Thriller writers - Page 3

Kumabjorn · 06-19-2012, 12:10 AM

Killing Osama bin Laden was probably the worst thing that could happen to them, and this new tactic of using drones doesn't make interesting copy.

DarkScribe · 06-19-2012, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by cassidym

To find similar authors, check out Literature Map. com here http://www.literature-map.com/

You enter an author's name and hit return and a new screen opens with your author's name in the middle and other author names arrayed around him. The closer they are the more like them they are.

That seemed to be a brilliant idea - until I tried it. I checked the results with several authors whose work I know well and it wasn't just not close, in some instances it was almost ludicrous. A shame - be great if it worked.

H.P. Lovesauce · 06-19-2012, 05:01 PM

I was going to recommend Andrew Vachss — the hardest boiled of hard-boiled thriller fiction, the author even has an eyepatch, for chrissakes — but everything he's ever written is artificially jacked up in price on Amazon.

This is one case where buying used through alibris or abebooks would be the better bet. Flood is the first novel, which will fall apart after one reading.

pansyburke · 06-22-2012, 08:31 AM

Jacked up in price? Everything Vachss has ever written is still in print, and available new, from Amazon. Check http://www.amazon.com/Andrew-Vachss/e/B000APBFC2

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Originally Posted by H.P. Lovesauce

I was going to recommend Andrew Vachss — the hardest boiled of hard-boiled thriller fiction, the author even has an eyepatch, for chrissakes — but everything he's ever written is artificially jacked up in price on Amazon.

This is one case where buying used through alibris or abebooks would be the better bet. Flood is the first novel, which will fall apart after one reading.

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06-19-2012, 12:10 AM	#31
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 4,356 Karma: 20181319 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	Killing Osama bin Laden was probably the worst thing that could happen to them, and this new tactic of using drones doesn't make interesting copy.

06-19-2012, 05:01 PM	#33
H.P. Lovesauce Word Herder Posts: 29 Karma: 674360 Join Date: May 2012 Device: Kindle Fire	I was going to recommend Andrew Vachss — the hardest boiled of hard-boiled thriller fiction, the author even has an eyepatch, for chrissakes — but everything he's ever written is artificially jacked up in price on Amazon. This is one case where buying used through alibris or abebooks would be the better bet. Flood is the first novel, which will fall apart after one reading.

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