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Originally Posted by jplumey
I can't stand THP either. And I suppose these are authors with which the average Huffingtonian would be familiar. No wonder I haven't heard of any of them.
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Uh... all the authors criticized in that article are some of the biggest names in literature and their books are being taught in high school and college English courses. Just because their names aren't "Dan Brown" or "Stephen King" doesn't mean they're obscure at all. The fact their names are the ones being targeted in the article is because their works are so big and influential, when their actual merit and talent is mediocre at best. In other words, they're overrated as hell. If they were obscure authors, they wouldn't be on the list, period. Not that I'm defending any of the mentioned authors, but come on. That's like if someone said "Well, I personally haven't ever heard of Aaron Sorkin or Rod Serling, or The Dark Knight. I suppose these are names only the average film school nerd must be familiar with." It's like, dude: Maybe you're just living under a rock in this particular subject... Not trying to sound mean, but this is real-talk. The article goes after all the big names in contemporary literature (note: not "genre fiction" such as thrillers, etc).