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For some reason, Neil Gaiman and I never connected. I first started picking up his work when he wrote Black Orchid and I was one of the six or seven people that bought the first few issues of Sandman new off the shelves (the series didn't become a hit until issue #8 and the Doll's House storyline). But, I dunno. I've read things here and there (Black Orchid, about half of Sandman, Violent Cases, Coraline, Good Omens) and he's just not a favorite. I have Neverwhere, American Gods, Stardust and Anansi Boys, but I haven't read any of them yet. And then there's authors where I might enjoy the story being told, but the author's voice gets in the way. Dean Koontz is a good example here. Something about his writing just gets under my skin, but not in the way he intended. |
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True enough, that's why Shakespeare and not Christopher Marlowe is the Elizabethan playwright everyone knows.
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03-09-2018, 01:27 AM | #33 |
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Yes, it does work both ways. I've hit this with some YA stuff. I quite like the story idea but the phrasing just grates - and since it is otherwise popular it must be just me.
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It is a little strange as a long time Science Fiction (note SF not SciFi) reader the there are only two authors I would put in the category. Neither of them are SF writers. These are
C. S. Forrester & Robert van Gulik Neither is going to win the Nobel Prize for Literature but I have reread them more times than I can remember over the last sixty years and look forward to reading them again. There is something about these books that just grab me.
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That's a great comparison! I think it is very, very rare that someone likes every single book of his favorite author - same with music. Some songs you like better than others.
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03-09-2018, 10:47 PM | #36 |
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There are a number of authors who have written a dozen or so (and a couple who have written two dozen or so) books where I like every single one of them, but the only really prolific author (six dozen books?) who comes close to a perfect record with me is C. J. Cherryh.
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I looked her up at Amazon and she is indeed a very prolific author. I haven't read anything of her work. Would you recommend a title to start with? |
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Probably anything originally published in the 1980s which was mostly SF. Later her writing got a bit more experimental (and to my mind, less readable). Her earlier work is slowly being transferred to digital.
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Pat Briggs is another. Some Authors newer work just get stale as a series grinds on. I think the prologue to the original Star Trek (TV series) applies, even for books. ...Explore new civilizations, to go boldly.... Crime/Mysteries have 'case differences' the can keep them interesting. But Some others, just push the characters into a new 'playing board' situation. |
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Science Fiction: * Heavy Time * Merchanter's Luck (ebook included in "Alliance Space" omnibus) * Rimrunners (no ebook) * Cyteen (no ebook) Science Fantasy / Low Fantasy: * Gate of Ivrel (ebook included in "The Complete Morgaine" omnibus) * The Angel with the Sword (no ebook) * The Paladin Fantasy: * Faery in Shadow (ebook "Faery Moon") * The Dreamstone (ebook included in "The Dreaming Tree" omnibus) * Rusalka |
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do visit her web sit http://www.closed-circle.net/
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Thank you for all Cherryh recommendations.
I have bought the Paladin because of good reviews, but also because it, as far as I can see, is not part of a series. |
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