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Originally Posted by pwalker8
[...] Some authors continue to churn out very readable books for their entire career, others fade away or stop writing. I have a number of authors on must buy list. Some stay on the list for a long time, others drop of the list after putting out a few clunkers. I suspect that is what I was really driving at. Do others approach books like that?
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Fairly close, although there are more variations of career. For example there are one-hit wonders, and Harry mentioned David Eddings earlier - two series (The Belgariad and The Malloreon) that are so much fun but everything else of his that I've tried I can barely keep my eyes open?
And there are some authors that get special treatment from me simply because I like their voice, such as: Agatha Christie, John Irving, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman. (Stephen King used to be on this list but his voice changed.)
John Irving makes a good example of what I mean: he's a real favourite of mine despite quite an inconsistent hit rate (nothing I hate, but quite a large proportion of 3/5). I continue to buy and read everything of his because I like the sound of his voice in my head. Of course, it doesn't hurt that the authors in my special treatment list also write some truly excellent books.
