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If you've never heard of her, then you havn't been inside of a North American bookstore or movie theater in a year (or you're deaf). Every time I go to the counter at a Chapters, the person that checks me out almost always says something along the lines of "Oh thank god, someone who ISN'T buying something by Stephenie Meyer." Also, the "Twilight" posters are everywhere, and people on THIS forum have been harping about it for months. Where have you been?Quote:
Originally Posted by PeterL
LOL, f'real. Her mention is as common as a cold virus.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
I think it's invalid to call her "overrated" though. No one credible would ever call her a Great Writer; even her fans (except those under 15 years, who probably constitute a majority) would acknowledge that she is more of an entertainer than an artist. On the whole, she is rated correctly; that is, she is a delightful indulgence for a limited audience, and nothing more.
It is fair to call authors like Kerouac or Salinger overrated, as they are taught in schools as examples of Great Writers. Or even someone contemporary like Palahniuk--I wouldn't be surprised if there is a Palahniuk class taught at some university somewhere, because people really take that douche seriously. One of my friends told me that "Fight Club" changed her life. What a tool. I guess she's not really my friend. Well, she was before she said that.
So you're talking behind your friend's back because she doesn't like the same literature as you . . . :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by triplesick
I posted earlier in this thread that Shakespeare was the most over-rated writer...I'm changing my vote to Ayn Rand. As much as Shakespeare's praise annoys me, hardcore Rand fans("Objectivists") are almost as crazy as hardcore Twilight fans that beat people that dislike Twilight with baseball bats.
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Originally Posted by Sanjar of Akkad
how can one not love a forum that has a thread that gives these three writers equal consideration...Quote:
Originally Posted by My name is red
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Shakespeare was the most over-rated writer
Why do you think he's overrated?
Because anyone placed universally on such a high pedestal is inherently over-rated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
Because anyone placed universally on such a high pedestal is inherently over-rated.
Don't you think it might be because of how good the work is?
"Good" is 100% subjective.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
Desolation, thanks for the chuckle. A good friend went through an Objectivist phase and, man, he was hardcore. I can dig the philosophy of rational self interest in theory and am still compelled by the logical base of Objectivism. But Atlas Shrugged is just a sheer plot draped over speeches proseletysing Objectivism. Rand is no novelist.Quote:
Originally Posted by Desolation
I posted atlas shrugged as a novel that changed my life in another thread, but I have to agree that her writing is pretty bad. More like ayn rant...am i right?
The worst part was at the end of that book where all the good guys are suddenly a highly trained SWAT team.
Yeah.. I laugh now but when I was a young dips*** Atlas Shrugged did help get me off my butt and working hard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Manchegan
Same.Quote:
Originally Posted by March Hare
As for overrated, I'd have to go with Vonnegut or Hemingway.
As for overrated, I'd have to go with Vonnegut
I read The Sirens of Titan in a completely different way to my English teacher some 3 million years ago. He read it the more sophisticated ironic way - which I might be mature enough to get now. I think he's a sophisticated writier.
hardly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem