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dodger · Gender: Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 2136 Status: User

Greatest American authors of the 20th century, according to Troy:

1. Ernest Hemingway
2. John Steinbeck
3. William Faulkner
4. Ayn Rand
5. James Baldwin
6. John Updike
6. Kurt Vonnegut
7. Charles Bukowski
8. Truman Capote
9. Ray Bradbury
10. Joseph Heller

Disputes are expected.

P.S. Fuck Salinger.

DJ The Stick · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:08 am Post subject:

I've never read any of his books, but Stephen King might deserve a spot on the list.

-DJ
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Its_The_Sneak!!! · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:14 am Post subject:

consider yourself disputed.
I can't give reasons, but I just know I disagree with that list.
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possums · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:27 am Post subject:

I disagree with a great deal of it (just starting out with Hemingway and Steinbeck, both hacks, is pretty stupid), and fuck you, Salinger's awesome. I'm sick of people hating on Catcher in the Rye.
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Der · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 3:38 am Post subject: Re: Authors of the 20th Cenury

Rocky Sullivan · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:14 am Post subject:

donald barthelme should definitely be in that list
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the bunk · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:20 am Post subject:

klosterman

and i like steinbeck ethan fuck you
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Xaqwais · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:31 am Post subject:

I do not like Steinbeck. Maybe if I read more than just The Pearl, but seriously, The Pearl was bad.
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the bunk · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:40 am Post subject:

why would you start with the pearl? that's an odd choice.

but yeah, start with of mice and men and move onto grapes of wrath. both great books.
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Xaqwais · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:47 am Post subject:

I had to read The Pearl for school.
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Carlo Von Sexron · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:57 am Post subject:

Of Mice and Men made me bawl like a child.
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Its_The_Sneak!!! · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:58 am Post subject:

Yeah, I liked Of Mice and Men, but I hated The Pearl.
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A bite to the leg, it's time to play
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possums · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:33 am Post subject:

God, Of Mice and Men is dreck. Woefully obvious, predictable, and furthermore maudlin.

And don't get me started on Hemingway.

This list is missing Don DeLilo, Vladimir Nabokov (hey, if you're counting Bukowski), Aldous Huxley, Isaac Asimov, and you know what I don't like Faulkner either.
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Its_The_Sneak!!! · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:56 am Post subject:

Isaac Asimov yes.

Aldous Huxley, no.

Brave New World sucked.

Meh, maybe I just disagree with its message. In my book, Asimov has a much better and probably far more accurate view of the future.
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cyber95 · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:27 am Post subject:

Woah! I just noticed! It's century.

I am ashamed of myself as a grammar/spelling nazi for not catching onto this sooner...
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