06-22-2009, 03:46 PM | #46 |
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Perhaps, if I think more, I can find others but better not. |
06-22-2009, 04:00 PM | #47 |
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06-22-2009, 07:09 PM | #48 |
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I'm thinking
I'm thinking I'm thinking hmmm... I don't think there is anyone I buy automatically anymore Used to buy Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt novels before he lost his mind and brought dead people to life; used to buy Jennifer Crusie before she started co-writing with what's his name; used to buy Nora Roberts but that is way too many books (though I guess I do end up buying the J.D. Robb books); used to buy Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick but she got way boring/too many books; I usually buy Julia Quinn's books but skipped the last one; oh! I guess the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich qualifies...I'll buy the new one as long as it comes out on Kindle. I guess the Star Trek: Titan books are an auto buy right now. Otherwise, I'm really blanking out. I pretty much sample, read reviews, etc. cause I've been burned by favorite authors. |
06-23-2009, 09:32 AM | #49 |
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My fiction list of autobuy authors of current fiction includes
Raymond Feist used to be on the list but his newest book was such a disappointment -- cardboard characters, repetitive plot -- that I doubt I'll buy another book written by him. I also like to collect first editions of pbooks and have a separate list for those. That list includes Sinclair Lewis, some of whose works are worth reading and rereading. There are also a few nonfiction authors whose books I immediately check when released, but nonfiction authors of the genres I like aren't exactly prolific in comparison to fiction. |
06-23-2009, 09:54 AM | #50 |
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My list shortens every year:
Martha Grimes Carol O'Connell P.D. James Colin Cotterill John Burdett Terry Pratchett |
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06-23-2009, 06:07 PM | #51 |
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Seeing this old thread made me realize how much my purchasing habits have changed since I bought the Cybook. With the price of ebooks all over the place now I think the only author I automatically buy is Steve Jordan.
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06-24-2009, 02:57 AM | #52 |
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06-25-2009, 02:49 AM | #54 |
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I totally agree (with romance and autobuy )
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01-15-2011, 02:29 AM | #55 |
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I have a few favourites:
Wen Spencer J.D.Robb Barbara Hambly except her latest series bejamin january Tanya Huff Steven Brust C J. Cherryh Sharon Lee, Liad series Bujold Kresley Cole Jim Butcher Any of these I would buy sight unseen. |
01-15-2011, 05:56 AM | #56 |
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Not a bad thread to revive.
I guess I've got a few that may not so much be auto-buy, but are a definite buy even if not straight away: China Mieville Barbara Vine Neal Stephenson Robert McCammon Connie Willis Neil Gaiman (if it's a novel) Iain M Banks A A Attanasio Regards Caleb |
01-15-2011, 06:21 AM | #57 |
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I'll buy anything Terry Pratchett writes without bothering to find out what it's about first
And as for the rest, I no longer buy automatically, *except for the book series that I just need to complete: i.e. GRR Martin (if he ever gets around to publishing the next book), Robert Jordan's WOT, etc. *I've gotten burned with this one when the children of some authors took a stab at continuing their parent's legacies (i.e. Pern, Dune) - turned out to be terribly written! |
01-15-2011, 09:04 AM | #58 |
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Paul Auster - though after his latest I might have to review that.
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Orson Scott Card
David Weber Eric Flint Tom Clancy JK Rowling Greg Bear Larry Niven Brian Herbert, well the Duneiverse books anyway James Pattersom |
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I will buy anything KJ Parker writes.
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