We all seem to have a lot in common…
…all this AND attacks by rabid hamsters.
Sorry.
A lot in common, except for those of us who like Tim Powers - I haven’t seen anyone else speak up. (Where’s slortar when you need him?)
Well, here is a thread with others who recommend Tim Powers.
[sub]No, I wasn’t feeling insecure at all, why do you ask?[/sub]
I would like to send a big thank you to Furbilsea for being the first to recommend Lindsey Davis books ( and a shout out to the other dopers who seconded it) I just finished **.
The Silver Pigs** and all I can say is what a great read. Entertaining. Great little plot, very interesting characters, enough history to keep it interesting but never asphixiates, great little lines of humor and the hero reads like Sam Spade in Roman times.
Now, because of this, I must read all her books in exact order. Which, naturally, the library borrowing system does not get them to me in sequential order and this is really bad for a simpleton like myself, who is easily confused, leaving me to break my personal new vow of no more buying books and buy all her books.
How long did I last on this No Buying Books vow?
A whopping two days.
A personal record.
I own one of the 1,000 numbered hardbck copies of this book.
Er… I meant of To Reign in Hell. I have no idea what I’m doing here.
Besides the authors I’ve listed earlier, let me add:
[B[Jules Verne** – i’m a big Verne freak, and most of his work is unknown. He was an Asimovian writing machine, andchurned out about 70 novels. I’ve read about half of these. There’s sometyhing of a Verne revolution going on. In the past ten years several works have been translated into English for the very first time:
Invasion of the Sea
The Kip Brothers
The Mighty Orinoco
Journey Beyond the Impossible and others (that last one’s a play)
In addition, several novels have recently been published in their original form for the first time, with the aditions by his son Michael removed (such as The Hunt for the Meteor and The Golden Volcano). Others have been fully translated for the first time only recently (The Mysterious Island, with two recent translations.)
I’ll also read anything by C.S. Forester, whose range is considerable, and goes well beyond Horation Hornblower. Although I found his straight history ** The War of 1812** really a chore.
Nitpick: Chuck’s newest is Snuff. Diary was published years ago.
… and the post you are replying to is from 2003. I guess the book was new then…
Gotta love those Zombie books…
There really aren’t a lot for me. I used to buy anything by Barbara Michaels/Elizabeth Peters, but I got bored when Ramses & Nefret got married and haven’t read any more. And I was on a major Anne Perry binge for quite a long time, but again, I got bored after a while.
Now the list is probably limited to
J.K. Rowling
Tess Gerritsen
Anyone else I’ll read at the library first to see if it’s worth purchasing. Of course, if they were still writing, I’d add Geoffrey Chaucer, Dante, and Josephine Tey to the list.
**Phillip Roth, Bill Bryson & Norman Davies. **
Roth has a few stinkers but I’ve liked more than ten of the more than dozen of his I’ve purchased. Only one of Bill Bryson’s disappointed me, the UK one. Norman Davies writes so well that I’ve never been disappointed.
While zombie threads are pretty much discouraged on the rest of the SDMB, we don’t necessarily [post=6769982]follow that policy[/post] in Cafe Society. As long as something interesting has been added, or the conversation is continued (as opposed to adding in a mindless “me, too!” post), old threads in CS can be resurrected.
Since the conversation seems to be going on in this thread, we can leave it be; otherwise, it’ll die off and sink once people lose interest.
Dan Brown
Oh… I thought you said **“If (author)wrote it, then I’ll *burn * it (book) list.” **
No love for Ruth Rendell? I’ll buy anything she writes…she rocks! As does her alter ego, Barbara Vine.
Hmmmm…lots of authors I like on people’s lists. But even though I’m a completist, I’d leave some of them off the “everything” list. Those that make the cut include:
Dan Jenkins
RAH
Harlan
Pterry
George Macdonald Fraser
Tim Dorsey
Lots of others come close.
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Some new favorites:
Mary Doria Russell based on A Thread of Grace – I’m starting The Sparrow today and expect to be enthralled.
Stewart O’Nan – I think I’ve read everything except his book about the circus fire, and it’s all been very satisfying.
David Mitchell – Cloud Atlas and Black Swan Green knocked my socks off.
Michael Flynn – Eifelheim was awesome. Gotta have more.
Amazing the difference 5 years can make.
(Is this the record for oldest zombie thread?)
Annie Dillard
Marilynne Robinson
Robin McKinley
Richard John Neuhaus
Matthew Lickona