I don't believe he is. I think King is the "King" of pop culture novels. Wide variety of content, very easily read, good world building.
Is he perfect? No, far from it. His Dark Tower series shows his weaknesses, with strong stories at the beginning, solid middle volumes, and collapsing under itself towards the end. Book 7 was disappointing in many ways.
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
Yale literary professor hates him. The fact is, left wing snobs HATE popular writers of Kings ilk.
Because everything should be impenetrable like Gravities Rainbow or dry.
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.