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Ray Bradbury famously has an unorthodox interpretation of his own work "Fahrenheit 451", believing that it is a commentary on media consumption habits.
I wonder if there are other authors who didn't agree with the common interpretation of their works.
Can anyone think of any?

>> No.13274106

Dan brown disagrees with the interpretation that Da Vinci Code was a shameless plagiarism of Holy Blood, Holy Grail.

>> No.13274134

>>13274106
Not exactly what I was looking for, but at least we're starting off.

>> No.13274749

>>13274079
Stephen King thought his Shining was better

>> No.13274772

>>13274079
Homer didn't think the Iliad was about being a catalog of ships

>> No.13274794

>>13274772
jesus christ your joke was terrible. do you think you're being funny? have you even read the thing?

>> No.13274807

Orwell said that 1984 was an instruction manual for taking the virginities of committedly chaste women.

>> No.13274819

>>13274794
He's funnier than you gaybou

>> No.13274863
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>>13274794

>> No.13274979

>>13274819
>>13274863
i wish summer would hurry up and end already

>> No.13274986

>>13274979
So, is the iliad good or not? Does the catalog of ships bore you?

>> No.13275199

>>13274079
Ray Bradbury was breast fed until he was 9 years old.

>> No.13275219

>>13275199
Frig he's gotta be smart then

>> No.13275230

>>13274794
lmao no one cares about your boat book loser