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Both of those are great picks. Tom Send a noteboard - 19/04/2014 04:38:40 PM


Another whose fiction at least is very overrated is André Breton. My opinion, of course.

Another... Alain Robbe-Grillet and with him all the "nouveau roman" literary movement, so pretentious and boring.


I haven't read anything by either and don't plan on it anytime soon. I am, however, reading Le Roman de la Rose right now. I'm about 60% of the way through and enjoying it very much. I found it very amusing that the amanz was upset with Raison for using the word coilles (couilles) in her discourse, but then when Amis uses it again, he doesn't mind at all.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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Speaking of overrated authors... Tom - 18/04/2014 04:55:41 PM 1280 Views
Hemingway, for the most part Larry - 18/04/2014 07:31:30 PM 980 Views
Coelho is like Deepak Chopra. Tom - 18/04/2014 07:36:45 PM 889 Views
Speaking of Deepak Chopra. everynametaken - 18/04/2014 09:20:22 PM 936 Views
It's even worse when he says something without preparation. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:35:49 PM 901 Views
I'm sure I would need a lot of alcohol to get through an event of his. *NM* everynametaken - 20/04/2014 04:14:49 AM 437 Views
I was forced to read Brida for a book club. nossy - 23/04/2014 09:27:21 PM 923 Views
I read one of Coehlo's books about five years back. Stephen - 25/05/2014 12:57:55 AM 1071 Views
H.P. Lovecraft everynametaken - 18/04/2014 09:16:24 PM 931 Views
I think Lovecraft is a divisive writer, certainly. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:44:32 PM 916 Views
Re: I think Lovecraft is a divisive writer, certainly. everynametaken - 20/04/2014 04:34:05 AM 863 Views
I'd add Joyce. In French I think the most overrated novelist is Proust. DomA - 18/04/2014 10:29:04 PM 1394 Views
Both of those are great picks. Tom - 19/04/2014 04:38:40 PM 945 Views
That's actually really hard. Legolas - 18/04/2014 10:42:35 PM 990 Views
You could have always said Dan Brown if you were having problems. *NM* Tom - 19/04/2014 04:40:23 PM 415 Views
Yeah, but he's not overrated. Legolas - 19/04/2014 04:52:34 PM 852 Views
I think they bash him more because he tries to pass fiction off as fact. Tom - 19/04/2014 06:22:59 PM 908 Views
I did not like James Fenimore Cooper (Last of the Mohicans, specifically) nossy - 23/04/2014 09:23:44 PM 863 Views
Have you tried The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana? Legolas - 23/04/2014 09:52:28 PM 942 Views
Yes. nossy - 23/04/2014 10:02:46 PM 927 Views
Oh. That's a shame. Legolas - 23/04/2014 11:07:34 PM 1059 Views
You can't seriously believe Baudolino is good, much less accessible. Tom - 23/04/2014 10:15:28 PM 902 Views
Well, I did read it... I don't know, ten-ish years ago. Legolas - 23/04/2014 10:40:17 PM 892 Views
It's amusing at times, but I agree that it's Eco's worst novel Larry - 24/04/2014 06:48:28 AM 900 Views
Eh...I was trying to be polite. Tom - 23/04/2014 10:14:23 PM 902 Views
The ones listed already are ones I agree with. Rebekah - 23/04/2014 10:36:04 PM 885 Views
I've never understood people who read everything Shakespeare wrote. everynametaken - 26/04/2014 07:17:27 PM 836 Views
Some of it is THAT good, I think. Ghavrel - 03/05/2014 05:48:05 AM 899 Views
Gaiman is a great example. Tom - 27/04/2014 01:17:22 PM 875 Views
Orhan Pamuk Stephen - 25/05/2014 01:15:06 AM 1061 Views
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