mine are--tie--delillo, steinbeck, or, did i already post that before?
mine are--tie--delillo, steinbeck, or, did i already post that before?
kilgore trout
love itOriginally Posted by Ecurb
"The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n"
He's an interesting author, though. I believe his works (bad enough to be quite good) are to be read in context of his authorship. Vonnegut implied that notion quite strongly.
There are a lot of bad writers/authors that sell a lot of books. Now, it depends on what we (as a society) call literature... I am sure that Nicholas Sparks wouldn't be considered lit, but he makes a lot of money.
I never much liked Paulo Coelho... it's entertaining, but slightly one-dimensional. Never liked Hemingway either, but then again most women don't.
None of these are awful though... I never read the ones that are.
oh and how can you say steinbeck?? why? oh why!!??
Last edited by PoeticPassions; 07-20-2011 at 02:00 PM.
"All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours." -Aldous Huxley
"Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires." -William Blake
very easy. of mice and men is the single worst book for me ever that i finished. the first 50 pages of White Noise are right in there, then trash can.
But, but... East of Eden is one of the best books ever written.
"All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours." -Aldous Huxley
"Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires." -William Blake
u kid? right?
NO, not Steinbeck! The man is a brilliant author. I studied 'The Pearl', and I also taught it, and I cantell you that the symbols and motifs are so carefully crafted, and yet throught such simple language - his work is really good.
Now, a woman like Cecelia Ahern will leave you ripping your hair out.
Her writing is slow, the dialogue is predictable, and characterisation is so poor.
I had seen the movie 'P.S. I Love You', and so naturally I wanted to read the novel - BIG MISTAKE! Let's just say that the screenwriters and director of the movie did a HUGE improvement to that novel. I didn't even finish reading the novel. Terrible.
"My warm hands have made the paper limp,
So that its feel reminds me of slept-in sheets: comfortable and safe"
"All these things I say... I say them because I want you to know, I don't ever want to regret afterwards that I didn't say enough, I would rather say too much." ~ Samuel Selvon
I'm definitely on the side who appreciates Steinbeck. I'm surprised you hated Mice. I thought it was a brilliant short novel but to each his own. I would have to say Mark Twain is my least favorite. I wouldn't say worst ever because obviously that's not true but I have never liked a shred of any of his works.
author's such as Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner) frustrate me.
i enjoyed the first work as brain fluff, the second was EXACTLY the same plot. different names, different area, same plot. sadly, this is seen in many contemporary writers. though i've read none of them, i have heard that the 1st harry potter book was quite well written. once the fame hit, however, quality was traded for quantity and cash. if writers continue this trend, there will be few "classics" coming out of my generation.
"The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n"
What are the odds? I came to this site because I was looking for an on-line version of Thoreau. Out of curiosity, I looked at the forum and found this thread. I had to register just to nominate this very author.
That brings to mind book I cannot praise too highly - The Cruelest Miles, by Gay and Laney Salisbury. It is the gripping story of the race to deliver the life-saving diphtheria serum to a remote Alaskan village. The format of the book is similar to that of Moby Dick, only it's more interesting.Moby Dick had about 10 million chapters on species of whales
Jack London.
`Кто смеет убить себя, тот бог. Достоевский
`I Speak to God, but the Sky is empty. Plath
`I'm an artist just because I'm ugly. Andy Warhol
Richard Dawkins. The man's sick in the head, he thinks that he's some sort of nineteenth century sage for Christ's sake. He's a puppet feeding pap to the masses. I hate him.
I wouldn't say I hate him, or that he is sick in the head, but I do not approve of his work; his atheistic propaganda is little more than the religious equivalent of incense and candles for the masses. He is uneasily aggressive, and uncomfortably to similar in mindset to many religious fundamentalists.
His debates always seem childish, especially when he is next to Stephen Fry or Christopher Hitchens who are able to debate like intelligent men.
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