Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89

Re:Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89 by karaterobot on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @06:20PM (#36318407)

Don't blame him for being praised by critics, I don't believe he's the one who claimed to have invented post-apocalyptic fiction.

I get the punctuation issue, but I think his writing is proof that you don't always need to follow the rules from elementary school. He was so meticulous that, even without commas, all his sentences remained clear, and the effect it had was—for most readers anyway—to make the meaning somehow clearer, and certainly more powerful.

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Re:Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89 by jfengel on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @06:29PM (#36318505)

Honestly, I should have led with the last thing. The real reason I didn't want to read it is that it was violent and unpleasant. There are many people who find value in such things. I'm not among them.

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