Who's Your Favorite Author?
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indeed. . .u dont get to be the highest selling living author in history with out that gift.
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actually . . and this might seem a tacky responce. . .but Ian Flemming has to be up there ! no one mentioned him yet . . . he has to have sold as many as the best. From russia with love was amazing
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Perhaps you misunderstood the topic ... It's Who's Your Favorite Author - got absolutely nothing to do with sales or general popularity.
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Me too Fran. Colleen will always be my favourite but Mitchell's writing is incredible.Fran wrote:Right now it has to be David Mitchell without a doubt
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My favorite author is a toss-up between Mark Helprin and Patricia McKillip. Both use poetic prose, Helprin is more philosophical and McKillip is more personal.
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One of my favorites as well. How do you feel about Holmes stories which were not written by Doyle? My personal mantra in this regard is: If it's not Doyle it's not Holmes.HolmesGirl221b wrote:First and foremost, I have to say Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. My passion for mysteries was started by reading Sherlock Holmes.
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Now, I'm wary of reading this I admit, as I cannot believe that any other author can recapture the same spirit and essence of a character like Holmes, that only Conan Doyle can. Besides this, he eventually marries Mary Russell, and together they set about trying to defeat an enemy whose cunning and determination to destroy them, matches that of the infamous Moriarty.
So, part of me being curious would like to read it, while my other half cries out: "Oh, per-leeaaze!"
But King herself said that her Holmes isn't the as Conan Doyle's Holmes. In which case, why oh why, even write the book?
I do have House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz which I have yet to get my nose into, and it has had good reviews.
But initially, I do agree with you. If it's not Doyle, it's not Holmes.
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You know, the supreme irony of the whole thing is that Doyle came to absolutely loathe writing about Holmes which is why he killed him off at one point only to be forced by popular opinion to later resurrect him. Can you imagine how much richer the collection of Sherlock Holmes stories would be if Doyle had actually liked writing them? I suppose I should be grateful for the stories he DID write but I cannot help but feel a sadness that there could have been so many more.HolmesGirl221b wrote:Funny you should bring this up, as I have recently bought from Amazon (I buy so many books on there :) ) Laurie King's The Beekeeper's Apprentice. Now this is when Holmes has retired and relocated to the countryside, and it follows Mary Russell, who at fifteen, stumbles across Sherlock who is enjoying himself as a country beekeeper.
Now, I'm wary of reading this I admit, as I cannot believe that any other author can recapture the same spirit and essence of a character like Holmes, that only Conan Doyle can. Besides this, he eventually marries Mary Russell, and together they set about trying to defeat an enemy whose cunning and determination to destroy them, matches that of the infamous Moriarty.
So, part of me being curious would like to read it, while my other half cries out: "Oh, per-leeaaze!"
But King herself said that her Holmes isn't the as Conan Doyle's Holmes. In which case, why oh why, even write the book?
I do have House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz which I have yet to get my nose into, and it has had good reviews.
But initially, I do agree with you. If it's not Doyle, it's not Holmes.
― Steven Wright