My court case 1: victory

Quote: MaxPen

Even Stephen King made mistakes while looking right.

I read there was pretty much only one author in the last century that publishers dared never correct or had an editor oversee his work.

That was J.R.R. Tolkien.

He was a linguistics professor of such repute and who pored over his own work so meticulously he didn't need editing.

But he was a standalone example

Quote: darkoz

I read there was pretty much only one author in the last century that publishers dared never correct or had an editor oversee his work.

That was J.R.R. Tolkien.

He was a linguistics professor of such repute and who pored over his own work so meticulously he didn't need editing.

But he was a standalone example

I would say two. Rex Stout, with a documented IQ above 180 and famously vain about it, refused to be edited, and used a prolific vocabulary. He still managed to publish about 80 novels and stories.

Quote: beachbumbabs

I would say two. Rex Stout, with a documented IQ above 180 and famously vain about it, refused to be edited, and used a prolific vocabulary. He still managed to publish about 80 novels and stories.

Well, I recall reading the Tolkien thing in some material specifically about the Lord of the Rings so it was a bit Tolkein centric.

So it doesnt surprise me there was another author out there

Quote: darkoz

Well, I recall reading the Tolkien thing in some material specifically about the Lord of the Rings so it was a bit Tolkein centric.

So it doesnt surprise me there was another author out there

Wait, there are other books out there?

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