http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15475741/?GT1=8618
B-more has dropped all the way down to 12th on the list of most dangerous American cities. Martin O' Malley deserves some credit for that, though the place is still a goddam jungle.
See, I dont fault anyone for reading/enjoying the mainstream authors...to each their own/etc. But when you start saying any of them are the best of any time period, then it is getting ridiculous.
Nickelback sells alot of records & a bunch of people dig them. One of the best rock bands of the last couple decades? Nope.
I'll grant you that King is a better writer than Tim Robbins (by default), but Tom? Not even close to his level.
Clancy, Koontz, King, etc, paint-by-the-numbers writing is far from art.