The Most Overrated Author - Page 2

sonicl · 04.03.2007, 10:37 AM

Go to the "Cult Literature" section in your local bookshop. Pick a book at random. There's a 95% chance the author is overrated.

jon boy · 04.03.2007, 10:39 AM

well there was something of a furor about him, with many (idiots) claiming him to be amazing and treatinmg him as a literary genius. i guess that was just the hype surrounding the subject matter more than anything.

Savage Clone · 04.03.2007, 10:39 AM

Hemingway bugs me.
Sentences are too short.
Clipped style is annoying.
Yes it is.
Like the newspaper.
He bugs me a lot.
Santiago can fuck the lions.

Iain · 04.03.2007, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by golden child

chuck palahniuk

Indeed. Writes quite good books. That's it.

I guess he's not really that highly rated but Jeff Noon is still overrated. Again, writes OK, if slightly annoyingly 'cult' books.

Iain · 04.03.2007, 11:48 AM

Also, William Gibson. I'd lump him with the above two. All are good. None of them great or anything. Although Gibson and Palahniuk I would rate higher than Jeff Noon.

!@#$%! · 04.03.2007, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

Hemingway bugs me.
Sentences are too short.
Clipped style is annoying.
Yes it is.
Like the newspaper.
He bugs me a lot.
Santiago can fuck the lions.

ha ha ha this was very funny.

i love hemingway but that was a good parody.

Everyneurotic · 04.03.2007, 11:52 AM

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J. K. Fucking Rowling
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Micheal Azzerad

damn fucking straight!

i'm reading our band could be your life for the third or fourth time and i just realized he says nirvana were from OLYMPIA!

Jt · 04.03.2007, 12:33 PM

I was about to say Philip K. Dick, but then I realised his stuff was actually as good as everyone made it out to be, if not better.

noumenal · 04.03.2007, 01:14 PM

Philip K. Dick and uh, John Irving. Oh, and Kurt Vonnegut.

SynthethicalY · 04.03.2007, 02:46 PM

Shakespeare.

nicfit · 04.03.2007, 02:49 PM

^^^^
blasphemy!

!@#$%! · 04.03.2007, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SynthethicalY

Shakespeare.

i dont see how shakespeare can be overrated, the little bastard wrote some 40 masterpieces, sure some are weaker than others but if people bothered to read him more i think we would throw around the word "genius" greater care.

of course every time someone wins a lot more want revenge but what can you do.

SynthethicalY · 04.03.2007, 02:51 PM

Am I going to have to use this thing---->

everyone seems to get lost in my sarcasms.

luxinterior · 04.03.2007, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SynthethicalY

Shakespeare.

Yeeaahh, fuck that guy. Oh look at me, I'm Shakespeare, "Doth thou hither sonnets sonnets sonnets."

SynthethicalY · 04.03.2007, 02:53 PM

Repped^^

nicfit · 04.03.2007, 02:54 PM

i do need smilies too from time to time.

!@#$%! · 04.03.2007, 02:54 PM

ah!

well the misunderstood sarcasm i guess is the fault of feminists & poststructuralist & postcolonial wankers everywhere who once upon a time decided to tag shakespeare as a "dead white male" & proceeded to pile a ton of undeserved criticism on the guy in order to get even for being miserable; this whole project was carried out with the most atrocious sort of prose imaginable. i'll fish around the internet for an example.

!@#$%! · 04.03.2007, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by luxinterior

Yeeaahh, fuck that guy. Oh look at me, I'm Shakespeare, "Doth thou hither sonnets sonnets sonnets."

ha ha luxy i hope you dont get tired of me saying this but you're so frikkin awesome and i can only do so many reps.

MellySingsDoom · 04.03.2007, 03:01 PM

Dan Brown - that guy couldn't write a shopping list, let alone a bleedin' book. And let's face it, when it comes to setting a scene, he ain't no Sven Hassel.

timtimtim · 04.03.2007, 06:43 PM

I agree that Chuck P is over-rated, his book's are good initially and then his stlye becomes agrivating.

04.03.2007, 10:37 AM	#21
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	Go to the "Cult Literature" section in your local bookshop. Pick a book at random. There's a 95% chance the author is overrated.
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jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	well there was something of a furor about him, with many (idiots) claiming him to be amazing and treatinmg him as a literary genius. i guess that was just the hype surrounding the subject matter more than anything. __________________ 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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04.03.2007, 10:39 AM	#23
Savage Clone invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 11,290	Hemingway bugs me. Sentences are too short. Clipped style is annoying. Yes it is. Like the newspaper. He bugs me a lot. Santiago can fuck the lions.
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04.03.2007, 11:48 AM	#25
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	Also, William Gibson. I'd lump him with the above two. All are good. None of them great or anything. Although Gibson and Palahniuk I would rate higher than Jeff Noon.
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04.03.2007, 12:33 PM	#28
Jt children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 345	I was about to say Philip K. Dick, but then I realised his stuff was actually as good as everyone made it out to be, if not better. __________________ Album of the Week: Pylon Gyrate 1980
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04.03.2007, 01:14 PM	#29
noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	Philip K. Dick and uh, John Irving. Oh, and Kurt Vonnegut.
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04.03.2007, 02:46 PM	#30
SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	Shakespeare.
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04.03.2007, 02:49 PM	#31
nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	^^^^ blasphemy! __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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04.03.2007, 02:51 PM	#33
SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	Am I going to have to use this thing----> everyone seems to get lost in my sarcasms.
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04.03.2007, 02:53 PM	#35
SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	Repped^^
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nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	i do need smilies too from time to time. __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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04.03.2007, 02:54 PM	#37
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,573	ah! well the misunderstood sarcasm i guess is the fault of feminists & poststructuralist & postcolonial wankers everywhere who once upon a time decided to tag shakespeare as a "dead white male" & proceeded to pile a ton of undeserved criticism on the guy in order to get even for being miserable; this whole project was carried out with the most atrocious sort of prose imaginable. i'll fish around the internet for an example.
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04.03.2007, 03:01 PM	#39
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	Dan Brown - that guy couldn't write a shopping list, let alone a bleedin' book. And let's face it, when it comes to setting a scene, he ain't no Sven Hassel. __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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04.03.2007, 06:43 PM	#40
timtimtim children of satan Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 245	I agree that Chuck P is over-rated, his book's are good initially and then his stlye becomes agrivating.
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