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<blockquote data-quote="Deuce Traveler" data-source="post: 5486237" data-attributes="member: 34958">This post at Grognardia had me thinking: <a href="http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/03/open-friday-gygaxian-prose.html" target="_blank">GROGNARDIA: Open Friday: Gygaxian Prose</a>Gary Gygax is not known as a good novelist, but he had a great talent for prose, evoking atmosphere, and having wit.&nbsp; I have decided that Mr. Gygax lacked the talent for long books, but was nevertheless a great and uniquely talented writer.I've recently read Oscar Wilde's &quot;The Portrait of Dorian Gray&quot; and I didn't like the book, but I did very much enjoy parts of the book.&nbsp; It is a fantastic work if taken in sections, but those sections don't necessarily work when joined.&nbsp; Wilde is also great at one-liners and quips.&nbsp; On his grave, for instance, is this:&quot;And alien tears will fill for himPity's long broken urnFor his mourners will be outcast menAnd outcasts always mourn&quot;I'm not sure if that is a quote from Wilde's works, but it seems like something he'd write.Are there other such writers of the scene or of atmosphere that you consider great, despite their inability to write great novels?&nbsp; Are there writers that evoke scenery, atmosphere, or energy despite being able to put it all together into one long tale?&nbsp; If so, would you be willing to share your experiences and such quotes?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deuce Traveler, post: 5486237, member: 34958"] This post at Grognardia had me thinking: [url=http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/03/open-friday-gygaxian-prose.html]GROGNARDIA: Open Friday: Gygaxian Prose[/url] Gary Gygax is not known as a good novelist, but he had a great talent for prose, evoking atmosphere, and having wit. I have decided that Mr. Gygax lacked the talent for long books, but was nevertheless a great and uniquely talented writer. I've recently read Oscar Wilde's "The Portrait of Dorian Gray" and I didn't like the book, but I did very much enjoy parts of the book. It is a fantastic work if taken in sections, but those sections don't necessarily work when joined. Wilde is also great at one-liners and quips. On his grave, for instance, is this: "And alien tears will fill for him Pity's long broken urn For his mourners will be outcast men And outcasts always mourn" I'm not sure if that is a quote from Wilde's works, but it seems like something he'd write. Are there other such writers of the scene or of atmosphere that you consider great, despite their inability to write great novels? Are there writers that evoke scenery, atmosphere, or energy despite being able to put it all together into one long tale? If so, would you be willing to share your experiences and such quotes? [/QUOTE]

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