OTHER AUTHORS
Chat about other authors...
(as if they exist!)
(as if they exist!)
posted by Ridley at 3:38 PM
Monday, October 16, 2006
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43 Comments:
Er, is this a test?
If we talk about any other *potential* authors (I know, "as if there were any!"), do we get automatically drummed from the corps?
Hey Hornedhopper- Ridley is much too big a person for that! He just can't write fast enough for us!
Steel Trapp, my first "big thriller" aimed at YA readers (but adapted from a Roland Larson novel that didn't get published) is now on the Disney Books schedule. Very exciting!
R
Hi, Pam!
I know; I can't wait for the next Lou Boldt.
Yay Ridley!
I want Lou Boldt back!
I agree - patiently awaiting next Lou Boldt!
Dawn
Well I have not been paying attention to well when I log on and if it had not been for Carol's post about other topics I may have not ever noticed this one. Anyway I posted under "Just Talk" about Charles Frazier's new book "Thirteen Moons". As you know he is the author of "Cold Mountain" Anyway I cannot say enough about the book. It is fantastic. . To me he is like our Mark Twain. Of course with only two books that could be a snap judgement but I think his writing is phenomenal.
Orig. posted to "Just Talk." I'm still not totally clear on how we know a response has been made...
Re Lois McMaster Bujold, my favorite SF author, I told Jamester:
I'm glad to hear you'll give them [her science fiction series] a try. I, too, grew up on early Heinlein, Asimov. Bujold's SF is really first rate; her character development, twisty plots, and world-building skills are terrific. Also a big fan of Larry Niven's Man/Kzin Wars books, Charles Sheffield, and Steve Stirling's alternate histories.
On my live journal, where a lot of my SF friends are, I've plugged Ridley's mysteries, too. So the recces go both ways!
So how does one get to this mysterious virtual universe where your SF hang out, or is it a secret? Is there an initiation? If so, can we do without feather boas? I'm very ticklish...
Really liked Larry Niven's Ring World stories. Also big fan of Clarke and Heinlein (?).
Jamester:
Hah! Heavens, no mysterious initiation rites; the thought makes me giggle.
No, it's just my live journal under the name "hornedhopper," in which I post my own rambling thoughts and My Cat Fluffy write-ups (g). Most of my "friendslist" on LJ came from the Bujold List and are fervent SF fans. Even my nickname, Lil' Horned Hopper, is the only indigenous insect-like creature on one of the imagined worlds, Barrayar.
(www.livejournal.com/users/hornedhopper)
The Bujold list is at www.dendarii.com. Very fascinating group of people, there.
Carol:
Oh, you should try Cordelia's Honor, too, then. Much, much love for the Vorkosigan saga (CH starts it).
worthog1Hornedhopper, Thanks for the tip. Will keep an eye out.
Two of my other favorite authors have books coming out this month: Nelson DeMille's 'Wild Fire' and Carl Hiaasen's 'Native Girl'. With no Boldt to read, try these.
Thanks for the recommendation, Carol! I just finished DeMille's The General's Daughter and enjoyed his writing. I'll look for the new one.
Sorry guys, Carl Hiaasen's new book is Nature Girl, not Native Girl as I originally said. It is supposed to be released 11/14, but I was 'talking' to a friend in Australia where it has already been released. DeMille's Wild Fire is supposed to be out today.
Ridley, do you have any clue into the magic workings of publishers and when and where they are going to release books?
Geez, I live in Miami, so I think Miamians should get first crack at Dave's, Carl's, Tim Dorsey's, and Jeff Lindsay's books.
Hey everyone,
I am reading the new Erik Larson book. "Thunderstruck" about Marconi. Great book. Erik Larson is one of the greatest historical writers I've ever read. The book is filled with tidbits from the turn of the century.
Dean
Hey guys, Hope everyone voted. I just finished my first T.Jefferson Parker, "The Fallen" and really enjoyed it. Thanks to whoever I got that name from (maybe Carol?) I would definitely read more.
Dean- I saw "Thirteen Moons" today and almost bought it, but really need to make a bigger dent in my TBR pile first, It looked good though. Also wondered if you had heard of a book by a guy named Richard Marinick "Boyos". He evidently spent 10 years in prison, which is where he learned to write. It's set in the Boston area. My husband read it, and he doesn't usually read fiction. He said it was good, but gritty.
KJ- I just bought Lehanes "A Drink Before The War", cuz I saw it at B&N and it said it was a first in a series. Is that the series you read?
Ridley- Last, but of course not least, I saw an end cap at our new B&N that said"First in a series". I looked, but no Ridley. So, I got a copy of "Undercurrents" and put it out. Who knows, maybe someone will discover you that way!
Oh yeah- Carol, enjoy "House" tonight!
Carol:
"Worthog1"
Hey, Carol! I thought you meant this as your LiveJournal name, but there are no users with it.
