Comments on: Grr. http://nancynall.com/2004/01/07/grr/ one writer's daily download Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:18:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Craig http://nancynall.com/2004/01/07/grr/comment-page-1/#comment-733 Craig Thu, 08 Jan 2004 05:17:35 +0000 http://70.88.31.129/nancy/2004/01/07/grr/#comment-733 Elmore Leonard not only deserves a National Book Award, he deserves to have a life-size statue of himself in the middle of the Detroit airport, right where nobody passing through could possibly miss it. Stephen King, on the other hand... feh. Elmore Leonard not only deserves a National Book Award, he deserves to have a life-size statue of himself in the middle of the Detroit airport, right where nobody passing through could possibly miss it. Stephen King, on the other hand… feh.

]]> By: Nance http://nancynall.com/2004/01/07/grr/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Nance Wed, 07 Jan 2004 18:19:23 +0000 http://70.88.31.129/nancy/2004/01/07/grr/#comment-732 Well, sure, there are lots of people incompetent to wipe E.L.'s boots in that lineup. The guy's a stone genius, and he has enough of his fellow geniuses saying so that he probably doesn't lose any sleep worrying about his literary reputation. (Martin Amis has a great essay in his "The War on Cliche" on E.L.) My main problem with some of King's comments is, he makes the same mistake the literary folks do -- he assumes we all have to read certain books the way we take vitamins. One side advocates it for artistic health, the other for pop-cultural vigor. Boolsheet. Also, why isn't Martin Cruz Smith considered a literary writer? The man's a poet. A poet, I say. Well, sure, there are lots of people incompetent to wipe E.L.’s boots in that lineup. The guy’s a stone genius, and he has enough of his fellow geniuses saying so that he probably doesn’t lose any sleep worrying about his literary reputation. (Martin Amis has a great essay in his “The War on Cliche” on E.L.) My main problem with some of King’s comments is, he makes the same mistake the literary folks do — he assumes we all have to read certain books the way we take vitamins. One side advocates it for artistic health, the other for pop-cultural vigor. Boolsheet.

Also, why isn’t Martin Cruz Smith considered a literary writer? The man’s a poet. A poet, I say.

]]> By: Ashley http://nancynall.com/2004/01/07/grr/comment-page-1/#comment-731 Ashley Wed, 07 Jan 2004 17:08:16 +0000 http://70.88.31.129/nancy/2004/01/07/grr/#comment-731 I like the quote about the ever-popular "No-style style". I swear, Clancy could just have 20 grad students mill out a book a month, and there would be no discernable difference. Leonard, OTOH, is a friggin' artist. I love Hiaasen, but I think he's a bit more pulpish than Leonard. Nance, I would personally take more offense with King grouping <a href="http://morrisxp.cstcis.cti.depaul.edu/grisham.html" rel="nofollow">John Grisham</a> with Elmore Leonard than Clancy. I like the quote about the ever-popular “No-style style”. I swear, Clancy could just have 20 grad students mill out a book a month, and there would be no discernable difference.

Leonard, OTOH, is a friggin’ artist. I love Hiaasen, but I think he’s a bit more pulpish than Leonard.

Nance, I would personally take more offense with King grouping John Grisham with Elmore Leonard than Clancy.

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