There is a sheer volume of texts being cranked out in the last few decades that it's impossible to separate wheat from chaff and know what will last.
True, true. But then, remember that in his day, he was regarded as Shouty Man in the media... do that these days and the tabloids brand you a fruitcake.
I agree with you on fiction writers, too-- often, I've found something that really stands out to me, something that helps me understand life a little more, in a novel rather than some political commentator going on and on and on...
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Date: 2004-01-15 05:50 am (UTC)True, true. But then, remember that in his day, he was regarded as Shouty Man in the media... do that these days and the tabloids brand you a fruitcake.
I agree with you on fiction writers, too-- often, I've found something that really stands out to me, something that helps me understand life a little more, in a novel rather than some political commentator going on and on and on...