[MrsJoseph]

Originally Posted by Joonbug1

I know you meant this to mean that he's obscure, but it just tells me you don't read as much contemporary literature.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...9&postcount=43

And to answer the other posters who also said they never heard of him either, the guy has been infamous in the literary scene for years more often for his gimmicks but his style of writing has unfortunately done even more damage to literature than McSweeny's (don't tell me you haven't heard of that either).

I envy the people who never heard of Tao Lin, so don't go Googling him, actually. It's for the best. I just needed to state that if someone said something like, "I never heard of this 'Charlie Sheen' guy, or this show called 'South Park,' so they must not be popular," says that the person making such statements are not exactly in the loop in that particular area of discussion.

Not saying South Park is bad, though - actually pretty funny

Originally Posted by anamardoll

Oh poppycock.

I have a degree in literature with a serious focus in the contemporary, and I read hundreds of books per year, many of them from new authors. If you want to sashay in here and name drop someone you don't like, that's what the internet is for, but if you want to THEN claim that the people who haven't heard of your personal love-to-hate-him author somehow don't read much contemporary literature because otherwise they TOTES would know who you're talking about it, then that's just unutterably silly.

Originally Posted by kennyc

my word wouldn't be poppycock, but plain ol' bullshit.

Carry on. Fantasy worlds can be fun to live in. The real world is a bit different though.

I agree Kenny!