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TheFuriousWombat:
Oh, I forgot: I highly doubt Stephen King will be read a hundred years from now, mainly because he's not very good and also because works in the horror genre rarely have longevity (for a lot of reasons I don't fee like going into).
Scandanavian War Machine:
i don't know.
i think people will still be reading The Stand and The Dark Tower series in a hundred years.
and by extension: many of his other books.
bryanthelion:
Augusten Borroughs
Tom:
Clive Custler, the greatest action writer. Dirk Pitt is the perfect combination of James Bond and Indiana Jones. Despite being slightly formulaic the plots are always rich, the characters and setting well realised and not mention a lot of fun.
Jasper Fforde will be the Go-Betweens of 1970's literature onwards.
Wayfaring Stranger:
--- Quote from: TheFuriousWombat on 30 Nov 2007, 14:27 ---Oh, I forgot: I highly doubt Stephen King will be read a hundred years from now, mainly because he's not very good and also because works in the horror genre rarely have longevity (for a lot of reasons I don't fee like going into).
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I don't think he's very good either, but an awful lot of people disagree with you and me.
What about Dracula? Frankenstein? Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde? Those have shown some impressive longevity. I will admit, though, that those books are quite different from modern horror.
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