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Overrated and Underrated Authors Okay we've done overrated and underrated movies and musicians. What about books?
I see there's a new Milan Kundera novel out, Ignorance, just as I'm arriving at the conclusion that The Unbearable Lightness of Being is an unbearable book to have read... Sorry AnotherLover, if you're out there. | |
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First! | |
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Overrated = AYN RAND
Underrated = STEPHEN KING -------------------------------------------------
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BelleBeyond said: First!
LoL!...sorry, 9s  | |
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BelleBeyond said: First!
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OVERRATED: David Foster Wallace, Christopher Rice (One Rice in the literary world is enough, thank you),
Ethan Hawke (man I read his first book, The Hottest State...thats 8 hours of my life I'll never get back...I hear he just published his second novel...he needs to stick to acting...what's next? The Ethan Hawke rock band) UNDERRATED: Donna Tartt 
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Most overrated J.K Rowling
Much love  Pochacco | |
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I know he is overrated by his public and not taken too serioulsy by the stuffy literary community, but that Bret Easton Ellis is getting over hand over foot by his use of style over substance..( but theres hidden meaning and substance unbderneath it all--yeah right). Chabon isnt all that either. "Climb in my fur." | |
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Under-rated:
Franz Kafka Paul Bowles George Orwell Kurt Vonnegut Vladamir Nabakov Why are these great writers under-rated? Because there is no way to ever praise them enough. You know who else is terribly under-rated??? Yep... Stephen King... that guy really is good, although his endings are weak sometimes. SUPERJOINT RITUAL - http://www.superjointritual.com
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Claud Ballz! | |
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AaronForever said: Claud Ballz!
Didn't he write that book, "Cat in the outhouse?" SUPERJOINT RITUAL - http://www.superjointritual.com
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IceNine said: AaronForever said: Claud Ballz!
Didn't he write that book, "Cat in the outhouse?" indeed. Seymour Butts is also quite underrated. modern master if you ask me. | |
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Shakespeare is overrated! 
(I have 2 read Hamlet by 2morrow..havent finished it yet.  ) | |
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hum underrated : John Fante
I thought that Marc Behm was very popular in the USA, since he's an american, but I've just seen that most of his books are out of print at Amazon (get Afraid of death, if you like "roman noir") Howard Fast ( I've read Sylvia when I was a teenager & 15 years later it's still one of my favourite novel/ detective &love story) Underrated from his living: Philip K Dick, now things have changed thanks to Blade Runner & Minority Report. Overrated : I thank endlessly Michael Chichton for "ER", he has good ideas for his novel ( Jurassic Park & Timeline) but I think that he's a terrible writer. | |
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Chris Claremont | |
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AaronForever said: IceNine said: AaronForever said: Claud Ballz!
Didn't he write that book, "Cat in the outhouse?" indeed. Seymour Butts is also quite underrated. modern master if you ask me. Didn't he write the classic novel, "Under the Bleachers" or something? SUPERJOINT RITUAL - http://www.superjointritual.com
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AaronForever said: Chris Claremont
Ummm...over or underrrated?  | |
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IceNine said: Paul Bowles
I love Bowles. I read a lot of him this past summer. The Spider's House is a terrific novel! | |
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2the9s said: IceNine said: Paul Bowles
I love Bowles. I read a lot of him this past summer. The Spider's House is a terrific novel! Absolutely fabulous! Why don't more people read his work? He has a love for the written word and you can tell that he takes care to choose just the right words for each sentence... perfection. SUPERJOINT RITUAL - http://www.superjointritual.com
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IceNine said: 2the9s said: IceNine said: Paul Bowles
I love Bowles. I read a lot of him this past summer. The Spider's House is a terrific novel! Absolutely fabulous! Why don't more people read his work? He has a love for the written word and you can tell that he takes care to choose just the right words for each sentence... perfection. I liked the movie of The Sheltering Sky too, although apparently Bowles himself didn't! In the Preface to a recent edition of the book, he says: "The less said about the movie the better."
Only he spelled "less" correctly.  [This message was edited Sun Oct 6 13:33:16 PDT 2002 by 2the9s] | |
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2the9s said: AaronForever said: Chris Claremont
Ummm...over or underrrated? today? underrated. he's nearly hated. kids these days... sheesh. | |
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AaronForever said: 2the9s said: AaronForever said: Chris Claremont
Ummm...over or underrrated? today? underrated. he's nearly hated. kids these days... sheesh. I think Alan Moore was at first underrated and is now overrated. How about them apples? | |
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2the9s said: AaronForever said: 2the9s said: AaronForever said: Chris Claremont
Ummm...over or underrrated? today? underrated. he's nearly hated. kids these days... sheesh. I think Alan Moore was at first underrated and is now overrated. How about them apples? agree. he's really good. or was. but come on... Frank Miller too. in both art & story. | |
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Nep2nes said: Shakespeare is overrated!
(I have 2 read Hamlet by 2morrow..havent finished it yet. )He dies at the end! hope I didn't spoil the ending..  | |
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Nep2nes said: Shakespeare is overrated!
(I have 2 read Hamlet by 2morrow..havent finished it yet. )They're just now teaching you to read Hamlet at Le Moyne, Neppy? We read and analyzed that in Honor's English II... But I will agree with you about Shakespeare being overrated. I'd rather read something you have to say than one of those fucking plays...Well, no. But they still suck... [This message was edited Sun Oct 6 14:40:30 PDT 2002 by BattierBeMyDaddy] -------
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2the9s said: IceNine said: 2the9s said: IceNine said: Paul Bowles
I love Bowles. I read a lot of him this past summer. The Spider's House is a terrific novel! Absolutely fabulous! Why don't more people read his work? He has a love for the written word and you can tell that he takes care to choose just the right words for each sentence... perfection. I liked the movie of The Sheltering Sky too, although apparently Bowles himself didn't! In the Preface to a recent edition of the book, he says: "The less said about the movie the better."
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2the9s said: Okay we've done overrated and underrated movies and musicians. What about books?
I see there's a new Milan Kundera novel out, Ignorance, just as I'm arriving at the conclusion that The Unbearable Lightness of Being is an unbearable book to have read... Sorry AnotherLover, if you're out there. i cant read yet 2the9s sorry  | |
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I think Clive Barker is underrated as an author.
He writes beautifully. [This message was edited Mon Oct 7 7:54:08 PDT 2002 by Biscuit]  My name is BISCUIT...and I am funky!  | |
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i cant agree Stephen King is underrated. he IS good and everything thinkes he is good most of his books are number one best sellers. so just how is he underrated ? he is my favourite author by the way dont get me wrong. but i think he gets all the recognition he deserves... what else can they do ? | |
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