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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 4873 Views
Was Sanderson created by the Writng Gods to counter balance GRRM? Anonymous2000 - 19/02/2012 05:13:07 PM 1648 Views
A modern Moorcock, eh ? *NM* Orange - 19/02/2012 05:39:00 PM 729 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 1570 Views
well, the publication date for that book is set somewhere a year from now.. jh - 19/02/2012 07:48:58 PM 1442 Views
Agreed on both points..... Anonymous2000 - 19/02/2012 08:00:41 PM 1545 Views
Well, but he is a "fluff" writer from a literary standpoint Tom - 20/02/2012 02:16:11 AM 1576 Views
Not a fluff writer in my mind..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 03:12:46 AM 1559 Views
You don't seem to want to hear what I'm saying Tom - 20/02/2012 03:51:13 AM 1512 Views
And I am saying that storytelling is more important..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 04:52:39 AM 1640 Views
Storytelling is crucial... DomA - 20/02/2012 05:59:57 AM 1641 Views
A few comments/replies about your post..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 02:57:16 PM 1568 Views
You are correct in one respect: all of this is opinion. Tom - 20/02/2012 07:01:11 PM 1560 Views
You sound like one of those nasty "literary elites"! Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 08:07:13 PM 1503 Views
Literature is subjective cortez1 - 21/02/2012 12:26:35 AM 1575 Views
Very well said..... *NM* Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 01:12:40 AM 693 Views
I agree with your point about reading Shakespeare from textbooks. Tom - 21/02/2012 03:18:37 AM 1637 Views
Never heard of Thomas Mann and the real Mona Lisa..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 03:34:12 AM 1445 Views
Conversely, why should I trust the likes of you? Larry - 21/02/2012 06:19:18 AM 1743 Views
Oh, come now... fionwe1987 - 21/02/2012 10:35:18 AM 1705 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 1465 Views
Mostly agreed cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:00:51 PM 1521 Views
Mostly true Larry - 21/02/2012 09:27:09 PM 1555 Views
Re: Mostly true cortez1 - 22/02/2012 12:58:55 AM 1366 Views
Larry = snob Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 05:34:22 PM 1509 Views
Amusing Larry - 21/02/2012 07:49:20 PM 1510 Views
Wow, you lack basic reading comprehension skills..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 08:29:24 PM 1498 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 1597 Views
See I think the word "entertaining" is misleading cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:31:59 PM 1489 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 716 Views
D'uh.....notice the smiley face. Good grief! *NM* Anonymous2000 - 22/02/2012 12:50:23 AM 729 Views
Just checking... *NM* Tom - 22/02/2012 01:07:40 AM 689 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 1396 Views
On the subject of people who drop out of the canon Tom - 23/02/2012 01:07:10 AM 1566 Views
Wait, let's look at the gross disconnect between two statements. Tom - 21/02/2012 01:59:34 PM 1558 Views
I have not blindly rejected the literary elites..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 05:27:35 PM 1569 Views
So true about the Mona Lisa. Legolas - 21/02/2012 07:57:41 PM 1614 Views
Yes, I was at the Louvre and you are right..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 08:32:40 PM 1507 Views
This is where your own rethoric defeats you... DomA - 23/02/2012 06:38:54 AM 1554 Views
Slow down - it may not be the current elites that are hyping it..... Anonymous2000 - 23/02/2012 05:12:47 PM 1315 Views
Re: Slow down - it may not be the current elites that are hyping it..... DomA - 13/03/2012 03:10:12 AM 1580 Views
There's "subjective", and there's "lack of education" DomA - 21/02/2012 08:58:11 PM 1519 Views
Re: There's "subjective", and there's "lack of education" cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:23:38 PM 1650 Views
Thank you. That was excellent. *NM* Tom - 20/02/2012 07:01:31 PM 772 Views
Seems like an awful lot. everynametaken - 19/02/2012 08:11:22 PM 1753 Views
Sanderson is a machine. Also, the books (so far) have been wildly different beetnemesis - 20/02/2012 12:50:41 AM 1611 Views
I thought he was just recycling the name at first. *NM* Tom - 20/02/2012 02:09:57 AM 783 Views
Re: Sanderson is a machine. Also, the books (so far) have been wildly different j-whitt987 - 20/02/2012 03:00:17 AM 1743 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 1531 Views
Likewise. After reading Mistborn and Warbreaker I started looking into him more Kronin al'Sulc - 21/02/2012 06:20:09 PM 1565 Views
It's likely to stay that way... DomA - 20/02/2012 06:22:50 AM 1606 Views
I think he can actually do both Werthead - 20/02/2012 03:31:00 PM 1672 Views
Re: I think he can actually do both DomA - 20/02/2012 06:34:30 PM 1725 Views
I love it. Nate - 19/02/2012 10:00:28 PM 1464 Views
Confirmation on the Mistborn trilogies. I am so happy. *NM* Ghavrel - 20/02/2012 05:38:23 AM 681 Views
I am thrilled to see that there will be more stories about Wax and Wayne..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 03:46:37 PM 1366 Views
The one issue I had with that book... Kronin al'Sulc - 21/02/2012 06:21:29 PM 1475 Views
Waxillium! *NM* beetnemesis - 21/02/2012 10:47:03 PM 685 Views
WAXILLIUM! *NM* Darth_Katie - 04/03/2012 07:39:37 AM 915 Views
Why is that an issue? I think those names are great. callandor1000 - 23/02/2012 05:31:51 AM 1439 Views
Do you not like puns? *NM* Kaldric - 06/03/2012 01:38:31 PM 780 Views
BS- The Fantasy Stephen King? xtet19x - 21/12/2012 08:12:21 PM 1253 Views
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