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[featherxquill]

JKR voted Britain's 'greatest living writer'?

Oh, world, NO.

Yes, I love the books, and I live on fandom, but they're hardly literature, and it bothers me that the people who are voting have obviously not read much wider. I think children, especially, since they are the books main target audience, need to read things other than Harry Potter as well. Some of the messages in the books are great. Others, not so good. Adults, please be reading more widely so you can also introduce your children to other books as well.

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[princesslucia.livejournal.com]

I would have voted for Terry Pratchett. Two hundred years from now, everyone else on that list will be footnotes in literary history, yet Pterry will still be read and loved. Remember, Charles Dickens wrote the popular fiction of his day. ;)

[featherxquill.livejournal.com]

Yes, true, as did Shakespeare (or plays for the average person, anyway). It just makes me sad that she DID win over Pratchett, or Ishiguro for that matter.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

I'd like to point out that I posted my comment without reading yours LOL

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

* points up *

What you said.

Still, I bet Terry Pratchett is spitting feathers ;)

[princesslucia.livejournal.com]

Your icon is a great deal of love. May I steal it?

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

Feel free :D

[princesslucia.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :) I do so adore Granny. I keep telling featherxquill that she would too, but does she listen?

[featherxquill.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'll get there! I'm buried deeply in Tad Williams' 'Memory, Sorrow and Thorn' trilogy now, though. NEED BOOK TWO RIGHT NOW *salivates rabidly*.

[princesslucia.livejournal.com]

I can't be having with such a pathetic excuse!

[featherxquill.livejournal.com]

You've obviously never read Tad Williams :)

(Acutally, muahaha, there's a character in it that reminded me for a moment of you.

Prince: The castle is under attack! We have to go now!

Vorzheva: But... I'm not wearing any makeup!

;) ;) )

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

Tis my aim to become Nanny in my old age. :D

[magic-at-mungos.livejournal.com]

Good grief. JK is a great story teller - as a writer? Not so much?

[rockstarsex.livejournal.com]

AGREED.

I love the books, but her constant use of 'though' always bothers me. Like, she should try 'although,' or some other conjunction once in awhile.

[egyptian-moon.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that I am not the only one who was a bit disappointed to see that. I guess that just goes to show how little people are reading now a days.

And why did Terry Pratchet only get half as many votes as her?

[wicked-socks.livejournal.com]

that's ... just a travesty of literature and writers.

My brain just is not grappeling well with this idea. I'm sitting here with a slackjawed look on my face and all I can think of is Rushdie, Prachett, Pullman.... but mainly RUSHDIE!

I suppose it's a better alternative than frothing at the mouth. There is a very very big difference between popular and great.

[lokrur.livejournal.com]

These were my exact thoughts too :o)

It shows that it was the public that voted - it's their opinion, not scholars' opinion or a big readeres' opinion.
In 2000 they made a list here over the greatest Icelandic books of the 20th century and everybody could vote - turns out that in most schools the teachers let their students vote - so on the top 10 there were 5 children's books, popular but not what most would call literature.

But then again who decides what's literature and what isn't?

[beatricepeabody.livejournal.com]

Off that list, I've only read Pratchett and Pullman (being american and all), but I've always thought that both are better than Rowling. This was really a "who's book is most popular right now" contest rather than a "who has the greatest ability to write" contest.

[modernpirates.livejournal.com]

Terry Pratchett! :D Love him
Woahhhh
I love her books and everything and I love the fandom more than any fandom I have ever loved but jeezus. i think its goin too far. & seriously like Napoleon Dynamite's brother said "Who could ever know that?"

♥

[ariangi.livejournal.com]

I remember a lot of HP flists, sites, etc promoting to "go and vote for Rowling!" in that poll. I went, but remember never voting, mostly because I didn't know who the other authors were. It didn't seem fair.

[x-audioscene.livejournal.com]

I simply believe that Rowling was "pimped" more then the other authors on the list, resulting in more votes for her and one step closer to world domination. While I love her books, I do not think they are the best ever written. Snape's robes "billow" too much for me, Ernie can't must have other distiguishing characteristics then being "pompus," I would prefer If Ron learned how to chew with his mouth closed instead of speaking "thickly," and Hermione needs to stop "snapping" at everyone.

[x-audioscene.livejournal.com]

I really don't remember writing that "can't" between Ernie and must....