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Overrated authors thread

!bookworms, which authors you find overrated? Which popular one's do you believe are absolute hacks?

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Ray Bradbury: his short stories are very charming but i find his novels pretty dull. Like king he works best ins. A shorter anthology format.

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his short stories are very charming but i find his novels pretty dull

I find myself saying this about 90% of writers, "I like their short stories but their novels are boring/bloated/etc." Especially in modern times since :marseychonkerfoid: started requiring every novel be 700pgs. and 1 in a series of 8.

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Fahrenheit 451 is pure garbage, how it ended up in the "well known dystopian books" canon is beyond me.

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I like it but it's funny how the actual message was just "kids these days suck"

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