Have you ever read everything by one author?
09-23-08, 11:27 AM
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Have you ever read everything by one author?
I try my best to read everything by Neil Gaiman, but I know there are a few things out there I haven't gotten to yet. I'm including the comic books that he's written, because Sandman, 1602, and all the other comics he's written are brilliant.
09-23-08, 12:20 PM
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Thomas Harris, though it's been years since I read BLACK SUNDAY and I've just about expunged HANNIBAL RISING from memory.
Warren Ellis. Then again, he's just one.
And, even though I hate to admit it, I've read all the Dan Brown books, too.
Warren Ellis. Then again, he's just one.
And, even though I hate to admit it, I've read all the Dan Brown books, too.
09-23-08, 12:37 PM
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09-23-08, 12:46 PM
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Harper Lee.
If we wanna go with writers who are prolific beyond one book...
I think the writer I've come closest to reading all / most of their stuff is Neil Gaiman. Behind him would probably be Kevin Brockmeier, Al Franken, TC Boyle, Garth Ennis, David Eddings, Nick Hornby, and even though I've read tons of his novels and short stories, I think I'm only maybe just over halfway through Elmore Leonard's work.
If we wanna go with writers who are prolific beyond one book...
I think the writer I've come closest to reading all / most of their stuff is Neil Gaiman. Behind him would probably be Kevin Brockmeier, Al Franken, TC Boyle, Garth Ennis, David Eddings, Nick Hornby, and even though I've read tons of his novels and short stories, I think I'm only maybe just over halfway through Elmore Leonard's work.
09-23-08, 06:13 PM
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I've read all Milan Kundera, all Gabriel Garcia Marquez (or had, until his most recent work), all Edith Wharton, all Ernest Hemingway, all Robert Heinlein, all Isaac Asimov, all Chaucer, all of the Pearl-poet, all William Langland (only one book!), all Margery Kempe (only one book!), and I think all of Iain Pears.
I've read almost all of Arturo Perez-Reverte, and I'm working my way through Philip Roth.
I've read almost all of Arturo Perez-Reverte, and I'm working my way through Philip Roth.
09-23-08, 08:01 PM
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09-24-08, 07:40 AM
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Yes, many authors... I think one of the joys of reading is finding an author you particularly enjoy and following his/her work over the years, or seeking out all the backlist and devouring it.
09-24-08, 09:28 AM
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Joe Hill
Chuckles Palahniuk
Stephen King
Neil Gaiman
Hunter Thompson
Clive Barker
Roald Dahl
Truman Capote
William Burroughs
I'm working on Phillip Dick right now...
Chuckles Palahniuk
Stephen King
Neil Gaiman
Hunter Thompson
Clive Barker
Roald Dahl
Truman Capote
William Burroughs
I'm working on Phillip Dick right now...
09-24-08, 09:34 AM
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Of the writers who have written more than a handful of books -- I've read everything Clive Barker and William Gibson have written. Read most of Stephen King, Bruce Sterling, John Shirley, and a number of others.
It's generally difficult for me to keep up since I tend to lose interest in authors I once liked. Good example would be Dan Simmons -- he seriously lost me when with "Fires of Eden" and all of those crime novels he was writing for a while. And Poppy Z. Brite -- enjoyed her horror novels, but once she started writing series novels about a bunch of gay New Orleans chefs she lost me. (I sampled the first one while sitting in a comfy chair at Borders, and while I have no doubt she's fascinated by the subject matter, I found it boring.)
It's generally difficult for me to keep up since I tend to lose interest in authors I once liked. Good example would be Dan Simmons -- he seriously lost me when with "Fires of Eden" and all of those crime novels he was writing for a while. And Poppy Z. Brite -- enjoyed her horror novels, but once she started writing series novels about a bunch of gay New Orleans chefs she lost me. (I sampled the first one while sitting in a comfy chair at Borders, and while I have no doubt she's fascinated by the subject matter, I found it boring.)
09-26-08, 08:40 AM
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As far as I know, I've read everything by Stephen King except for his non-fiction baseball book. I'm close on Palahniuk, but haven't gotten around to Snuff yet. I have one of those great big 'Complete works of Edgar Allen Poe' collections that can usually be picked up for $15 or so at Borders. I've read all of it, so assuming it's actually the complete works, he'd be on the list.
09-26-08, 01:24 PM
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Back in the mid-1990s, shortly before I heard anything about "Goldeneye," I got into James Bond. I found out that Ian Fleming wrote and published 14 Bond books and 2 works of non-fiction (both were actually really collections of his newspaper articles), as well as "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." I decided that, since he was obviously not going to write anything else, I would limit myself to one Fleming per year. I have nearly run the course, though, so in a couple more years I'll be able to add him to my list.
Beyond that, while I have enjoyed certain authors (and comic book writers), I seem to select my reading material based on the work itself rather than author. I've also gotten so much into non-fiction that it's been hard for me to really get into fiction in the last few years. I've started reading John le Carre (in publication order) and I've finished his first three books this year so far. ("The Spy Who Came In From The Cold" is every bit the masterpiece you've heard it is.) My wife is a big Dean Koontz fan and collects not only each of his works, but different publications of each book. She doesn't have any of his rare/early/out of print works yet, but that's mainly because she hasn't finished reading all of what she has. Once she does, I expect we'll be monitoring used book stores and eBay very closely!
Beyond that, while I have enjoyed certain authors (and comic book writers), I seem to select my reading material based on the work itself rather than author. I've also gotten so much into non-fiction that it's been hard for me to really get into fiction in the last few years. I've started reading John le Carre (in publication order) and I've finished his first three books this year so far. ("The Spy Who Came In From The Cold" is every bit the masterpiece you've heard it is.) My wife is a big Dean Koontz fan and collects not only each of his works, but different publications of each book. She doesn't have any of his rare/early/out of print works yet, but that's mainly because she hasn't finished reading all of what she has. Once she does, I expect we'll be monitoring used book stores and eBay very closely!
09-26-08, 02:31 PM
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In a similar vein, I own probably 95% of everything Harlan Ellison has written, but I probably haven't yet read a third of it.
10-02-08, 12:31 AM
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Franz Kafka
Albert Camus
Steven King
EE knight
Lauriel K Hamilton
Ann Rice
Anias Nin
William Burroughs
Allen GinsBerg (poetry)
almost all of DH Lawrence
Henry Miller
Simone de Beauvoir
Albert Camus
Steven King
EE knight
Lauriel K Hamilton
Ann Rice
Anias Nin
William Burroughs
Allen GinsBerg (poetry)
almost all of DH Lawrence
Henry Miller
Simone de Beauvoir
10-14-08, 09:26 PM
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Michael Connelly not counting the newest book that just came out. Arthur Conan Doyle, Sue Grafton and Agatha Christie as well. I've read most of several others, but I think those are my only completes.
