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To: jbe who wrote (45877)7/17/1999 1:31:00 AM
From: greenspirit  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 108807
 
Asimov was the most prolific writer ever to live. He wrote science fiction and serious works of science. He wrote childrens books, comedy, and just about anything else.

Never read ASIMOV!! You poor, poor thing. :-)

Shakespear was boring. His standing in academia is equivalent to a cult following. How many way's do we need to analyze a play anyway?

Maybe all those shadows, costumes and nuances meant nothing at all! <vbg>

Michael (Standing by for the spears) Cummings



To: jbe who wrote (45877)7/17/1999 2:25:00 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 108807
 
Austen??? Not on your list. I know - you had etc etc, but she will always be first on mine.



To: jbe who wrote (45877)7/17/1999 3:59:00 AM
From: nihil  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
Gimme a Shakespear novel, please.



To: jbe who wrote (45877)7/18/1999 1:13:00 PM
From: Ilaine  Respond to of 108807
 
I would say that the greatest writer of all time, IMHO, was Jane Austen, but there are so many great ones. But I understand Coug's point, that there are good writers who "push the envelope" a little, e.g., write extremely long, run-on sentences, like Faulkner and Joyce, or write incomplete sentences, no names come to mind, but it's a common usage.

I can't think of a great writer who made egregious errors like misspelling words, or violating the rules of subject-verb agreement.