tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post1542275756517545883..comments2024-02-12T17:59:33.534-06:00Comments on RAZORED ZEN: The Worst Novelist in History?Charles Gramlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-89079701614370459482015-08-04T19:54:21.900-05:002015-08-04T19:54:21.900-05:00Charles-I wouldn't have the patience for one p...Charles-I wouldn't have the patience for one paragraph of that baloney! There are so many better reads and writers out there waiting for me to dig in!jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798858210138821711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-6234897535095443492015-07-23T13:52:42.988-05:002015-07-23T13:52:42.988-05:00Oh, my GOD. I have to check that out. Just so I ca...Oh, my GOD. I have to check that out. Just so I can smack my forehead.Riot Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725825736285347870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-87989634546509297102015-07-23T13:13:48.648-05:002015-07-23T13:13:48.648-05:00Oscar, I've never been able to read Joyce eith...Oscar, I've never been able to read Joyce either except for a short story or so.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-15589940578078147792015-07-23T13:06:58.060-05:002015-07-23T13:06:58.060-05:00What James Joyce and Finnegan's Wake. Never un...What James Joyce and Finnegan's Wake. Never understood that one. I would have read beyond that sentence, if I even read all of it.Oscar Casehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328166606910469945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-35182650018588937302015-07-22T18:22:10.449-05:002015-07-22T18:22:10.449-05:00Prashant, could be. There are different rules ther...Prashant, could be. There are different rules there.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-89138716163945651182015-07-22T02:49:47.927-05:002015-07-22T02:49:47.927-05:00Charles, I wonder if she was confused between writ...Charles, I wonder if she was confused between writing prose and poetry!Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-32399463029052311292015-07-21T20:06:56.819-05:002015-07-21T20:06:56.819-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-89669503643823599042015-07-21T13:01:48.954-05:002015-07-21T13:01:48.954-05:00Bernard, seems like she did have folks who followe...Bernard, seems like she did have folks who followed her writing. Some maybe because it was funny. It was a romantic gesture by her husband<br /><br />Sage, never read "Roughing it." I like some of Twain but his folksy humor doesn't resonate well with me when he gets going. It's just right for many others.<br />Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-84659600395188610142015-07-21T09:45:17.453-05:002015-07-21T09:45:17.453-05:00Twain and Kafka, two of my favorite... That sentn...Twain and Kafka, two of my favorite... That sentnece would have ended my reading of her book. <br /><br />I am teaching a class this summer on Roughing It and I had a student who decided it was the worst book he ever read. Part of his criticism I understood as Twain was to deliver a book of so many pages and there was so fluff in it, but I really like the first half of the book which is why I agreed to teach it. sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-91105777354192006632015-07-21T09:22:27.741-05:002015-07-21T09:22:27.741-05:00There may indeed be a reader for every writer. May...There may indeed be a reader for every writer. Maybe she found her own group in Ireland who loved everything she wrote, thanks to her husband's gift. It could be kind of romantic if thought of in that way. :)BernardLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09722619048888613647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-4214378833294820892015-07-21T04:50:48.474-05:002015-07-21T04:50:48.474-05:00Mark, that's the kind of guy I amMark, that's the kind of guy I amCharles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-80679478575541653802015-07-21T04:50:23.200-05:002015-07-21T04:50:23.200-05:00R. T., no prob. I'm not as big of a fan of Twa...<br />R. T., no prob. I'm not as big of a fan of Twain's as many are myself.<br /><br />Patti, yes, I'd say so<br /><br />Cloudia, lolCharles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-51584460496171260522015-07-21T04:49:11.299-05:002015-07-21T04:49:11.299-05:00Cruel Charles, posting that paragraph was very cru...Cruel Charles, posting that paragraph was very cruel.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-75565805409005521522015-07-20T19:29:12.609-05:002015-07-20T19:29:12.609-05:00Monkey looks into a mirror and sees a gazelle!Monkey looks into a mirror and sees a gazelle!Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-65635880063634952492015-07-20T18:56:36.631-05:002015-07-20T18:56:36.631-05:00Wow, being known as the worst writer ever is harsh...Wow, being known as the worst writer ever is harsh. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-52554030900776434562015-07-20T18:20:34.636-05:002015-07-20T18:20:34.636-05:00Oops. Omit "retired and," and give me an...Oops. Omit "retired and," and give me an F for the assignment.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-50834397281742943562015-07-20T18:17:37.284-05:002015-07-20T18:17:37.284-05:00Elgin, yes, I think some of his short works are fi...Elgin, yes, I think some of his short works are fine, but Twain in my humble opinion fails as a novelist; even the canonical Huck Finn is overrated, but that's just the curmudgeonly observation of a slightly senile retired and teacher of English. Hmmmm.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-51756347657528170802015-07-20T18:09:06.987-05:002015-07-20T18:09:06.987-05:00Erik, admittedly, Kafka could write a reasonable s...Erik, admittedly, Kafka could write a reasonable sentence. I just personally think the Metamorphosis is godawful. I actually haven't read anything else by him.<br /><br />Elgin, it's certainly worth one.<br /><br />G. B., only if the teacher gets excused as well.<br />Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-53320946349613685572015-07-20T16:00:38.662-05:002015-07-20T16:00:38.662-05:00Mr. Gramlich, may I be excused for the rest of the...Mr. Gramlich, may I be excused for the rest of the class? My eyes and head hurts from reading and trying to comprehend that writing which was written rotten.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-41157364492542300572015-07-20T13:47:20.905-05:002015-07-20T13:47:20.905-05:00Thanks, Charles – I needed a good laugh.
Hey, R.T...Thanks, Charles – I needed a good laugh. <br />Hey, R.T. – Twain? Really? <br />Elgin Bleeckerhttp://elginbleecker.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-33335441695461631382015-07-20T13:17:16.986-05:002015-07-20T13:17:16.986-05:00"Bony supports" -- for legs. How bizarro..."Bony supports" -- for legs. How bizarro. Was she *trying* to be funny? <br /><br />Kafka might work better in the original.<br /><br />How about 'Fifty Shades of . . .' ? Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-51427720411643459112015-07-20T11:18:36.414-05:002015-07-20T11:18:36.414-05:00Alex, let me strive not to be so clever. :)
R. T....Alex, let me strive not to be so clever. :)<br /><br />R. T., since her first book was self published I don't imagine there was much editing. I don't know about the later books I read the Da Vinci Code. I didn't think it was all that great but it was readable and I could understand everything he wrote, even if some was awkward. As for classic writers, I'd have to put Kafka down on my list of really bad writers.<br /><br />Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-58433847734049671362015-07-20T10:41:13.799-05:002015-07-20T10:41:13.799-05:00Behind almost all novelists there are editors and ...Behind almost all novelists there are editors and publishers. Perhaps we ought to blame the latter rather than the former. <br /><br />What would interest me is a list of the popular, successful writers who qualify for the "worst novelist in history" award. But then we open up the can of worms about readers and their tastes. Consider, for a moment, Dan Brown and _The Da Vinci Code_. And then -- as I commit the ultimate heresy -- consider canonical authors, and I nominate Mark Twain. Hmmmm. That should be provocative enough.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-56358553362453011522015-07-20T10:01:16.866-05:002015-07-20T10:01:16.866-05:00Wow, that is a really convoluted line. She probabl...Wow, that is a really convoluted line. She probably thought it was clever.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com