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I was about to mention Evenson before I read the article Larry Send a noteboard - 13/11/2013 07:30:56 AM

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This has ignited some discussions on Facebook and I thought I would post it here as well - after all, this is the sort of discussion that can increase interest in the site.



He's the closest I've read to "serious" literature or at least literature with darker themes, but of course he got into a whole lot of trouble for taking certain motifs of 19th Mormonism and exploring their darker, violent elements. I conducted an interview with him back in 2009 that I believe I posted here and should be in the Interviews section.

But yeah, outside of Evenson (who apparently no longer self-identifies as Mormon), I'm drawing blanks.

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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So, the New York Times has asked why Mormons produce no serious writers... Tom - 12/11/2013 04:30:26 PM 1157 Views
So that was interesting. Rebekah - 12/11/2013 06:53:06 PM 773 Views
The sunny, happy part was the part I found the least compelling Tom - 12/11/2013 07:43:40 PM 751 Views
Sanderon is Mormon, isn't he? beetnemesis - 13/11/2013 03:47:33 AM 708 Views
totally right on about him... no sexuality in any of his characters at all. temeraire - 13/11/2013 06:43:47 AM 762 Views
Well, there's enough going on that it's not a big deal, but yeah, it's obvious once you notice it beetnemesis - 13/11/2013 03:59:34 PM 688 Views
I'm curious how much he wrote when he was finishing Wheel of Time. Tom - 13/11/2013 08:54:02 PM 740 Views
Sanderson is writing some interesting blog posts on his site on that subject. Legolas - 13/11/2013 11:24:14 PM 721 Views
I feel like Jordan had a lot more allusions, though beetnemesis - 14/11/2013 03:04:09 PM 690 Views
"Serious" writers. I assume that would include competent as well.... Cannoli - 14/11/2013 12:45:37 AM 776 Views
Argh I had blocked that out *NM* beetnemesis - 14/11/2013 02:58:48 PM 270 Views
I wish they had included some statistics of genre readership beetnemesis - 13/11/2013 03:49:03 AM 671 Views
I didn't know that "sex scenes, graphic violence and swearing" are the sings of a serious literature *NM* aragornital - 13/11/2013 07:02:40 AM 459 Views
Well, they're not, but their absence can sometimes be noticable (Mistborn spoilers) beetnemesis - 13/11/2013 04:08:32 PM 671 Views
To the extent that they represent a realistic, as opposed to idealistic, world, they sure are Tom - 13/11/2013 08:57:42 PM 706 Views
I was about to mention Evenson before I read the article Larry - 13/11/2013 07:30:56 AM 686 Views
A Facebook friend also said Nancy Fulda is a "darker" writer Tom - 13/11/2013 09:08:41 PM 668 Views
Never heard of her (Amazon check reveals mostly Kindle-only releases) Larry - 14/11/2013 07:50:50 AM 635 Views
It is all about suffering random thoughts - 14/11/2013 05:05:25 PM 630 Views
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