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08-30-2005, 06:23 PM
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Re: The best American author of the 20th century is....
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Stephen King by a mile [/ QUOTE ] The question was who is the best not who used to be a good writer but has been pumping out as many books as he possibly can before the public catches on to the fact he hasn't written a good book in about 10 years 
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08-31-2005, 01:45 AM
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Re: The best American author of the 20th century is....
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[ QUOTE ] Stephen King by a mile [/ QUOTE ] The question was who is the best not who used to be a good writer but has been pumping out as many books as he possibly can before the public catches on to the fact he hasn't written a good book in about 10 years [/ QUOTE ] Nope, I was answering the OP question. 'The Body', 'Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption' and 'It' are beautifully written, for example. I'd agree his later works aren't up to the same standard as these at all, though.
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08-31-2005, 02:05 AM
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Nope, I was answering the OP question. 'The Body', 'Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption' and 'It' are beautifully written, for example. I'd agree his later works aren't up to the same standard as these at all, though. [/ QUOTE ] As a King fan I regretfully must say that he won't be considered a 'great' until 75 years into the future. Dickens wrote commercially successful "fluff" but now we consider him a master.
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08-31-2005, 04:25 AM
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Re: The best American author of the 20th century is....
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[ QUOTE ] Nope, I was answering the OP question. 'The Body', 'Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption' and 'It' are beautifully written, for example. I'd agree his later works aren't up to the same standard as these at all, though. [/ QUOTE ] As a King fan I regretfully must say that he won't be considered a 'great' until 75 years into the future. Dickens wrote commercially successful "fluff" but now we consider him a master. [/ QUOTE ] Well, anyone who reads a lot/broadly will consider it pretty obvious IF they read The Body or It, say. Each page is quality through and through, in the same way something like 'The Old Man and the Sea' is quality through and through. Unfortunately, his horror/'populist' rep will stop a lot of literary people reading him, and if they did, they'd keep quiet about what they thought anyway. Dickens is a great equivalent, BTW.
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08-31-2005, 05:15 AM
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Re: The best American author of the 20th century is....
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[ QUOTE ] Nope, I was answering the OP question. 'The Body', 'Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption' and 'It' are beautifully written, for example. I'd agree his later works aren't up to the same standard as these at all, though. [/ QUOTE ] As a King fan I regretfully must say that he won't be considered a 'great' until 75 years into the future. Dickens wrote commercially successful "fluff" but now we consider him a master. [/ QUOTE ] Quite a few Lit snobs & profs consider Dickens garbage. I won't argue against that claim.
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08-31-2005, 05:26 AM
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Re: The best American author of the 20th century is....
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[ QUOTE ] Dickens wrote commercially successful "fluff" but now we consider him a master. [/ QUOTE ] Quite a few Lit snobs & profs consider Dickens garbage. I won't argue against that claim. [/ QUOTE ] Well, whatever makes em feel 'special'.
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