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That cherry picks the best of the best without comparing them with the other 99.9% of their contemporaries who were pulp authors. They and their literary outpu
by ThrowawayR2 11mo ago
That cherry picks the best of the best without comparing them with the other 99.9% of their contemporaries who were pulp authors. They and their literary output are forgotten for good reasons.
- squigz 11mo agoI don't think GP is cherrypicking anything; rather, illustrating how what is seen as slop one day may be seen as "great works" down the road.
- ThrowawayR2 11mo agoAre you suggesting Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, or Conan Doyle were considered slop during their own lifetimes? If not, my point stands.