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

[Wheelz]

Apparently, I need to read more.

[Alka_Seltzer]

@Alka_Seltzer

5. Dan Brown

*5. - If this isn’t the top answer, I’ll eat his complete works.

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mmmmm, starchey

[twickster]

@Alka_Seltzer

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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.

[anyrose]

3rd!!! W00t111!!!1!!

I’m guessing that “humor” was included in “non-fiction”?

[Rebo]

No, humor was included in comedy.

[Snickers]

Oooh, wow. 48th. Nice!

Damn English major.

[elfkin477]

@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.

[Alka_Seltzer]

@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.

[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.

[Alka_Seltzer]

@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.