MickGael wrote:As this thread has gone quite off the rails, I'm going to go ahead and ask y'all who you think are great writers.
i didnt say neither of them where great writers, i stated that i didnt like either of them.
part of the issue with shakespaeare for me is the way his works where forced upon me at school, similar to codec spurt, while i dont like to read the works i have enjoyed theatre productions of the works, but then ive also seen bad theatre productions of the same works.
same thing with stephen king, ive never really enjoyed his books, but some of the films of his works have been great, others not so
im sure at his time shakespeare was the writer everybody would read, at least those who could read or those works that where available. thats part of the problem with most writers ive read, they dont sit well in the future, its not the writers fault, its such things as society change, language evolution and such things.
another example would be the scifi writers of today, as we reach the futures they foretell, im sure that they will become a little outdated and not speak to as many folk as they do today.
as for writers i enjoy, rather than think are great, jeff noon, lewis carrol, tolkien, william gibson, james joyce, virginia woolf and so on...
i dont think people should read what they are told is great i think people should find stuff that speaks to them and that they personally enjoy.
not sure what this has to do with phil collins though
