Quote Originally Posted by Ran
I think he was an entertaining writer, but I don't put him a pedestal like a lot of his cult followers; not saying that you're one of them. I just see him as fanboy'd in his genre as Steven King and J.K. Rowling are in theirs. Enjoy the book, thank the author, and move along.
Eh... I won't argue the fan boy thing. He does have a pretty cultish fan base, but I don't think everyone who reads it really gets it, or is able to see past the iconoclast persona. Some people just like him because he did drugs.