tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post8749240887895794221..comments2023-10-21T07:44:20.549-04:00Comments on The Existence Machine: GenreRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-69560166083929184212007-03-18T10:07:00.000-04:002007-03-18T10:07:00.000-04:00Actually, I have no idea, of course. It's certain...Actually, I have no idea, of course. It's certainly possible that certain King novels, the best ones, will be read x number of years from now. I was responding more to the general comment: "people are more likely to be reading this popular writer than they are this other literary writer". Whenever people say something like this (and I see it a lot) it tells me not necessarily that they think King (or whoever) is a great writer whose work will stand the test of time in the same way that past classics have, but that they resent having to make the distinction between a King and a Roth. Or resent the implication that there even is a distinction.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23471801.post-58318643972798016212007-03-18T09:29:00.000-04:002007-03-18T09:29:00.000-04:00I agree that Roth is a better writer (most of the ...I agree that Roth is a better writer (most of the time) than King, but you really don't think The Shining or something will last a hundred years? I mean, people still read Ann Radcliffe, and Wilkie Collins. People still read Varney the Vampire!T. Hodlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01296600564968909959noreply@blogger.com