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I will reiterate that I am sad to hear that Marquez died, just as I am sad to hear that any non-sociopathic individual has died. With respect to his work, though, I think he is probably one of the most overrated authors of our time. I am curious to find out what authors people who may still read this site believe to be overrated. I'm not talking about people that you necessarily think are bad authors, or people who may be assigned reading in schools and universities that many don't like. I'm talking in particular about people you believe to be overrated; i.e., the praise they receive is far disproportionate to the inherent worth of their intellectual product.
I will reiterate that I am sad to hear that Marquez died, just as I am sad to hear that any non-sociopathic individual has died. With respect to his work, though, I think he is probably one of the most overrated authors of our time. I am curious to find out what authors people who may still read this site believe to be overrated. I'm not talking about people that you necessarily think are bad authors, or people who may be assigned reading in schools and universities that many don't like. I'm talking in particular about people you believe to be overrated; i.e., the praise they receive is far disproportionate to the inherent worth of their intellectual product.
Let me know!
And I still don't understand how some people laud Paulo Coelho, I really don't. He writes utter tripe. At least I can enjoy many of Hemingway's stories without being baffled by their popularity.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
Speaking of overrated authors...
- 18/04/2014 04:55:41 PM
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Hemingway, for the most part
- 18/04/2014 07:31:30 PM
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Coelho is like Deepak Chopra.
- 18/04/2014 07:36:45 PM
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Speaking of Deepak Chopra.
- 18/04/2014 09:20:22 PM
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It's even worse when he says something without preparation.
- 19/04/2014 04:35:49 PM
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I'm sure I would need a lot of alcohol to get through an event of his. *NM*
- 20/04/2014 04:14:49 AM
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H.P. Lovecraft
- 18/04/2014 09:16:24 PM
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I'd add Joyce. In French I think the most overrated novelist is Proust.
- 18/04/2014 10:29:04 PM
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That's actually really hard.
- 18/04/2014 10:42:35 PM
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You could have always said Dan Brown if you were having problems. 
*NM*
- 19/04/2014 04:40:23 PM
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*NM*
- 19/04/2014 04:40:23 PM
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Yeah, but he's not overrated.
- 19/04/2014 04:52:34 PM
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I think they bash him more because he tries to pass fiction off as fact.
- 19/04/2014 06:22:59 PM
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I did not like James Fenimore Cooper (Last of the Mohicans, specifically)
- 23/04/2014 09:23:44 PM
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Have you tried The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana?
- 23/04/2014 09:52:28 PM
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You can't seriously believe Baudolino is good, much less accessible.
- 23/04/2014 10:15:28 PM
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The ones listed already are ones I agree with.
- 23/04/2014 10:36:04 PM
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I've never understood people who read everything Shakespeare wrote.
- 26/04/2014 07:17:27 PM
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