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Terrible, well renowned novelists

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Alex C:
Tolkein gives me the impression that he loved language more than he loved telling stories. I came away from his stuff mildly dissatisfied, but with hindsight being what it is, I can't honestly claim to know whether a preference of form over narrative is really the issue or simply whether my perceptions are now colored by the fact that I now know more about his background.

mberan42:
Tom Clancy
Dan Brown
J.K. Rawling
John Grisham
Stephen King
Dean Koontz

Joseph:
I think there is some confusion in this thread between popular and renowned novelists.  I'm pretty sure (though maybe I'm wrong) that the thread was more pointed towards authors who had been critically aclaimed.

Be My Head:

--- Quote from: ackblom12 on 05 Aug 2009, 13:22 ---I've read the books several times, it doesn't change the fact that he spends far too much time on mundane unimportant descriptions and the pacing is terrible in a lot of places. I still find it very enjoyable and I'm unsure if it would have had the impact it did if it was written any other way.

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In that case we might as well include Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare. Hamlet does pretty much nothing for the first 4 acts of Hamlet, therefore it's a boring story right?

Alex C:
Hamlet never took time out to break into a song about the glories of bathing.

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