Who's our Homer?
 

What author within the last 101 years will be looked back upon over 1,000 years from now as the great author of the time?

R.L. Stine.

Haha.. just kidding. Dean Koontz.



LOLOLOL AT MY OWN JOKES.

:laughing:

Hey man, those choose your own adventure Goosebump books are practically the Illiad of their time.

Larry Flynt

No, he's more like Bart than Homer.

I used to press in the raised bumps on the cover, like it was some sort of obsessive need. I love a book that gives me something to do while I'm reading it...

Maybe no one. How many authors from each century since Homer have you ever heard of?

Vonnegut
Irving
Murakami


tbh, I thought this was going to be about the Simpsons and I rolled my eyes when I saw the title. But I am pleasantly surprised

Burning Down, but she changed her avatar.

Quite a few. It doesn't necessarily have to be a comparison to Homer, just in general who will be remembered.

I could definitely see this.

Everyone who is celebrated now, will be celebrated by future hipsters. Guaranteed.

nuh-uh, not Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, I can't see them being taking seriously a thousand years from now.

Yeah, I was gonna say Vonnegut but Dayna beat me to it. He seems to be regarded as a god by every literature-inclined person I've spoken to.

Maybe not, but I don't know how much credit we should be giving future hipsters.

Imagine future hipsters reading Music Banter instead of Homer, what kind of future world are we creating here?

Hopefully a hipsterless one.

It would be interesting to see if they even know what a book is in a hundred years let alone a thousand.

I'm sure the Rosetta Stone will outlast the Kindle.

:laughing:

He's not a god

John Irving and Haruki Murakami are gods. Anyone who actually reads can confirm this

i'd say The Virgin is Homer, cos he's Homer sexual

sorry, couldn't resist

Probably Dr. Seuss.

Honorable mention Shel Silverstein

I'm not a fan of feeding trolls, but that's ****ing hilarious.

Although I've also been known to laugh at Larry The Cable Guy, so...

^ fixed.

Part the reason that sparked the question is I haven't read a lot of heavy literature from my own era. If I read anything post 1900 it's usually pop or campy stuff.

I really need to read some modern classics.

sad artists
 

Its quite possible that the writers appreciated centuries from now are gona be people completely unappreciated or even unheard in their own time. Think about how much American culture alone has changed in under a century -stuff thats hot centuies from now might be dang near unrelatable today. idk Homer's stuff works on a very basic level. The Odessy is all about a guy trying to get home to his family against all odds. Timesless themes I guess, think o stuff with timeless themes...hmm....heheh yeah the Goosebump Guy totally Man. heheh.

Really? Who would you say are the well-known authors of the first through tenth centuries? My point is that there are entire centuries, sometimes many of them in a row, without authors who are remembered. We may very well be alive during one such time period.

Meh. I think Vonnegut is a much better author than Irving. My experience with Irving, even though I like him, has been the more of his books I read the less I like him.

Danielle Steel!!!

http://www.nndb.com/people/806/000024734/steel.jpg

Vonnegut is more consistent, I definitely agree, but I feel that maybe John Irving could have a bigger impact if more people read him :) After all, he's written several novels with controversial aspects, like abortion (Cider House Rules, which is such a pro choice book I get a feminist boner when I read it), homosexuality (several of his books actually, and they're never condescending and hardly ever ascribe to stereotypes which is so progressive) and he even has a trans person in his novels, and no one acts like there's something wrong with her, she's a great character. Vonnegut does write great stories but I think in a more lasting impact, Irving would get the crown.

I'm surprised nobodys mentioned Tolkien considering how long he's lasted already.

Bukowski- The laureate of American lowlife.

I think most of us, including myself, would be hard pressed to come up with anyone pre-19th century.

But I would say:

Toni Morrison
John Updike
James Baldwin
Mark Twain
William Faulkner
James Joyce

Sorry, I had trouble getting the list down to six authors.

:rofl: good one

I'm pretty sure Stephen King should get an honorable mention

I would say either Kurt Vonnegut or Stephen King.

can we get a poll up in this bitch

Poll shall include:

Tolkien
Vonnegut
Stephen King (he was nominated twice)
Irving
Murakami
Dr. Seuss (it could happen)
Toni Morrison
John Updike
James Baldwin
Mark Twain
William Faulkner
James Joyce
Asimov

I wanted to add Melville but I guess he doesn't qualify since it's been a little over a hundred years since his passing. I'll add any other suggestions.

No Bukowski? :nono:

Must have missed that one, added!

Now I can vote. Superb. :drummer:

Bukowski is kicking ass.