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Except that is not what the orginal posts [1] author said, he slagged off Pratchett's writing calling it pot boiler and calling Pratchett himself mediocre, whil
by rdc12 11y ago
Except that is not what the orginal posts [1] author said, he slagged off Pratchett's writing calling it pot boiler and calling Pratchett himself mediocre, while being preachy about his taste. Despite having never read any of his work himself (he openly admits that).
The cynic in me thinks it all was really just a bunch of click-bait which in pratice it vertainly has been.
[1] http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2015/aug/31/terry-pratchett-is-not-a-literary-genius http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/20...
- npsimons 11y ago> he slagged off Pratchett's writing calling it pot boiler and calling Pratchett himself mediocre, while being preachy about his taste. Hence the trolling. And while it might be clickbaitish, he did have a very good point, and just pointed out what we all do, which is namely to select, and usually from a position of ignorance. While the call to read Great Literature can be seen as preachy, it survives for a good reason: Great Literature enriches, makes people better for having read it. It's one of those things people should aspire to for self-improvement.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoSome of 'great literature' is dated and of questionable value. But of what endures, much is very good (or it wouldn't have lasted of course).