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Originally Posted by Sirtel
I've never liked Stephen King either. Not even Eyes of the Dragon. Just not a fan of his writing style, I guess, having read at least 3-4 books from him, and not liking any of them.
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Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head there for me too - writing style.
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But then, I don't like many very popular authors. Steven Erikson, Robert Heinlein, Joe Abercrombie, to name but a few. And not Moorcock, either, actually. I did manage to finish an omnibus volume of his Elric books many years ago, but my reaction to those was pretty much 'meh'.
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I quite liked the odd Heinlein novel ... Stranger In a Strange Land In particular.
Moorcock's Eric stories were okay, had its highs and lows. I much preferred his hero Corum, and a few others. But I do admit, I like his stories for a variety of reasons, so Gloriana for one was great and very different to his Sword & Sorcery fantasy ... and while I read Mervyn Peake's amazing Gormenghast after, I can belatedly see the influence on Moorcock.
EDIT - I see Dr. Drib has brought this book up too.
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OTOH, I do like some popular authors. Tolkien, of course. George R.R. Martin. Robert Jordan. Brandon Sanderson. Brent Weeks. And many more.
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George R.R. Martin is of course seen by some as the American Tolkien, which I don't really agree with, but I can see why they think that, and he tells a great story and seems to be going to great lengths now, to build the back story of history to give greater depth, and making his work seem even more similar in that regard, to Tolkien.