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Originally Posted by arjaybe
No, it's not. The basis of this thread is a newspaper article whose premise is that Pratchett isn't a literary genius. It's been diverted into this pointless comparison with "the greats." Whether he's ever acknowledged as "great" is not dependent on whether he has genius. Contributing to the silliness of this thread is the fact that "genius" can't be defined conclusively.
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Well, if you re-read the article that started this thread, you will find that its author asserts what he thinks is Pratchett's mediocrity by telling us which writers he thinks are great. These things, silly or not, only work by comparing. So no diversion at all there.
As to the silliness of this thread: Seems it isn't silly enough for you not to participate...