The Feud: Author, Author! by winterhawk11 (game over)

Object of the game:
Give the most popular answer for each category.

Rules:

  1. No reading the thread before answering. This is on the honor system.
  2. Formatting rules must be followed (see below).
  3. Joke answers will not be considered, as it is not fair to other players.
  4. Google (etc.) is allowed, if you desire.
  5. The game will end with 50 entrants, or when I get time to score it.
  6. There is no Rule 6.
  7. Special Rules for this particular Feud: None

Formatting rules:
To make semi-automated scoring possible, and my job easier, make you post look exactly like this:

  1. answer
  2. answer
  3. answer
  4. answer

No double spacing, no smilies, no “list” function, no urls, no periods, no quote marks, and no punctuation if it is not necessary. Put “pass” if you want to leave an answer blank. If you feel you must qualify your answer, do it AFTER THE LIST!
If you don’t format like this, your answers might be DISQUALIFIED.

Scoring:
With 50 entrants, an answer with a match is worth 2x the number of people matching it. If 4 people match, they each get 8 points for that answer. No matches = 0 points.
Formula: Score = 100 / (# of entrants) x (# of matches)

Good luck!

If any of you have ideas for Feuds -and would like me to score them- PM me. If anyone wants to run their own Feud, feel free. I will help any way I can.

Read the rules!
Special Rules for this particular Feud: None

  1. Other than Stephen King and Dean Koontz, name a horror author.
  2. Name a romance author.
  3. Name a nonfiction author.
  4. Name a controversial author.
  5. Name an author who’s far more successful than they deserve.
  6. Name a children’s author.
  7. Other than Shakespeare, name a playwright.
  8. Name a fandom about which a lot of fanfiction is written.
  9. Name a science fiction author.
  10. If you were a published author, what genre would your first bestseller be?
  1. Mary Shelley

  2. Danielle Steel

  3. Stephen Hawking

  4. Salman Rushdie

  5. John Grisham

  6. Dr. Seuss

  7. Tennessee Williams

  8. Harry Potter

  9. Douglas Adams

  10. Science fiction

  11. Going really old-school here

  12. So many choices here: Dan Brown, Tom Clancy, Stephenie Meyer…

  13. Actually it would be something in the language/geography/general trivia range, but I’m going for the points here

  1. Anne Rice
  2. Danielle Steele
  3. Isaac Asimov
  4. Salman Rushdie
  5. L. Ron Hubbard
  6. Dr Seuss
  7. Arthur Miller
  8. Harry Potter
  9. Ray Bradbury
  10. fantasy
  1. Clive Barker
  2. Danielle Steele
  3. Bill Bryson
  4. Salman Rushdie
  5. Stephanie Myer
  6. JK Rowling
  7. Arthur Miller
  8. Harry Potter
  9. Arthur C. Clarke
  10. science fiction
  1. Peter Straub
  2. Danielle Steele
  3. David McCollough
  4. Salman Rushdie
  5. Dan Brown
  6. J. K. Rowling
  7. Paddy Chayefsky
  8. Buffy
  9. Robert Heinlein
  10. fantasy
  1. H.P. Lovecraft
  2. Danielle Steele
  3. David Halberstam
  4. Salman Rushdie
  5. Dan Brown
  6. Dr. Seuss
  7. Tennessee Williams
  8. Harry Potter
  9. Philip K. Dick
  10. Fiction
    /10. My score be damned! I don’t believe rigidly restricting myself to a particular genre of fiction.:stuck_out_tongue:
  1. V.C. Andrews

  2. Danielle Steele

  3. Senator Al Franken

  4. Ann Coulter

  5. J.K. Rowling

  6. Theodore S. Geisel

  7. Tom Stoppard

  8. Twilight

  9. Robert A Heinlein

  10. Fiction

  11. Is that a valid answer? Hell with it, “valid” means “answer that a lot of other people have given”

Guess I should have followed my instincts on #8.
P.S. For the unlettered, Theodore S. Geisel is Dr. Seuss.

  1. John Saul
  2. Barbara Cartland
  3. Anne Frank
  4. Salman Rushdie
  5. Stephanie Meyer
  6. J. K. Rowling
  7. Arthur Miller
  8. Star Trek
  9. Ray Bradbury
  10. Fantasy
  1. Edgar Allen Poe
  2. Nora Roberts
  3. Malcolm Gladwell
  4. Salman Rushdie
  5. Stephenie Meyer
  6. Dr. Seuss
  7. Arthur Miller
  8. Harry Potter
  9. Isaac Asimov
  10. Nonfiction (Sports)

I was trying to remember Danielle Steel’s name, but when I did a Google search for “romance author” the only ones who came up were the ones considered to be actually good. Damn my memory!

  1. Clive Barker
  2. Danielle Steele
  3. Bob Woodward
  4. Salman Rushdie
  5. Stephanie Meyer
  6. Dr. Seuss
  7. Tennessee Williams
  8. Star Trek
  9. Isaac Asimov
  10. Science fiction
  1. Edgar Allan Poe
  2. Stephanie Meyer
  3. Stephen Hawking
  4. Kitty Kelley
  5. Stephen King
  6. Dr Seuss
  7. Arthur Miller
  8. Star Trek
  9. Ursula K LeGuin
  10. Fantasy
  1. Edgar Allan Poe
  2. Danielle Steele
  3. Carl Sagan
  4. Salman Rushdie
  5. Stephanie Meyer
  6. Dr. Seuss
  7. Ibsen
  8. LOTR
  9. Asimov
  10. Nonfiction
  1. Clive Barker
  2. Danielle Steele
  3. Stephen Hawking
  4. Salman Rushdie
  5. Dan Brown
  6. Dr. Seuss
  7. Neil Simon
  8. Star Trek
  9. Isaac Asimov
  10. Fiction
  1. Clive Barker
  2. Danielle Steel
  3. Stephen Ambrose
  4. Brett Easton Ellis
  5. J.K. Rowling
  6. J.K. Rowling
  7. Tennessee Williams
  8. Star Trek
  9. Isaac Asimov
  10. SciFi
  1. Clive Barker
  2. Nora Roberts
  3. Kitty Kelley
  4. Salman Rushdie
  5. Stephenie Meyer
  6. A.A. Milne
  7. Eugene O’Neill
  8. Star Trek
  9. Douglas Adams
  10. Chicklit
    If I do poorly on this one because of #6, I’m blaming my kid again. Damn her and her Winne-the-Pooh stories!
  1. Edgar Allen Poe
  2. Danielle Steele
  3. Stephen Hawking
  4. Salman Rushtie
  5. Stephanie Meyer
  6. Dr Suess
  7. Arthur Miller
  8. Star Trek
  9. Isaac Asimov
  10. Humor

I think question 10 will be all over the place with a multi-way tie for top answer of fewer than 10 respondants

  1. Clive Barker
  2. Danielle Steel
  3. Stephen Jay Gould
  4. Salman Rushdie
  5. Stephenie Meyer
  6. Judy Blume
  7. Moliere
  8. Harry Potter
  9. Michael Crichton
  10. Young Adult