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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
I don't sneer at Lovecraft, or Howard, or E.E. Smith P.H.D. Their writing style may be obsolete, but the story telling keeps them "coming back for more".
And still today, among people who want a rattling good read, and don't give a hoot about literary standards. I read E.E. Smith and Cabell....
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I know, I read several of those old authors myself and that's what I grew up on.
So did our literary standards change that much, or were they changed for us?