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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2017 12:58:43 GMT
Shakespeare. Many, many narratives have used elements codified or best known from his plays, like Romeo and Juliet for romances (star-crossed lovers). The Lion King has often been described as Hamlet with lions, and then there's skulls forever being referred to as Yorrick. The fact his plays are still performed, explored, reimagined for new ages and reinterpreted shows that there's an appeal that transcends time and the setting they were originally written in. Yeah, he's also not alive which was one of Josh's prerequisites or I think his name might have come up.
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Post by pawntake on Mar 29, 2017 14:51:05 GMT
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It's tangerine....not orange
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Post by ljwilson on Mar 29, 2017 16:20:15 GMT
Agatha Christie. Next question!
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Mar 29, 2017 17:05:11 GMT
Agatha Christie. Next question! Is dead, so not part of the question. Next answer!
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Post by ljwilson on Mar 29, 2017 18:53:15 GMT
Agatha Christie. Next question! Is dead, so not part of the question. Next answer! You may be right...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2017 18:55:24 GMT
Agatha Christie's dead? Whodunnit?
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Post by coffeeaddict on Mar 29, 2017 19:16:16 GMT
Agatha Christie's dead? Whodunnit? Call Poirot, he'll find out.
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Mar 29, 2017 19:27:48 GMT
Agatha Christie's dead? Whodunnit? Ackroyd!
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Post by theotherjosh on Mar 29, 2017 20:07:52 GMT
Agatha Christie's dead? Whodunnit? Whodunnit? Didn't Jon Pertwee used to host that?
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Post by Ela on Mar 30, 2017 16:00:34 GMT
My spouse came up with Maya Angelou, though he acknowledged she's probably not as well-known as JK Rowling.
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Post by sherlock on Mar 30, 2017 16:31:42 GMT
Book-wise I'd go with Agatha Christie, I think the majority of statistics regarding spread of books worldwide put her on top (her books have had nearly a century to spread). J.K Rowling's probably close behind though. Based on my experiences I'd say Arthur Canon Doyle's probably up there too (for context I should clarify my actual surname is Sherlock)
Shakespeare rules the roost overall though. No single person have had the cultural impact through fiction he's had (granted he has several centuries head-start on most people).
EDIT: Just realised its most famous living author, dammit. It's probably Rowling then.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 16:42:10 GMT
Yep, and that rules Maya Angelou out too. Incidentally I'm not sure her work is anywhere as big internationally as I understand it is State-side.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 16:49:29 GMT
Why do people keep suggesting dead authors? The OP clearly states "most famous living author" !!!
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Post by pawntake on Mar 30, 2017 16:58:19 GMT
Agatha Christie's dead? Whodunnit? why didn't they ask evans?
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Mar 30, 2017 18:01:16 GMT
Well, after a bit of lazy research (which netted me Jin Yong with 100 million sales) it seems Danielle Steel is the most famous living writer with sales of over 500 million (200 more than King and 50 more than Rowling.)
Hmm. That's depressing. But as my late father used to say "paper won't refuse ink".
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 18:09:58 GMT
Well, after a bit of lazy research (which netted me Jin Yong with 100 million sales) it seems Danielle Steel is the most famous living writer with sales of over 500 million (200 more than King and 50 more than Rowling.) Hmm. That's depressing. But as my late father used to say "paper won't refuse ink". See the last page where I've already touched on her. I don't think given her limited market she's truly as famous to the world as JK. She's a behemoth, sure, but to a very specific group of society and even then, not as much as she used to be.
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Mar 30, 2017 18:14:16 GMT
Well, after a bit of lazy research (which netted me Jin Yong with 100 million sales) it seems Danielle Steel is the most famous living writer with sales of over 500 million (200 more than King and 50 more than Rowling.) Hmm. That's depressing. But as my late father used to say "paper won't refuse ink". See the last page where I've already touched on her. I don't think given her limited market she's truly as famous to the world as JK. She's a behemoth, sure, but to a very specific group of society and even then, not as much as she used to be. You'd think that but we do exist in echo chambers to a certain extent so...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2017 18:29:09 GMT
See the last page where I've already touched on her. I don't think given her limited market she's truly as famous to the world as JK. She's a behemoth, sure, but to a very specific group of society and even then, not as much as she used to be. You'd think that but we do exist in echo chambers to a certain extent so... Not that much of an extent, I go to the football and work with real live normal people and everything When was the last time there was a midnight opening for a Steel book? An adaptation not made for 50 quid on a tiny TV channel? A queue for her latest? We're talking fame here, as per the question. Ask anyone under 30 who she is...then ask them who JK Rowling is. Ask a guy to name one Danielle Steel book. Steel did massively well with one market - women over 35 - for decades but she's not the most famous author on earth. She's like Tyler Perry - huge box office star with smash hit #1 movies...yet they're aimed at very narrow demographics. The world at large, the pop culture doesn't even register with Danielle Steel and didn't even when she was at her peak.
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Mar 30, 2017 18:33:47 GMT
You'd think that but we do exist in echo chambers to a certain extent so... Not that much of an extent, I go to the football and work with real live normal people and everything When was the last time there was a midnight opening for a Steel book? An adaptation not made for 50 quid on a tiny TV channel? A queue for her latest? We're talking fame here, as per the question. Ask anyone under 30 who she is...then ask them who JK Rowling is. Ask a guy to name one Danielle Steel book. Steel did massively well with one market - women over 35 - for decades but she's not the most famous author on earth. She's like Tyler Perry - huge box office star with smash hit #1 movies...yet they're aimed at very narrow demographics. The world at large, the pop culture doesn't even register with Danielle Steel and didn't even when she was at her peak. You with your..life. Pah!
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