught on.
Anonymous D replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 24 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,935
@159,927 (hamfist !!snnYcROO9)
I read Harry Potter from start to finish as a child, it's fucking great. But it's still a lowest common denominator approach, it's about appealing to a large audience, not literary integrity.
I read Harry Potter from start to finish as a child, it's fucking great. But it's still a lowest common denominator approach, it's about appealing to a large audience, not literary integrity.
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 26 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,940
Henry James (the period from What Maisie Knew to The Golden Bowl).
@159,929 (dreamworks !AUIkTW/L46)
He boarded a plane to Argentina last week and hasn't been seen since.
@159,929 (dreamworks !AUIkTW/L46)
He boarded a plane to Argentina last week and hasn't been seen since.
hamfist !!snnYcROO9 (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 57 seconds later, 27 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,942
@159,935 (D)
Appealing to a large audience isn't a bad thing. Do you think George Orwell has no integrity too? JD Salinger?
Appealing to a large audience isn't a bad thing. Do you think George Orwell has no integrity too? JD Salinger?
dreamworks !AUIkTW/L46 replied with this 15 years ago, 5 minutes later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,944
@159,940 (H)
oh noes ;_;
@previous (hamfist !!snnYcROO9)
> Appealing to a large audience isn't necessarily a bad thing. Do you think George Orwell has no integrity too? JD Salinger?
ftfy
oh noes ;_;
@previous (hamfist !!snnYcROO9)
> Appealing to a large audience isn't necessarily a bad thing. Do you think George Orwell has no integrity too? JD Salinger?
ftfy
Anonymous D replied with this 15 years ago, 15 seconds later, 33 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,945
@159,942 (hamfist !!snnYcROO9)
It isn't the appeal in and of itself, it's the expectations that come along with being hugely popular and knowing your next book will sell millions of copies.
It isn't the appeal in and of itself, it's the expectations that come along with being hugely popular and knowing your next book will sell millions of copies.
hamfist !!snnYcROO9 (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 37 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,946
@previous (D)
I think that would be a valid argument if there was a discernible drop in quality over the series, but besides Prisoner of Azkaban they're all consistently good
I think that would be a valid argument if there was a discernible drop in quality over the series, but besides Prisoner of Azkaban they're all consistently good
Anonymous D replied with this 15 years ago, 7 minutes later, 44 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,950
@previous (hamfist !!snnYcROO9)
Personally, I saw the first three and last four on a different level. At first she was writing traditional children's books of one or two hundred pages, but as they get longer and the children older the tone of the series shifted.
Personally, I saw the first three and last four on a different level. At first she was writing traditional children's books of one or two hundred pages, but as they get longer and the children older the tone of the series shifted.
Doll !jEsTERxAng joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 5 minutes later, 50 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,951
Sherrilyn Kenyon
hamfist !!snnYcROO9 (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 53 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,953
@159,950 (D)
Yeah, I know what you mean with the tone changing. I think Goblet of Fire was the first book to adopt a more mature, grimmer style.
Yeah, I know what you mean with the tone changing. I think Goblet of Fire was the first book to adopt a more mature, grimmer style.
swamplights !!V3J448+/B replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 57 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,956
swamplights !!V3J448+/B double-posted this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 59 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #159,957
Tim Reiterman, James Randi, Mary Roach, Dr. Joe Scharwcz.
Anonymous D replied with this 15 years ago, 11 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #159,964
@159,956 (swamplights !!V3J448+/B)
I'm not saying either of them are somehow bad writers, just saying they're pop. You don't have to be stupid to find it appealing.
I'm not saying either of them are somehow bad writers, just saying they're pop. You don't have to be stupid to find it appealing.
swamplights !!V3J448+/B replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #159,966
Anonymous D replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #159,970
@previous (swamplights !!V3J448+/B)
It's highly subjective, I think it has to do mostly with the style and diction, as well as the expected sales of such a work.
It's highly subjective, I think it has to do mostly with the style and diction, as well as the expected sales of such a work.
swamplights !!V3J448+/B replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #159,974
Anonymous H replied with this 15 years ago, 48 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #160,045
@previous (swamplights !!V3J448+/B)
It offers a very different kind of experience than, say, Swann's Way. Harry Potter is easy, light, fun. "Literary" fiction is challenging, difficult, complex (but rewards the effort).
It offers a very different kind of experience than, say, Swann's Way. Harry Potter is easy, light, fun. "Literary" fiction is challenging, difficult, complex (but rewards the effort).
swamplights !!V3J448+/B replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #160,049
UnlimitedInfinity !nyxu4TINrM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 10 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #160,074
Douglas motherfucking Adams.
Anonymous H replied with this 15 years ago, 19 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #160,093
@160,049 (swamplights !!V3J448+/B)
When you watched the movie Safe, how did you feel? Which character were you cheering for? What caused Julianne Moore's problems? Who was the "bad guy", the film's Voldemort? What was the moral of the final scene? Did Moore accomplish anything?
There are no clear, certain answers to these questions because Safe is a challenging film. Like life, it resists simple understandings.
When you watched the movie Safe, how did you feel? Which character were you cheering for? What caused Julianne Moore's problems? Who was the "bad guy", the film's Voldemort? What was the moral of the final scene? Did Moore accomplish anything?
There are no clear, certain answers to these questions because Safe is a challenging film. Like life, it resists simple understandings.
Anonymous D replied with this 15 years ago, 32 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #160,126
@160,045 (H)
This. Everything in Harry Potter is cut right down the fucking middle. It's is right or wrong, there's nothing to offend anyone's sensibilities.
This. Everything in Harry Potter is cut right down the fucking middle. It's is right or wrong, there's nothing to offend anyone's sensibilities.
protip !!pMmAiEwOm joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 5 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #160,128
@159,940 (H)
> He boarded a plane to Argentina last week and hasn't been seen since.
This. Syntax was arrested after making passengers nervous. There were reports of a rambling idiot.
> He boarded a plane to Argentina last week and hasn't been seen since.
This. Syntax was arrested after making passengers nervous. There were reports of a rambling idiot.
Anonymous D replied with this 15 years ago, 10 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #160,132
@previous (protip !!pMmAiEwOm)
I heard he had his dick halfway into a twelve year old before the air marshall's got to him.
I heard he had his dick halfway into a twelve year old before the air marshall's got to him.
hamfist !!snnYcROO9 (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 32 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #160,164
@160,128 (protip !!pMmAiEwOm)
I could picture him hunched in a corner mumbling "Aye remember de time i was offered a promotion onse butt My boss decyded to giv it too som black Girl in stead, wood u believe de nerve Of som pepple?"
I could picture him hunched in a corner mumbling "Aye remember de time i was offered a promotion onse butt My boss decyded to giv it too som black Girl in stead, wood u believe de nerve Of som pepple?"
