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This is a fun list - unless you happen to be one of the authors with a knife in your back.  By the way, I enjoy Solzhenitsyn (and Vidal), but this comment is a keeper.

 

The 50 best author vs. author put-downs of all time  

 

http://www.examiner.com/x-562-Book-Examiner~y2010m4d16-The-50-best-author-vs-author-putdowns-of-all-time?cid=channel-rss-Arts_and_Entertainment

 

33. Alexander Solzhenitsyn, according to Gore Vidal (1980)

He is a bad novelist and a fool. The combination usually makes for great popularity in the US.