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No, what I meant by that is that just because he is "overly hyped" does not mean he is the worst. I doubt you have ever read every writer in the world either, so the same question can be asked of you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Griffith
I'm sure that you may find someone more overly hyped then him in the future.
Anyways, I don't want to argue about it.
I understand your point. What i tried to clarify is that this "pool" is unproductive due to the impossibility to know which writter is worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chilly
Stephanie Meyer, for me.
Good choice, dude. Twilight is excessively obnoxious, without deepness, with those fantasies of impossible love between a vampire and a human one. Only dreamer girls consider it a good book.Quote:
Originally Posted by Abracadorfman
Did anyone ever read Michale Gorbachov's book on the new Russian Communism? Neither did I, but I tried. I know it's not originally in English, but it stank in Russian, too. The most turgid, tedious text ever.
worst writer
it may be just me, but I really really don't like Dan Brown :s
Adding the vote for Meyer
The title's got to go to either Ayn Rand or L. Ron Hubbard. I know that it's tempting to say Stephanie Meyer. She's in the spotlight right now, so we're all excited about her. But in a few years, we will have all forgotten about her, and the only time we'll ever hear about her or her Twilight series will be on VH1's "I Love the Naughties"(2000s) special. But, Ayn Rand and L. Ron Hubbard will probably be around for a while to come.
Hey! We agree on this one, Desolation.:nod:
I think it's happened often enough that we can safely call our quarrel over.
I've decided to let go of my misguided and childish views on Shakespeare(even though he still doesn't really interest me), after all.
I would have to say Virginia Woolf or Henry James. I loathe them both!
It seems that she had a philosphy which can only be embraced by right-wing talk show hosts. In spite of all the accolades given her by pedagogues and critics, I've never finished a book by Virginia Wool. Maybe I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Maybe her style of writing isn't to your taste. We don't all identify with the same writers and ( leaving aside the overhyped ) as reasonably intelligent readers we will usually agree on some books while disagreeing on others. I have never read Woolf either and, from what I know of the Bloomsbury group, probably never will; the exception being E.M. Forster whose books, excluding Maurice and A Passage to India, I read years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by dfloyd
I wouldn't say worst, but I really dislike Old and Middle English literature such as the writers of Beowulf,Gawain and the Green Knight, writers such as Chaucer, and so on.
Oh, I love this thread, love it, "writers such as Chaucer" I mean Chaucer? The grandfather of English literature, or Woolf, one of the greatest writers of the 20th century? :brickwall Of course, personal opinion and taste must apply to literary works, but we must learn to step back from personal aesthetics and appreciate the overall value and merit of the text from a more critical viewpoint.
I dislike Dickens, in a sense, but he is still one of the greatest writers in English and I can fully acknowledge his talents as a writer. My personal grind would in no way stop me from reading any of his works and properly evaluating it from a critical stance.
I mean just take Woolf, not a barrel of kicks at a first skim, but read her in the light of a little understanding of modernism and with a subtle eye and she just blows the living hell out of you. Mrs Dalloway :eek:.
Anyway...carry on, that Milton, waffles on doesn't he?