Is this a standard greeting we ought be using to be a member of the Prime Crime blog? (g)
Hey Pam,
I may have overstated the quality of "Thirteen Moons" you may want to wait and get it from the library. Towards the end he kind of lost is focus. However, I guess when you compare anything to "Cold Mountain" its very tough.
"A Drink Before The War" was a great book. I really enjoyed that. Dennis Lehane is a great story teller. Also I guess Nelson Demille has a new one coming out. I listened to an interview with him a long time ago and he said he would never write a series but I think realized that John Corey is so luvable that he had to. Although as much as I love Demile I thought his ending of the book about the Plane that was shot down was terrible..
Dean are you talking about Nightfall? I thought that it needed a different ending too. Great minds....But I do love John Corey too! He is luvable.
Ink,
Yes I was talking about Night Fall but I did not want to say anything about the ending in case it spoiled it for somebody else. Although I have spoken to people who actually thought it was a clever ending. Now I am reading Daniel Silva's "The Messenger" He is very good.
I just finished my second Lee Childs book, and they're definitely growing on me. I guess I'm just a sucker for series characters...
Hey, guys! Another "as if there were any" posts :)
If you like Lee Childs, you might like another author who is one of my favorite mystery authors, Julia Spencer-Fleming.
She writes a mystery series set in a small, upstate NY town, in which the main characters are the chief of police and a brand new Episcopal priest, a woman who was an Army captain and helicopter pilot in Desert Storm.
I agree with everything that Lee Childs wrote about it (below) except that the latest (5th) is not my favorite of them. If you're interested, they are best read in sequence, since the characters develop and relationships change.
This is what Lee Childs wrote about JSF's latest on her website:
“'Easily the best yet in an already amazing series … subtle, intense, tough, tender, intelligent - a definite must-read and an automatic book of the year.'
— New York Times bestselling author Lee Child"
This ends my book pimping for the day! (g)
I've just finished Lehane's "Darkness, Take my Hand". Very dark.violent but good. Actually had some dreams about it. Had to stop reading so late before bed. I decided to read Janet Evanovich's "Seven Up" next to cleanse my palate so to speak. Always good to laugh out loud and lust after Morelli!
Pam, I can't tell who I lust after more in Stephanie's world, Morelli or Ranger. Whew, it suddenly got hot in here.
Lehane hasn't said definitely that he will not write anymore Kenzie/Gennaro books, but he hasn't said he will either.
I am currently reading Robert b. Parker's 'Hundred Dollar Baby'. typical Spenser book, quick and entertaining. I have on deck (how's that metaphor Dean?) 'Brother Odd', by Dean Koontz, 'Nature Girl' by Carl Hiiasen, and 'Next' by Michael Crichton.
Well I am a recently newbie published author and I don't know what the heck to do next lol. I am glad to see my work in print and published, but I am trepidation about whether it is going to be successful or not. Either way, I am committed to writing a sequel lol. And I have three other plots I am working on. The sequel to my recently published novel (which is not yet available in the book stores but available for purchase through my publisher) and a third novel that is more inspirational and spiritual.
Hi Guys,
I just finished the 5th & 6th Harry Potter novels. In anticipation of the last book. I have to say that I am eager to read the last one. Anyway while Xmas shopping yesterday I found the latest Thomas Harris offering "Hannibal Rising" and I have to say I wish I had waited and gotten it from the Library. I am not impressed at all with it. Granted I understand the effect he was going for and maybe I am not intellectual enough to fully appreciate it. The writer & the reader are both discovering Hannibals childhood together. Also the memories are fragmented and thats how he presents them. But I do not think its going to play well with the average reader. I think this is the first one where the book was written after the movie script. So anyway think twice before you actually purchase this book.
-dean
12-06-06
Hornedhopper - I used to have a dog named Wort that everyone in the family dearly loved, and sometimes it slips out as a exclamation. Guess maybe I ought to try Wilbur, since he is our current favorite, or 'the worms', 3 kittens who are siblings and get into everything.
I just finished robert B. Parker's Hundred-dollar Baby. Typical Spenser, so it's a quick, entertaining read. I am now onto Carl Hiaasen's Nature Girl. I don't know whether to read Brother Odd by Koontz, or Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille. Why do these writers always publish new ones at the same time?
Dean, Pam, don't have much in the way of sports, since none of my teams are doing well. Although the Dolphins seem to be picking up steam. Shaq isn't playing because he practiced without his knee brace - Grrrr, the U of M football team is going to a bowl game - I think it is the Canker Bowl.
12/10/2006
Carol
Just bought Greg Isles new book "True Evil", at Sam's (for my boys to give me for Christmas. That and a cd, The Fray) I really wanted a 300$ Coach purse, but my Father's voice keeps running thru my head about "starving children in Africa" so I couldn't justify it. Go figure.
Ridley- what I really want under the tree is a book by YOU! Promise me next Christmas! (Or maybe my birthday in May?)
