An article from the BBC, thought it may be of interest: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8424600.stm
Bestsellers, not saying much about literary achievement . . .
Dan Brown, Katie Price, nuff said
Dan Brown, Katie Price, nuff said
Terry Prachett, J.K.Rowling? Just because their are a few you you think lack talent, why should all bestselling authors be looked down upon?
Who said anything about lacking talent?
This of course is a mindset not limited to literature, pretty much all creative mediums have those who value the obscure over the popular. Still, it bugs me.
It's called over-exposure. If it gets in the face of people too much, they begin to hate it. Once there is some distance, than they can get back to enjoying it.
And a book about grammar is number eight on the nonfiction list . . .
Oh, that's definitely the case to some extent, but you can't deny that there are those who measure the worth of something by how well known it is.
Bestsellers, not saying much about literary achievement . . .
Suggesting a lack of direct causality between bestsellerhood and literary achievement is not the same as saying none of them made any literary achievement.You suggested that the authors on the OPs list had not made any real literary achievement, and then went on to say that this mindset encourages you to write better than them, suggesting that there writing is of a lesser standard.