Rand is worse on every level, sure, but Kerouac is not actually good. Ginsberg either, and they publish him too.
I think a lot of Penguin Classics authors aren't "actually good", but they're respected/taught/seen as important (even if, like in the Fleming example above, it's within genre). Rand I don't think really qualifies.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 30 March 2018 13:07 (six years ago) link
Modern Classics is definitely ‘notable/ influential ‘ rather than good / worth reading and idk how many modern fiction authors are more politically / culturally influential than Rand, even if her writing was abysmal.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Friday, 30 March 2018 13:21 (six years ago) link
Culturally, sure, but I'd say she's totally the least influential on literature, even compared to someone like Fleming.
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 30 March 2018 17:07 (six years ago) link
I don’t think I have read any of these so I’m looking forward to the results of the poll to see where to start.
― o. nate, Monday, 2 April 2018 16:38 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 14 April 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 15 April 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link