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#61
06-20-2006, 02:33 AM
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Re: authors that you have read everything they have written
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Anne McCaffrey (or most everything) George RR. Martin David Gemmel [/ QUOTE ] Gemmell (I assume you meant Gemmell) is awesome, I love his stuff. Of course, I like AC/DC too even though every song sounds a lot like the last one, so I can ignore the fact that Gemmell's "formula" for a book is exactly the same every time... I wanted to start on McCaffrey but she has so many books I was unsure where to start, and unfortunately I have read in a number of places that after a while she seems to be "mailing it in" and riding on her laurels... Opinions? 
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#62
06-20-2006, 02:38 AM
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Re: authors that you have read everything they have written
I'm usually missing some pieces on even the authors I liked the most. I suspect most are, as most authors write essays, editorials, and articles that often don't get collected for a long time, if ever.
I'm pretty sure I've read everything of Henry Miller's and Raymond Carver's, except for some of Carver's poems I guess. I've read all Hemingway's short stories, and I think everything of Italo Calvino's that has been published in English, at least as of a few years ago. I used to have all of the books down of the guy who wrote Clockers -- but then he wrote Clockers. Feh, can't even remember his name, it's been so long. He also wrote The Warriors, and that's what first got me into him. I think I've read everything Lovecraft wrote. I was with Stephen King for a long time, but he kept writing more and more while I liked less and less. I think I've read most of Wallace Williams and Philip Larkin. I've read an awful lot of Joseph Campbell, but I'm sure there's been plenty I missed. I read dozens of Edgar Rice Burroughs books, but that's hardly enough to crack a quarter of what he wrote. I've got a pretty good run going on Sklansky. And I read all of Groening's Life In Hell books, way before the Simpsons came out.
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#63
06-20-2006, 03:16 AM
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Re: authors that you have read everything they have written
I don't think I've ever done this.
The nearest I got was a guy called Tom Sharpe, whio is funny but very British. He wrote 'Blot on the Landscape', 'Porterhouse Blue' and 'Wilt' which might possibly ring a bell with some of you. About 10 years ago, I had read all his stuff, and he had stopped writing. But then he came back and started again, and I didn't like his new one, and haven't read any more since. I have read all the Ian Fleming 'James Bond' books several times, but I think he wrote 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' which I haven't read. I have read (when I was about 14) the entire series of 'dollars' books (spun off from the Eastwood-Leone 'Dollars' trilogy' - which was about 8-9 books written by assorted authors. They were very cool (I was 14) - actually, I'd probably like them now.
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#65
06-20-2006, 03:51 AM
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Re: authors that you have read everything they have written
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[ QUOTE ] Anne McCaffrey (or most everything) George RR. Martin David Gemmel [/ QUOTE ] Gemmell (I assume you meant Gemmell) is awesome, I love his stuff. Of course, I like AC/DC too even though every song sounds a lot like the last one, so I can ignore the fact that Gemmell's "formula" for a book is exactly the same every time... I wanted to start on McCaffrey but she has so many books I was unsure where to start, and unfortunately I have read in a number of places that after a while she seems to be "mailing it in" and riding on her laurels... Opinions? [/ QUOTE ] Yea, Gemmell is the same story each time, but I still love it for some reason. Strong, noble, tragically flawed heroes do it for me. However, his Stones of Power books breath in a slightly new direction. Same tragic noble character, but it's an interesting new setting. The Jon Shannow books are great. McCaffrey's best work is behind her. Her stuff now just doesn't have the depth of character. Her original dragon books are the best. Dragon Song, Dragon Singer, Dragon Drums are good and recommended, but more young adult in focus. The partner books, Dragon Flight, Dragon Quest, and the White Dragon are excellent and definitely for adults. Most all of the Pern related books are pretty good, with an exception or two. I really liked First Fall and the Masterharper of Pern. Outside of Pern, her Powers That Be books are good. It's the last of her stuff I've really enjoyed, but you can see the start of the lower quality writing. I'm not sure if she's "mailing it in", but just that she's like 140 years old now and I think she has lost that creative talent. Her co-work with Elizabeth Moon on the Sassinak books are absolutely fantastic.
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#66
06-20-2006, 06:15 AM
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Re: authors that you have read everything they have written
The Border Trilogy while of uneven quality is his next best and then probably Outer Dark. I wouldn't call any of his work bad but with the exception of All the Pretty Horses and the Crossing there are few moments in his work that rise to the level that is sustained in Blood Meridian and Suttree.
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#67
06-20-2006, 07:15 AM
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Re: authors that you have read everything they have written
maxx barry
(although only two books both were freaking awesome and i pray he writes another soon) hunter s. thompson aldous huxley george orwell lawrence block edit: not sure if comics count but if they do then also have to include bill watterson (calvin and hobbes) and gary larson (far side)
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#68
06-20-2006, 11:25 AM
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Re: authors that you have read everything they have written
riverboatking,
Max Barry has three books, Company is his latest and is pretty good. There is only one "X" in Max even though he used two for <u>Syrup</u>, he used two as a joke b/c he felt it made his name look pretentious--this tied in with the characters in the book. He has actually said since then that he wished he never did that b/c it has been a mix up ever since.
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