Worst work of American literature (novel)

by **Symmetry** on Wed Dec 30, 2015 3:38 am

Have your say! Some of these are write-ins, and one is a suggestion from a friend who swears Tyra Banks is important.

by **jimboston** on Wed Dec 30, 2015 8:24 am

The more important question...

Why do you keep a friend who believes Tyra Banks is important?

Is this person mentally disabled? Is this person an ultra-hot "fwb"?
If neither of these are true, I would humbly suggest you "up" the class of your friends.

by **notyou2** on Wed Dec 30, 2015 9:02 am

Decision Points

by **Dukasaur** on Wed Dec 30, 2015 9:26 am

Battlefield Earth was a great book. I loved it. Nothing by Twain should be on the worst list, either.

I haven't read any Cooper, but I loved Twain's critique, "the Literary Crimes of James Fenimore Cooper" and it definitely persuaded me that I shouldn't read any Cooper, ever. So that's one easy vote. Tyra Banks and E.L. James are pretty easy votes, too. Not that I've read any of them, but having heard them express utterly mindless twaddle in interviews, I really don't imagine they get much better in print.

by **Symmetry** on Wed Dec 30, 2015 12:00 pm

jimboston wrote:The more important question...

Why do you keep a friend who believes Tyra Banks is important?

Is this person mentally disabled? Is this person an ultra-hot "fwb"?
If neither of these are true, I would humbly suggest you "up" the class of your friends.

Apparently she's "one of four African Americans and seven women to have repeatedly ranked among the world's most influential people by TIME magazine."

But that's just her wiki page. One year I was TIME's most important person though.

by **jimboston** on Wed Dec 30, 2015 12:57 pm

Symmetry wrote:
jimboston wrote:The more important question...

Why do you keep a friend who believes Tyra Banks is important?

Is this person mentally disabled? Is this person an ultra-hot "fwb"?
If neither of these are true, I would humbly suggest you "up" the class of your friends.

Apparently she's "one of four African Americans and seven women to have repeatedly ranked among the world's most influential people by TIME magazine."

But that's just her wiki page. One year I was TIME's most important person though.

Trump is also influential.

Sarah Palin is also influential.

Justin Bieber is influential.

... just saying.

by **Metsfanmax** on Wed Dec 30, 2015 2:43 pm

The f*ck? Did you actually read Connecticut Yankee?

by **Symmetry** on Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:52 pm

Dukasaur wrote:Battlefield Earth was a great book. I loved it. Nothing by Twain should be on the worst list, either.

I haven't read any Cooper, but I loved Twain's critique, "the Literary Crimes of James Fenimore Cooper" and it definitely persuaded me that I shouldn't read any Cooper, ever. So that's one easy vote. Tyra Banks and E.L. James are pretty easy votes, too. Not that I've read any of them, but having heard them express utterly mindless twaddle in interviews, I really don't imagine they get much better in print.

Good call on Twain's essay.

On Battlefield Earth, I am told that I need to have my personality tested. It's free, though, so what can go wrong?