We all know about hack writers. Their work is of poor quality and some are quite prolific. But hack writer =/= writer I don’t like. What are some hacks you enjoy and which one’s you can’t stand?
My favorite hack is Dan Brown, his Robert Langdon series are a guilty pleasure of mine (though Origins was too terrible with the recycled plot). Langdon is a Mary Sue and his plots are so over the top I can’t take seriously while also being a page turner.
One I can’t stand is Paulo Coelho, who is unfortunately Brazil’s most famous writer abroad. So pretentious, and some people take it way too seriously, the alchemist reads like an YA novel. Another one is Reddit’s darling Neil Gaiman.
Let’s discuss the best and worst among the Terrible and Untalented
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Neil Gaiman is actually good I will die on this hill
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Neil Gaiman can write well, he's just a pretentious twit. Actually some of his writing reminds me a lot of Ray Bradbury, who as far as I know was not a pretentious twit. So if you like Gaiman, I strongly recommend you try some of Bradbury's short stories.
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I read Fahrenheit 451
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