Hey Pam,
Thanks for the tip on Greg Illes. I did not realize he had a new book coming out. The funny thing (well maybe not so funny) but when my father passed away he was reading Greg Illes "Black Flag" which was a great WWII spy book. Anyway I started reading it and have been an avid fan ever since. But I thought that it would be at least another 4 months or so before he had another book out. Again thanks for the tip. Oh yeah and the Yankee's can have Andy Pettite at least him and roger have showed their true colors. It was never about pitching for the hometown team. As the kids say it was "All About the Benjamins."
Hi, guys!
I got a treasure trove of new books for a birthday present: Next, Michael Crichton; The Shape Shifters, Tony Hillerman; and, Meeting at Corvallis, S.M. Stirling.
The Shape Shifters was good, but not Hillerman *great.* There wasn't enough of the Leaphorn and Chee inner monologues for me. It's okay; he's written fabulous books for over 20 years...
I've just started Next. So far, it's sucked me right in.
On Ridley and supernatural in the same sentence (g), doesn't he write in a tiny bit of *other* sense, in that Boldt has an uncanny ability to *feel* the victim? Just thinkin' out loud.
Carol: that is so funny that your dog became an exclamation!
Hornedhopper, I am glad you think our dog makes a good exclamation. Unfortunately she died several years ago. We have a new dog, Wilbur, that thinks he is a 70 lb lap dog, so my exclamations for him are usually unprintable.
We also have 8 cats, one of which my daughter calls a witch because she is so independent, and three others who are siblings (2 male, 1 female) and we call them 'the worms'. They are into everything.
But I will probably still use Worthog1 as an exclamation until the others mean as much to me.
Hey Dean- Matsuzuka huh? Pretty cool. Ought to be fun to watch.
Going to read Robert Crais's Two Minute Rule next, and wait for Christmas. I always like to save something good to read for Christmas afternoon, when all the craziness is over. Most likely the Isle's book. Can't wait. We aren't traveling, and just plan to cook, read, listen to music and probably watch whatever movies the boys get.
How about everyone else- how do you guys spend your holidays?
We get up and have coffee and watch the kids tear into their stuff. Then we spend two hours breaking into packagages and adding batteries (etc) then I bag all the junk up and bring it to the shed. Provided the suns up so I don't startle the coyote that lives in the backyard. After that somehow I end up getting suckered into making a 5 course breakfast while we watch the xmas story. By then the visitors start arriving and the rest of the day is spent cooking, cleaning & playing. Usually around 8:30 the last of the company leaves and my wife & kids go off to bed and I look at the remainder of the wreckage.
It's just my husband, daughter and myself. I find it amazing that for someone who can sleep until 3 in the afternoon, my daughter still gets up the earliest on Christmas. We always have cinnamon rolls for breakfast and then said daughter distributes the gifts. We have a lot of fun watching our 8 cats and 1 dog, go thru the wrapping paper, so it doesn't get cleaned up right away. I cook our traditional turkey dinner, although this year I am going to splurge and get a cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory for dessert. Worthog1! it is crazy at dinner time if we don't lock the animals up. But they get some turkey too, although the three worms (3 sibling kittens) eat anything. After dinner we usually play with one or more of the toys I bought for the other two. Then it's bedtime.
New author Ted Bell has four books featuring character Hawke. My doctor recommended him, so I will give him a try, after Hiaasen, Koontz, and DeMille.
Pam - Two Mnute Rule was very good, I thought, although I love Elvis Cole books best...
Jamester- I agree, Elvis is best. Did you see that there is a "Joe Pike" book slated for release in Feb? I think it's called "The Watchman" or something similar. It's definitely on my list to buy. Looks like '07 should be a very good year!
I just finished the book "Sick Puppy" by Carl Hiaasen. It was fantastic. I am also listening to Thomas Cooks "Places in the Dark" which is pretty good. He is a heck of a story teller. Now I have the New John Grisham book. Happy Holiday s
I just finished Hiaasen's 'Nature Girl'. I just love the way Hiaasen has South Florida down pat.
On to 'Brother Odd' by Dean Koontz.
Hi Everyone,
The other day I picked up two Carl Hiaasen books. They are both
excellent. "Basket Case" & Sick Puppy". I think "Sick Puppy" was a lot like "Hoot" just on a bigger scale. I did laugh through the whole book. I finished John Grishams "Innocent Man" about former baseball player Roy Williamson and how he was convicted of a crime he did not commit. Great story but in my oppinion mr Grishams first attempt at Non-fiction was not to successful. I just dont feel it was written that well. So I'd wait and get it from the Library if I were you.
Just finished 'Brother Odd' by Dean Koontz, the third book in his Odd series. Vary good, although I like the first book, 'Odd Thomas' the best. Now I am about 1/3 of the way thru 'Wild Fire' by Nelson DeMille with my favorite lead charecter, John Corey. Very good so far.
Carol, I just finished Wild Fire. Loved it! I listened to it on my iPod on my commute to work. The narrator, Scott Brick, does a great job.
I'm now working on Nature Girl.
1/27/07
Slyeyes, you should enjoy that one too. Haven't read a DeMille or Hiaasen (and Ridley) I haven't liked yet.
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