# The Feud: Author, Author! by winterhawk11 (game over) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 6, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131 "2010-06-06T03:48:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/81 "2010-06-11T12:06:06Z")
Apparently, I need to read more. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/82 "2010-06-11T12:21:35Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > 1. Dan Brown > > \*5. - If this isn’t the top answer, I’ll eat his complete works. \ mmmmm, starchey ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/83 "2010-06-11T12:24:00Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > \ > > mmmmm, starchey But it moves really fast. You’ll see the last of it in no time – and have no lingering memories of it to trouble you. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/84 "2010-06-11T14:51:19Z")
3rd!!! W00t111!!!1!! I’m guessing that “humor” was included in “non-fiction”? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/85 "2010-06-11T15:11:54Z")
No, humor was included in comedy. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/86 "2010-06-11T15:47:40Z")
Oooh, wow. 48th. Nice! Damn English major. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/87 "2010-06-12T22:33:20Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > I was pretty confident when I submitted my answers, but flicking through the thread it looks like I’ve done pretty badly. Guess no-one in the US has heard of Barbara Cartland or James Herbert (a mashup of their fiction might be worth reading). Never heard of Barbara Cartland , but James Herbert’s writing is terribly uneven, much like Neil Gainman’s or Anita Shreve’s. I’m surprised I actually read a second one by him after **Once…** , yuck. **Others** was quite good, though. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/88 "2010-06-13T14:14:24Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Never heard of Barbara Cartland , but James Herbert’s writing is terribly uneven, much like Neil Gainman’s or Anita Shreve’s. I’m surprised I actually read a second one by him after **Once…** , yuck. **Others** was quite good, though. Agree, he is is very patchy, although he has his moments. When you say “horror writer” I automatically think of him after Steven King, probably because I’m british and his stuff was pretty prominent when I was a teen. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/89 "2010-06-13T14:37:02Z")
**Alk** , I too was convinced that I had the #1 answer with Dan Brown. I sat back smugly and proclaimed to myself, “I am so awesome.” I’ve heard of the stupid Twilight books, I just didn’t know who wrote them. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131/90 "2010-06-13T14:54:42Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > But it moves really fast. You’ll see the last of it in no time – and have no lingering memories of it to trouble you. Maybe it could be described as “high-fibre” fiction? > [@MeanOldLady](#): > > **Alk** , I too was convinced that I had the #1 answer with Dan Brown. I sat back smugly and proclaimed to myself, “I am so awesome.” I’ve heard of the stupid Twilight books, I just didn’t know who wrote them. I guess Twilight is a bit more recent than The Da-Vinci Code. I’ve managed to avoid having anything to do with it, but I’ve heard it slagged off vehemently by a few people, so I should have realised it would be a contender. I actually quite enjoyed Da-Vinci as a page-turner, but it was so over-hyped, and it annoys me that some people take it seriously. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-author-author-by-winterhawk11-game-over/542131.md?page=4)