I realized how angry I get when other people completely bad mouth Wilbur Smith today. We had a sub for English and he was commenting on the quality of Shakespeare and how there are no authors like that nowadays. That was a fair point and I guess I accepted that...but then!! He says "Not like the "authors" we have today like Bryce Courtenay, a couple of others and Wilbur Smith..." Kate and I just gasped and looked at each other!!! Then the three of us got caught up in an argument over how Wilbur Smith novels not only educate but also entertain people of all ages (ok, mainly teens upwards
), and he still wouldn't listen. I tried to explain that there was so much variety, such as Ancient Egypt and 16th (?) century Britain and Africa etc but he just laughed and said that WS was nothing more than an 'adult comic book writer' who got his ideas from some other author who I can't remember...
I was a little surprised at my instinct to turn my teacher into a WS lover and realized I may be just a little obsessed. Has anyone else had to stick up for WS? I felt like it was my duty as an avid member of this forum!
Please don't tell me I'm crazy