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Post by darrelljoyce on Jun 10, 2010 23:03:48 GMT
Who are your favourite non-horror writers?
I've been looking around the forum, and can't find a thread on this topic (apologies to admin if there is one and I've missed it).
One of my all-time favourite writers in any genre is vintage British crime writer Sydney Horler (1888 - 1954), who wrote around 150 pulp novels, most of which appeared between 1926 and 1952. He also wrote several Gothic horror-inspired novels (eg, Horror's Head, The Curse of Doone, The Vampire, and anthology work The Screaming Skull), all of which I'd recommend to horror fans looking for something different.
Horler was fantastically versatile, and also wrote a number of sporting novels, as well as several romantic comedies.
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Post by williemeikle on Jun 10, 2010 23:21:14 GMT
Who are your favourite non-horror writers? I love American crime novels from the mid-20th Century... anything by Chandler, Hammett, Thompson, Cain, Ross MacDonald etc... I even like Mickey Spillane :-) I read a lot of fantasy...favorites being Moorcock's Eternal Champion series, Robert Holdstock's Mythago series, Fritz Lieber's Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser books, Roger Zelazny's Amber series and most anything by David Gemmell. I also read a lot of SF, mainly short stories. Harlan Ellison, Roger Zelazny and Samuel Delaney rank high among my favorites. And Tim Powers for the longer stuff. On the more literary side, I like Peter Ackroyd's fiction, and I've always had a soft spot for poor tortured Kafka.
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Post by steppedonwolf on Jun 11, 2010 8:13:26 GMT
Bernard Cornwell is one of mine - the Warlord Chronicles remains the best Aurthurian retelling ever IMHO. The Alfred Saga is outstanding also. But I've yet to read any of the Sharpe books. Other favourite is Jasper Fforde, creator of the Thursday Next books - all set in a parralel world where the Boer War is still ongoing, Wales is a Socialist Republic and a police force has the power to enter books to prevent literary crime. Fantastic stuff - I can't recommend them highly enough.
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Post by Suzanne on Jul 8, 2010 3:34:15 GMT
Hi, I agree with the above, Jasper Fforde is a must read for his Thursday Next series, he also has the nursery crime series, but Thursday is better.
Also a big fan of Christopher Moore, a favorite is Fool, a retelling of Shakespears King Lear from the perspective of the court jester.
If you like short stories or essays, David Sedaris or Chuck Klosterman. James Patterson, and the Millenium series is worth a look also.
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