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I have not blindly rejected the literary elites..... Anonymous2000 Send a noteboard - 21/02/2012 05:27:35 PM
.....just came to the conclusion that in many cases, they are wrong. This is based on my educational background and plenty of personal trials of the "great" novel and authors of the ages. A couple examples.....all Transcendentalism blows, this single dumbest book that was ever proclaimed as great is the Sound and the Fury, Moby Dick is 50%+ fluff, etc. However, I have read every Hemingway novel and am a huge fan. I never would have tried it if it wasn't for my 20th century American lit class in college.

I'm happy to hear that you are open-minded and disagree with the elites and I certainly have no problem listening to them more than me. That's fine.

On the one hand, you've never even heard of Thomas Mann, a Nobel laureate in literature and one of the most influential writers of the Twentieth Century, and then you tell ME not to "blindly follow" these "literary elites"? Do you even know who the literary elites are? Have you actually bothered to read what they have to say? If there's any blindness here, it's clearly with you, because you haven't even bothered to acquaint yourself with the things you're dismissing. You're blindly REJECTING literary elites here.

I'm not going to say that I agree with literary elites all the time - I frequently disagree, in fact, but Larry's point generally holds true - I'm going to put more weight on their opinions than on yours.
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Brandon Sanderson plans 36 books in his 'Cosmere' setting Werthead - 19/02/2012 11:45:24 AM 5061 Views
Was Sanderson created by the Writng Gods to counter balance GRRM? Anonymous2000 - 19/02/2012 05:13:07 PM 1803 Views
A modern Moorcock, eh ? *NM* Orange - 19/02/2012 05:39:00 PM 809 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 1728 Views
well, the publication date for that book is set somewhere a year from now.. jh - 19/02/2012 07:48:58 PM 1576 Views
Agreed on both points..... Anonymous2000 - 19/02/2012 08:00:41 PM 1707 Views
Well, but he is a "fluff" writer from a literary standpoint Tom - 20/02/2012 02:16:11 AM 1715 Views
Not a fluff writer in my mind..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 03:12:46 AM 1707 Views
You don't seem to want to hear what I'm saying Tom - 20/02/2012 03:51:13 AM 1660 Views
And I am saying that storytelling is more important..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 04:52:39 AM 1787 Views
Storytelling is crucial... DomA - 20/02/2012 05:59:57 AM 1831 Views
A few comments/replies about your post..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 02:57:16 PM 1721 Views
You are correct in one respect: all of this is opinion. Tom - 20/02/2012 07:01:11 PM 1691 Views
You sound like one of those nasty "literary elites"! Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 08:07:13 PM 1627 Views
Literature is subjective cortez1 - 21/02/2012 12:26:35 AM 1725 Views
Very well said..... *NM* Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 01:12:40 AM 768 Views
I agree with your point about reading Shakespeare from textbooks. Tom - 21/02/2012 03:18:37 AM 1796 Views
Never heard of Thomas Mann and the real Mona Lisa..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 03:34:12 AM 1586 Views
Conversely, why should I trust the likes of you? Larry - 21/02/2012 06:19:18 AM 1886 Views
Oh, come now... fionwe1987 - 21/02/2012 10:35:18 AM 1870 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 1626 Views
Mostly agreed cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:00:51 PM 1721 Views
Mostly true Larry - 21/02/2012 09:27:09 PM 1726 Views
Re: Mostly true cortez1 - 22/02/2012 12:58:55 AM 1499 Views
Larry = snob Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 05:34:22 PM 1675 Views
Amusing Larry - 21/02/2012 07:49:20 PM 1674 Views
Wow, you lack basic reading comprehension skills..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 08:29:24 PM 1642 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 1766 Views
See I think the word "entertaining" is misleading cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:31:59 PM 1651 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 795 Views
D'uh.....notice the smiley face. Good grief! *NM* Anonymous2000 - 22/02/2012 12:50:23 AM 815 Views
Just checking... *NM* Tom - 22/02/2012 01:07:40 AM 792 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 1543 Views
On the subject of people who drop out of the canon Tom - 23/02/2012 01:07:10 AM 1713 Views
Wait, let's look at the gross disconnect between two statements. Tom - 21/02/2012 01:59:34 PM 1719 Views
I have not blindly rejected the literary elites..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 05:27:35 PM 1735 Views
So true about the Mona Lisa. Legolas - 21/02/2012 07:57:41 PM 1742 Views
Yes, I was at the Louvre and you are right..... Anonymous2000 - 21/02/2012 08:32:40 PM 1663 Views
This is where your own rethoric defeats you... DomA - 23/02/2012 06:38:54 AM 1720 Views
Slow down - it may not be the current elites that are hyping it..... Anonymous2000 - 23/02/2012 05:12:47 PM 1457 Views
Re: Slow down - it may not be the current elites that are hyping it..... DomA - 13/03/2012 03:10:12 AM 1738 Views
There's "subjective", and there's "lack of education" DomA - 21/02/2012 08:58:11 PM 1699 Views
Re: There's "subjective", and there's "lack of education" cortez1 - 21/02/2012 09:23:38 PM 1805 Views
Thank you. That was excellent. *NM* Tom - 20/02/2012 07:01:31 PM 854 Views
Seems like an awful lot. everynametaken - 19/02/2012 08:11:22 PM 1911 Views
Sanderson is a machine. Also, the books (so far) have been wildly different beetnemesis - 20/02/2012 12:50:41 AM 1769 Views
I thought he was just recycling the name at first. *NM* Tom - 20/02/2012 02:09:57 AM 866 Views
Re: Sanderson is a machine. Also, the books (so far) have been wildly different j-whitt987 - 20/02/2012 03:00:17 AM 1903 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 1679 Views
Likewise. After reading Mistborn and Warbreaker I started looking into him more Kronin al'Sulc - 21/02/2012 06:20:09 PM 1719 Views
It's likely to stay that way... DomA - 20/02/2012 06:22:50 AM 1794 Views
I think he can actually do both Werthead - 20/02/2012 03:31:00 PM 1847 Views
Re: I think he can actually do both DomA - 20/02/2012 06:34:30 PM 1920 Views
I love it. Nate - 19/02/2012 10:00:28 PM 1603 Views
Confirmation on the Mistborn trilogies. I am so happy. *NM* Ghavrel - 20/02/2012 05:38:23 AM 760 Views
I am thrilled to see that there will be more stories about Wax and Wayne..... Anonymous2000 - 20/02/2012 03:46:37 PM 1519 Views
The one issue I had with that book... Kronin al'Sulc - 21/02/2012 06:21:29 PM 1618 Views
Waxillium! *NM* beetnemesis - 21/02/2012 10:47:03 PM 768 Views
WAXILLIUM! *NM* Darth_Katie - 04/03/2012 07:39:37 AM 989 Views
Why is that an issue? I think those names are great. callandor1000 - 23/02/2012 05:31:51 AM 1576 Views
Do you not like puns? *NM* Kaldric - 06/03/2012 01:38:31 PM 850 Views
BS- The Fantasy Stephen King? xtet19x - 21/12/2012 08:12:21 PM 1403 Views
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