Re: 2005 Nobel Literature Prize
"The Literature prize last year was given to some left-wing Austrian hack that I'd never even HEARD of"
How many Austrian writers have you heard of? There are bound to be worthy recipients that the English-language public won't have heard much about. APologies if you are a prolific reader of foreign literature, but I note that you don't mention a single non-English language author in your list of other suggestions.
"You might like some less than others, but they're all -at least- entertaining. "
I don't think that's what the Nobel prize is really about. I enjoy my trash as much as anyone else (mainly spy and crime stuff rather than horror, although I did used tor ead a lot of King) but I don;t think King is likely to be remembered much in 100 years time.
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