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Originally Posted by queentess
I haven't read him in years, and like you, I didn't always enjoy the books, but was willing to overlook flaws. Actually, with your mention of Christopher Pike as well, it would seem we're about the same age  |
Well I got my start with V. C. Andrews.
Somewhere, I learned that kids who liked V. C. Andrews also liked John Saul. Maybe it's the teens-in-jeopardy concept.
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I remember Shadows being my favorite, but also remember enjoying Second Child and The Homing. You may also like Dean Koontz or Brian Lumley, both authors I was reading around the same time as Saul, Pike and King. I think that was right around the time I took a shine to Critchon as well.
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I was afraid to read The Homing because the main plot seems to be about...
an adult! So many of my favorite Saul books have been about teen-agers. I was afraid to try something that different.
I think King and Koontz were my favorites for a while. I took a shine to Koontz because he wrote a couple of books on writing fiction that I loved. (I wish they'd reprint them, even if much of the information is out-of-date.) I haven't gotten into the newer stuff. The last couple of Koontzs I read were too preachy.
I keep meaning to read Lumley. I did read one of his very early Lovecraftian tales, and I enjoyed it because the fantasy elements were set apart by a satirical tone. It's called How Kank Thad Returned to Bhur-Esh and is available in
the House of Cthulhu collection.
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Originally Posted by queentess
Did you ever read Pike's Last Vampire series? (It was originally 6 books, but I believe it was re-released as 2 compiled books recently, due to the huge market for vampire fiction.) I'd also recommend Pike's Season of Passage if you can find it. (Holy crap, it's coming out as an ebook this month! I had no idea! I dunno about $10 for an 18 year old Pike book though... I may hang on to my paperback for a bit yet.) |
I bought a couple of the new Pike compilations -- the Last Vampire Ones and Remember Me. Talk about bricks!
There's also a new
Last Vampire book!