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Never heard of Thomas Mann and the real Mona Lisa..... Anonymous2000 Send a noteboard - 21/02/2012 03:34:12 AM
.....is very underwhelming in person. There is much, much better art than that, so why bother trusting the "experts" or "elites", they are often wrong.

Don't blindly follow them, that's all we are saying.
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Brandon Sanderson plans 36 books in his 'Cosmere' setting Werthead - 19/02/2012 11:45:24 AM 4917 Views
Was Sanderson created by the Writng Gods to counter balance GRRM? Anonymous2000 - 19/02/2012 05:13:07 PM 1680 Views
A modern Moorcock, eh ? *NM* Orange - 19/02/2012 05:39:00 PM 747 Views
I just wish he'd be done with the RJ shit and go back to writing his own books. Tom - 19/02/2012 05:40:59 PM 1603 Views
well, the publication date for that book is set somewhere a year from now.. jh - 19/02/2012 07:48:58 PM 1477 Views
Agreed on both points..... Anonymous2000 - 19/02/2012 08:00:41 PM 1583 Views
Well, but he is a "fluff" writer from a literary standpoint Tom - 20/02/2012 02:16:11 AM 1608 Views
Not a fluff writer in my mind..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 03:12:46 AM 1588 Views
You don't seem to want to hear what I'm saying Tom - 20/02/2012 03:51:13 AM 1546 Views
And I am saying that storytelling is more important..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 04:52:39 AM 1672 Views
Storytelling is crucial... DomA - 20/02/2012 05:59:57 AM 1692 Views
A few comments/replies about your post..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 02:57:16 PM 1601 Views
You are correct in one respect: all of this is opinion. Tom - 20/02/2012 07:01:11 PM 1592 Views
You sound like one of those nasty "literary elites"! Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 08:07:13 PM 1531 Views
Literature is subjective cortez1 - 21/02/2012 12:26:35 AM 1612 Views
Very well said..... *NM* Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 01:12:40 AM 714 Views
I agree with your point about reading Shakespeare from textbooks. Tom - 21/02/2012 03:18:37 AM 1670 Views
Never heard of Thomas Mann and the real Mona Lisa..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 03:34:12 AM 1474 Views
Conversely, why should I trust the likes of you? Larry - 21/02/2012 06:19:18 AM 1778 Views
Oh, come now... fionwe1987 - 21/02/2012 10:35:18 AM 1741 Views
When it comes to evaluating schema, I'm not going to trust someone who only had English 101 Larry - 21/02/2012 11:26:03 AM 1505 Views
Mostly agreed cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:00:51 PM 1561 Views
Mostly true Larry - 21/02/2012 09:27:09 PM 1594 Views
Re: Mostly true cortez1 - 22/02/2012 12:58:55 AM 1392 Views
Larry = snob Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 05:34:22 PM 1551 Views
Amusing Larry - 21/02/2012 07:49:20 PM 1541 Views
Wow, you lack basic reading comprehension skills..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 08:29:24 PM 1533 Views
No, I read that and didn't disagree that there couldn't be works that had both (read other comments) Larry - 21/02/2012 09:23:31 PM 1639 Views
See I think the word "entertaining" is misleading cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:31:59 PM 1525 Views
Uh...Faust is a play. Doctor Faustus is a novel. The former is Goethe, the latter is Mann. *NM* Tom - 22/02/2012 12:00:22 AM 733 Views
D'uh.....notice the smiley face. Good grief! *NM* Anonymous2000 - 22/02/2012 12:50:23 AM 758 Views
Just checking... *NM* Tom - 22/02/2012 01:07:40 AM 714 Views
I suppose fame is relative, but the most famous Doctor Faustus, to me personally, is indeed a play. Legolas - 22/02/2012 07:29:59 PM 1432 Views
On the subject of people who drop out of the canon Tom - 23/02/2012 01:07:10 AM 1598 Views
Wait, let's look at the gross disconnect between two statements. Tom - 21/02/2012 01:59:34 PM 1589 Views
I have not blindly rejected the literary elites..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 05:27:35 PM 1606 Views
So true about the Mona Lisa. Legolas - 21/02/2012 07:57:41 PM 1647 Views
Yes, I was at the Louvre and you are right..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 08:32:40 PM 1546 Views
This is where your own rethoric defeats you... DomA - 23/02/2012 06:38:54 AM 1595 Views
Slow down - it may not be the current elites that are hyping it..... Anonymous2000 - 23/02/2012 05:12:47 PM 1345 Views
Re: Slow down - it may not be the current elites that are hyping it..... DomA - 13/03/2012 03:10:12 AM 1612 Views
There's "subjective", and there's "lack of education" DomA - 21/02/2012 08:58:11 PM 1556 Views
Re: There's "subjective", and there's "lack of education" cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:23:38 PM 1680 Views
Thank you. That was excellent. *NM* Tom - 20/02/2012 07:01:31 PM 791 Views
Seems like an awful lot. everynametaken - 19/02/2012 08:11:22 PM 1793 Views
Sanderson is a machine. Also, the books (so far) have been wildly different beetnemesis - 20/02/2012 12:50:41 AM 1650 Views
I thought he was just recycling the name at first. *NM* Tom - 20/02/2012 02:09:57 AM 803 Views
Re: Sanderson is a machine. Also, the books (so far) have been wildly different j-whitt987 - 20/02/2012 03:00:17 AM 1789 Views
Same here- I didn't know about the Cosmere at all until I started poking around online beetnemesis - 21/02/2012 03:25:36 AM 1570 Views
Likewise. After reading Mistborn and Warbreaker I started looking into him more Kronin al'Sulc - 21/02/2012 06:20:09 PM 1611 Views
It's likely to stay that way... DomA - 20/02/2012 06:22:50 AM 1650 Views
I think he can actually do both Werthead - 20/02/2012 03:31:00 PM 1714 Views
Re: I think he can actually do both DomA - 20/02/2012 06:34:30 PM 1762 Views
I love it. Nate - 19/02/2012 10:00:28 PM 1496 Views
Confirmation on the Mistborn trilogies. I am so happy. *NM* Ghavrel - 20/02/2012 05:38:23 AM 698 Views
I am thrilled to see that there will be more stories about Wax and Wayne..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 03:46:37 PM 1404 Views
The one issue I had with that book... Kronin al'Sulc - 21/02/2012 06:21:29 PM 1507 Views
Waxillium! *NM* beetnemesis - 21/02/2012 10:47:03 PM 705 Views
WAXILLIUM! *NM* Darth_Katie - 04/03/2012 07:39:37 AM 940 Views
Why is that an issue? I think those names are great. callandor1000 - 23/02/2012 05:31:51 AM 1476 Views
Do you not like puns? *NM* Kaldric - 06/03/2012 01:38:31 PM 799 Views
BS- The Fantasy Stephen King? xtet19x - 21/12/2012 08:12:21 PM 1290 Views
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