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Conversely, why should I trust the likes of you? Larry Send a noteboard - 21/02/2012 06:19:18 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.


By "you," referencing the attitudes of those who dismiss out of hand authors who have earned some sort of cultural cachet in favor of what? Would I trust a non-expert to fix my car? To diagnose a medical condition? To do my taxes?

Of course not. Then why would I want to trust a non-expert when it comes to evaluating things such as music, literature, and cinema? I've learned something of the first and last through observation, but I've also discovered that there's a ton of people with shit tastes.

If you've never read The Magic Mountain or Doctor Faustus and want to praise Brandon Sanderson of all people for what he writes, there truly is no accounting for taste.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Brandon Sanderson plans 36 books in his 'Cosmere' setting Werthead - 19/02/2012 11:45:24 AM 5032 Views
Was Sanderson created by the Writng Gods to counter balance GRRM? Anonymous2000 - 19/02/2012 05:13:07 PM 1779 Views
A modern Moorcock, eh ? *NM* Orange - 19/02/2012 05:39:00 PM 803 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 1702 Views
well, the publication date for that book is set somewhere a year from now.. jh - 19/02/2012 07:48:58 PM 1554 Views
Agreed on both points..... Anonymous2000 - 19/02/2012 08:00:41 PM 1678 Views
Well, but he is a "fluff" writer from a literary standpoint Tom - 20/02/2012 02:16:11 AM 1697 Views
Not a fluff writer in my mind..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 03:12:46 AM 1685 Views
You don't seem to want to hear what I'm saying Tom - 20/02/2012 03:51:13 AM 1638 Views
And I am saying that storytelling is more important..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 04:52:39 AM 1757 Views
Storytelling is crucial... DomA - 20/02/2012 05:59:57 AM 1800 Views
A few comments/replies about your post..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 02:57:16 PM 1702 Views
You are correct in one respect: all of this is opinion. Tom - 20/02/2012 07:01:11 PM 1665 Views
You sound like one of those nasty "literary elites"! Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 08:07:13 PM 1616 Views
Literature is subjective cortez1 - 21/02/2012 12:26:35 AM 1702 Views
Very well said..... *NM* Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 01:12:40 AM 761 Views
I agree with your point about reading Shakespeare from textbooks. Tom - 21/02/2012 03:18:37 AM 1770 Views
Never heard of Thomas Mann and the real Mona Lisa..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 03:34:12 AM 1560 Views
Conversely, why should I trust the likes of you? Larry - 21/02/2012 06:19:18 AM 1867 Views
Oh, come now... fionwe1987 - 21/02/2012 10:35:18 AM 1849 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 1602 Views
Mostly agreed cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:00:51 PM 1696 Views
Mostly true Larry - 21/02/2012 09:27:09 PM 1715 Views
Re: Mostly true cortez1 - 22/02/2012 12:58:55 AM 1475 Views
Larry = snob Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 05:34:22 PM 1657 Views
Amusing Larry - 21/02/2012 07:49:20 PM 1655 Views
Wow, you lack basic reading comprehension skills..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 08:29:24 PM 1628 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 1746 Views
See I think the word "entertaining" is misleading cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:31:59 PM 1624 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 789 Views
D'uh.....notice the smiley face. Good grief! *NM* Anonymous2000 - 22/02/2012 12:50:23 AM 809 Views
Just checking... *NM* Tom - 22/02/2012 01:07:40 AM 777 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 1516 Views
On the subject of people who drop out of the canon Tom - 23/02/2012 01:07:10 AM 1692 Views
Wait, let's look at the gross disconnect between two statements. Tom - 21/02/2012 01:59:34 PM 1694 Views
I have not blindly rejected the literary elites..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 05:27:35 PM 1719 Views
So true about the Mona Lisa. Legolas - 21/02/2012 07:57:41 PM 1720 Views
Yes, I was at the Louvre and you are right..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 08:32:40 PM 1644 Views
This is where your own rethoric defeats you... DomA - 23/02/2012 06:38:54 AM 1692 Views
Slow down - it may not be the current elites that are hyping it..... Anonymous2000 - 23/02/2012 05:12:47 PM 1439 Views
Re: Slow down - it may not be the current elites that are hyping it..... DomA - 13/03/2012 03:10:12 AM 1707 Views
There's "subjective", and there's "lack of education" DomA - 21/02/2012 08:58:11 PM 1675 Views
Re: There's "subjective", and there's "lack of education" cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:23:38 PM 1779 Views
Thank you. That was excellent. *NM* Tom - 20/02/2012 07:01:31 PM 844 Views
Seems like an awful lot. everynametaken - 19/02/2012 08:11:22 PM 1885 Views
Sanderson is a machine. Also, the books (so far) have been wildly different beetnemesis - 20/02/2012 12:50:41 AM 1750 Views
I thought he was just recycling the name at first. *NM* Tom - 20/02/2012 02:09:57 AM 858 Views
Re: Sanderson is a machine. Also, the books (so far) have been wildly different j-whitt987 - 20/02/2012 03:00:17 AM 1881 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 1656 Views
Likewise. After reading Mistborn and Warbreaker I started looking into him more Kronin al'Sulc - 21/02/2012 06:20:09 PM 1700 Views
It's likely to stay that way... DomA - 20/02/2012 06:22:50 AM 1776 Views
I think he can actually do both Werthead - 20/02/2012 03:31:00 PM 1821 Views
Re: I think he can actually do both DomA - 20/02/2012 06:34:30 PM 1893 Views
I love it. Nate - 19/02/2012 10:00:28 PM 1580 Views
Confirmation on the Mistborn trilogies. I am so happy. *NM* Ghavrel - 20/02/2012 05:38:23 AM 752 Views
I am thrilled to see that there will be more stories about Wax and Wayne..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 03:46:37 PM 1504 Views
The one issue I had with that book... Kronin al'Sulc - 21/02/2012 06:21:29 PM 1601 Views
Waxillium! *NM* beetnemesis - 21/02/2012 10:47:03 PM 760 Views
WAXILLIUM! *NM* Darth_Katie - 04/03/2012 07:39:37 AM 985 Views
Why is that an issue? I think those names are great. callandor1000 - 23/02/2012 05:31:51 AM 1556 Views
Do you not like puns? *NM* Kaldric - 06/03/2012 01:38:31 PM 840 Views
BS- The Fantasy Stephen King? xtet19x - 21/12/2012 08:12:21 PM 1386 Views
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