Check out this strange list by Emily Temple of Flavorwire of books and/or authors which make a person "undateable":
http://www.flavorwire.com/299828/these-are-the-books-that-make-you-totally-undateable?all=1
Several of the authors listed are among my all-time favorites. (Uh, not Tao Lin.) The reasoning for eliminating them is often skewed. (Liking Ayn Rand, then discovering her politics aren't acceptable-- as if that has anything to do with the quality of the writing. Can we say, "Closed mind"?) Not only that, but try to envision the personality of the individual who would NOT like the books of the authors on the list. Not masculine, not serious, not open to other viewpoints, no nostalgia, no quirks, etc. etc. etc. Would the person have any personality at all? Or not be a mannequin? Is that what Emily Temple and friends want? I suspect she and they are just a tad uptight, and so the question then becomes: Who would want to date them? (Those of such a restrictive and narrow viewpoint would likely create bloodless and uninteresting writing themselves. No risk involved.)
Just my inflation-adjusted 0.8 cents worth.
(For balls-to-the-wall, not-uptight, over-the-top fiction read THE TOWER by King Wenclas, available via Nook or Kindle. Likely too strong for the Flavorpill crowd.)
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Wow- can't be the classics. Why? Because *Everybody* is reading them. I missed that one.
I find Ernest's "misogyny" more interesting than anything Franzen, Morrison or Bret Easton Ellis has put out.
And anything on an e-reader? I wonder which way Flavorwire's bread is buttered.
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