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Your LEAST Favorite Author?
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Edited by Verelyse on 11/30/12 12:02 PM (PST)
Orson Scott Card after 1987 (with a caveat for Lost Boys, which I haven't yet read but heard was good).
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That's funny considering that King has tried to remodel his writing style after Koontz (which he did wonderfully in Duma Key). To be a King wannabe, you'd have to do an amazing job of creating memorable characters, garnish every death scene with a description of pooping/peeing and pepper the story with additional pooping (or make pooping an integral part of the story like in The Regulators), then annihilate most of your novels with a lame ending that makes no sense at all. My least favorite author is Tolkien. I'm glad that Lord of the Rings was made into movies because I find the novels to be almost unreadable with all of the pedantic dialogue. I had an easier time following the Bible or The Canterbury Tales. |
Which is precisely why I no longer read Stephen King, either -- it's just pointless trying to pattern yourself after an inferior author. My least favorite author is Tolkien. I can understand not liking Tolkien -- I've never personally finished Lord Of The Rings -- but I find it hard to believe he's your LEAST favorite, considering the mass of dreck that fills bookstore shelves these days. Seriously, you like Tolkien LESS than, say, Stephanie Meyers? That's just odd, sorry. The Canterbury Tales One of the greatest books ever written. |
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I love King, but honestly, I think his novels were better when he didn't remember writing them...
Peter Straub- I can deal with him writing with King- but on his own, I can't stand him. Ghost Story made me feel stupid for even reading it. |
I never read or even attempted to read a Twilight book. If someone were to call an author their "least favorite" without actually having read a reasonable amount of their work, they would be an !@#$%^ to the core. |
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It seems odd to dislike the father of epic fantasy even if you have a hard time reading his books. >_>
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Maybe more beer and coke? Worked for King for quite a few years! /snark Anyway...I'd nominate Frank Herbert. Can't stand his writing. He had some interesting ideas, but his writing style bored me to tears (and to more entertaining authors). |
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While I certainly don't dislike Tolkien, I can understand criticism for much of his work. For anyone who's tried reading The Silmarillion, you'd know he can be quite dry. Fantasy geeks love him for all of the details he strives for, but he tends to write more like a historian than an author. I mean, his most read book is probably The Hobbit, and that's because he wrote it for children and in doing so created a tale that was quite readable by actual adult standards.
That's the problem with these 'least favorite' questions, few people will suffer through something truly horrible for it's entirety, or even attempt it in the first place. It says something that you at least where able to finish the book. |
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We'll have to agree to disagree, I think that's the single best epic fantasy novel ever written. :) Nothing wrong with that, though; if everyone's opinions were the same this world would be crazy boring. |
Yea, I found Eragon utterly unreadable. That's the problem with these 'least favorite' questions, few people will suffer through something truly horrible for it's entirety, or even attempt it in the first place. It says something that you at least where able to finish the book. That's precisely why I asked the question: I want to find out what books other people found unreadable, or at least unenjoyable. In Dean Koontz's case, I read a book, thought, "The rest of his stuff can't be this bad," & gave him a couple more trys before deciding that, yes, the rest of his stuff really is that bad. Another such author is Richard Laymon, though at present I've not been brave enough to give him another chance; the one book I read from him was so bad I can't bother myself to read anything else he's written, despite his large & enthusiastic fan base. If I want shock value writing, I'll read Jack Ketchum, who is just as brutal as Laymon & infinitely more interesting. |
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Jeph Loeb if that counts
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Odd, I read "IT" not that long ago and found it was pretty light on excessive information, certainly less in comparison to the likes of Jordan. I've yet to read "The Stand" but I understand that was supposed to be King's take on Lord of the Rings, so he probably did indulge a lot in excessive description. Try reading "The Gunslinger" if you haven't, it's one of King's better books. |
Depends which version of The Gunslinger you start out with. He rewrote parts of the first book to coincide with the rest of the series. Personally, try to find the newer version. The older version is good- but slow. |
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Edited by Khyrie on 1/7/13 2:13 PM (PST)
Definatly Stephanie Meyer. I read one page with a friend at hastings of the series-that-shall-not-be-named and I put it back on the shelf with a look of disguist. A couple of twilight fans in the row gave me some dirty looks but I didn't care. -_-
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