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Originally Posted by BookStop  That is very different for everyone, kind of like, what toppings make the perfect pizza. Everyone has different tastes and classifies thier favorite authors as great. I enjoy JK Rowling. I think she is a great author. I also enjoy HP Lovecraft, wildly different, but also great. Toni Morrison has a way with words that just move me - she really is great....The list goes on.
I don't think most readers class themselves by one type of book, whether just entertaining, or deeply meaningful. We all sometimes read fluff, which if it strikes you right, can make the author great. |
No it can't. An author is not great because they tickled your fancy. An author is great because they met a whole slew of criteria, as agreed by a great number of people - some of whom will be experts, and some not. Writers of fluff do not get studied in academia year in year out; writers of fluff are not still in print 100 years later.
Great can never be entirely objective, but it's certainly not wholly subjective.