Has there ever been a case of an author that has gained popularity by solely writing cliche genre fiction for all of his career, suddenly completely changing the way he writes and publishing an unconventional book that actually has some depth and literary value? And then the fans end up rejecting it and hating the author for it because it wasn't the book they were expecting from him?
>>8120087
Go back to /r9k/
>>8120096
This wasn't the reply I was expecting from this thread. Did you not like the image I posted?
Mark Twain in a way. Hence the shitty stapled on ending of Huckleberry Finn
>>8120096
>le dumb frogposter meme
Herman Melville, who was well known for his travel book Typee was completely forgotten after Moby-Dick.
>>8120087
If you're asking whether or not anybody will take you seriously after you self-publish your first "book" then the answer is no.
>>8120108
>ending
mark twain was writing lterary fiction though...
>>8120515
Before Huck Finn? lolno
Charles Dickens tried it with Great Expectations but then everyone flipped out on him and made him rewrite the ending
>>8120354
yeah, but Typee is fantastic, and The Confidence man is one of my favorite novels of all time
>>8120728
>but Typee is fantastic
>implying Mardi isn't superior
