The Most Overrated Author

demonrail666 · 04.03.2007, 08:29 AM

Which author do you find the most overated.

Will Self and Martin Amis for me.

whorefrost · 04.03.2007, 08:34 AM

I thought Grey Area and Great Apes were really good books. Enjoyed Dorian as well. Was not so keen on How the Dead Live and never got round to finishing My Idea of Fun or Cock and Bull.
Never read any Martin Amis.
Personally, always thought Kerouac was a tad overrated.

Danny Himself · 04.03.2007, 08:37 AM

J.D Salinger.

Jt · 04.03.2007, 08:40 AM

J. K. Fucking Rowling
Dan Fucking Brown

04.03.2007, 08:41 AM

Will Self for sure. Woody Allen and Bukowski follow suit.

Inhuman · 04.03.2007, 08:42 AM

I think Kathy Reichs is overhyped, but maybe she's just not my style. Micheal Azzerad is pretty bad too

Pookie · 04.03.2007, 08:43 AM

Kerouac and Bukowski.

nicfit · 04.03.2007, 08:50 AM

Kerouac.

floatingslowly · 04.03.2007, 08:57 AM

Kerouac!

*snaps fingers*

dig baby, diiiig.

LittlePuppetBoy · 04.03.2007, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Jt

J. K. Fucking Rowling

My thoughts exactly.

golden child · 04.03.2007, 09:48 AM

chuck palahniuk

!@#$%! · 04.03.2007, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Which author do you find the most overated.

Will Self and Martin Amis for me.

on this board-- william s. burroughs

not saying that he's bad, but here, you'd think he's some sort of literary god. sorry, but he's not that either.

Savage Clone · 04.03.2007, 09:54 AM

Lydia "I'm happiest when I'm miserable" Lunch.

Pookie · 04.03.2007, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

Lydia "I'm happiest when I'm miserable" Lunch.

Surely you have to be rated before you can be overrated?

Richard Pryor on Fire · 04.03.2007, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

on this board-- william s. burroughs

not saying that he's bad, but here, you'd think he's some sort of literary god. sorry, but he's not that either.

"Naked Mr. America burning frantic with self bone love screams "My asshole counfounds the Louvre, I fart ambrosia, and shit pure gold turds. My cock spurts soft white diamonds in the morning sunlight" He plummets from the eyeless lighthouse kissing and jerking off in the face of the black mirror...:

If that's not literay god I don't know what is...

!@#$%! · 04.03.2007, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Richard Pryor on Fire

"Naked Mr. America burning frantic with self bone love screams "My asshole counfounds the Louvre, I fart ambrosia, and shit pure gold turds. My cock spurts soft white diamonds in the morning sunlight" He plummets from the eyeless lighthouse kissing and jerking off in the face of the black mirror...:

If that's not literay god I don't know what is...

i guess i'm not so enthralled by cocks and spurts and turds.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 04.03.2007, 10:22 AM

Well, nobody has said anything incredibly ignorant in this thread. So I'm happy.

I have to say that I wanted to hang myself reading Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.

As far as late 19th century female writers go, the Brontes and Mary Shelley both kick that dumb bitch's ass.

jon boy · 04.03.2007, 10:31 AM

dan brown is massively overated. all his books seem to be the same.

jon boy · 04.03.2007, 10:32 AM

burroughs is a literary god.

Pookie · 04.03.2007, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by jon boy

dan brown is massively overated. all his books seem to be the same.

I wouldn't consider Dan Brown to be overrated, because I don't think many people claim that he produces works of literary genius. He just writes good thrillers, same as Lee Child, James Patterson etc.

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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Which author do you find the most overated. Will Self and Martin Amis for me.
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whorefrost invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arrived in Smoke, Arrived in Gold Posts: 2,569	I thought Grey Area and Great Apes were really good books. Enjoyed Dorian as well. Was not so keen on How the Dead Live and never got round to finishing My Idea of Fun or Cock and Bull. Never read any Martin Amis. Personally, always thought Kerouac was a tad overrated. __________________ hehehe
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sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Will Self for sure. Woody Allen and Bukowski follow suit.
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Inhuman invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 5,807	I think Kathy Reichs is overhyped, but maybe she's just not my style. Micheal Azzerad is pretty bad too __________________ Inhuman no longer dwells on here. http://about.me/robinbastien
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Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	Kerouac and Bukowski.
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	Well, nobody has said anything incredibly ignorant in this thread. So I'm happy. I have to say that I wanted to hang myself reading Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. As far as late 19th century female writers go, the Brontes and Mary Shelley both kick that dumb bitch's ass.
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jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	burroughs is a literary god. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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