classics of the future

this thread is devoted to our favorite modern authors. ones that may be considered "un****ablewith" in the forseeable future. safran foer, murakami, auster, lethem etc. etc. etc.

so, who do you think has the best chance of becoming a "classic" author?

my two cents: certainly not palahniuk, as he's basically a pedestrian easton ellis. maybe murakami, but he's too indebted to magical realism. safran foer is a good bet, but he'll need to improve a lot. lethem was my top pick, but his newest novel is pretty bland. paul auster, then?

I...JUST...DON'T...KNOW...

David Mitchell and Dave Eggers are where it's at for me. Safran Foer is working it though.

you keep plugging this david mitchell fellow. i might actually have to look into it. i don't think i "get" dave eggers. and by "dave eggers" i mean "dave eggers' appeal".

Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo
David Mitchell and Dave Eggers are where it's at for me. Safran Foer is working it though.

Hahahahahah, Safran....hahahahahahahahahahahaha

Originally posted by manorastroman

so, who do you think has the best chance of becoming a "classic" author?

JK Rowling and John Grisham

eh...i think you're missing the point. like, a lot.

Originally posted by Blue_Hefner
JK Rowling and John Grisham

Haha, yeah...Good one. Say it again, Sam. Say it again.

Originally posted by manorastroman
you keep plugging this david mitchell fellow. i might actually have to look into it. i don't think i "get" dave eggers. and by "dave eggers" i mean "dave eggers' appeal".

Yeah, Mitchell is great. You should start with Ghostwritten, and go from there.

For me, Eggers' appeal is that he's so zeitgeist-y. And good. AHWOSG is incredible, and I laughed all the way through You Shall Know Our Velocity. I haven't read What Is The What yet...

He has the name of a bastard, though.

Something to do with eggs, or is 'Dave' AC's other name?

Ian McEwan; Atonement I think will become a classic.

Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo
Yeah, Mitchell is great. You should start with Ghostwritten, and go from there.

For me, Eggers' appeal is that he's so zeitgeist-y. And good. AHWOSG is incredible, and I laughed all the way through You Shall Know Our Velocity. I haven't read What Is The What yet...

i just...don't like it. AHWOSG has it's moments, and i certainly wouldn't outright dismiss it--there's just something amiss. he failed horribly at charming me as a reader, so while reading clinically, i found it to be half a memoir. i think he realized that he had a slim and mediocre piece, so he buffed it with self-aware postmodernism gimmicks--apparently, hoping that acknowledging the schtick on several different levels would make it okay somehow. it sort of came off as literary onanism, especially with the exhausting, cutesy descriptions. that whole page right at the beginning describing the crescent moon spit receptacle is just ****ing stupid.

plus, he's an unforgivable comma whore.

I loved it. I thought it was funny, well-written, and moving. Yeah, perhaps it was a little pseduo-Joycean in parts, but I still admired it because it aspired to be something great, and it generally was.

Is, was, was.

Who?
What ever

-JK Rowling´s Harry Potter . She´s already a classic, like it or not, and a classic for the future.
Who´s missing the point? those are you.
-Stephen King, he´s already famous, he will last till the future.

Originally posted by manorastroman

so, who do you think has the best chance of becoming a "classic" author?

Gregory Maguire. His work is basically revisionist retelling of classic childrens stories, I believe he and his work will basically melt into it too.

Alan Moore.

Neil Gaiman maybe? I don't know.

Originally posted by Thorin
Who?
What ever

-[B]JK Rowling´s Harry Potter . She´s already a classic, like it or not, and a classic for the future.
Who´s missing the point? those are you.
-Stephen King, he´s already famous, he will last till the future. [/B]

Shouldn't you be able to write...or read for that matter...to be taken serious in a debate on literature.

Notice the lack of question mark.

Thank you.

Wow, you're smart.

However, if the question mark is missing, then where is it?

Turkey? That shit-hole?

Also, maybe it should have been typed like this:

"You should be able to write...or read for that matter...to be taken serious in a debate on literature."

Ironic, don't you think.

(Notice I didn't use a question mark either, tee-hee-hee...)

Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo
Wow, you're smart.

However, if the question mark is missing, then where is it?

Turkey? That shit-hole?

Also, maybe it should have been typed like this:

"[B]You should be able to write...or read for that matter...to be taken serious in a debate on literature."

Ironic, don't you think.

(Notice I didn't use a question mark either, tee-hee-hee...) [/B]

You are gay.

tee-hee

See what I did there?

No?

I called you gay.

Then laughed gaily.

Tee-hee

(dog)

And yes, I am smart...very. You may stop sucking my humongous penis now.