John Steinbeck
Cormac McCarthy
Joe Hill
Patricia Highsmith
Amy Tan
Cormac McCarthy
Joe Hill
Patricia Highsmith
Amy Tan
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Steinbeck, Koontz, Crichton, Lansdale, McCammon, Rice, Hill, Tabitha King, Flagg, Don Robertson, Tan, Grisham, Irving, Morrell, Straub, Charles Grant, Herbert, Jance, Cronin, John Dunning, Strieber, Tryon, Shirley Jackson, Bloch, Matheson, Dan Simmons.........way too many!There's just way too many for me to pick. Way too many.
I feel this way too. Can't pick because they ALL have merit, they have all touched me in some way. If ranked via re-reads and given I love short stories, Flannery O'Connor, John Steinbeck, Earnest Hemingway, James Thurber, TC BoyleThere's just way too many for me to pick. Way too many. Steinbeck, Koontz, Crichton, Lansdale, McCammon, Rice, Hill, Tabitha King, Flagg, Don Robertson, Tan, Grisham, Irving, Morrell, Straub, Charles Grant, Herbert, Jance, Cronin, John Dunning, Strieber, Tryon, Shirley Jackson, Bloch, Matheson, Dan Simmons.........way too many!
Did anyone mention Dickens? Lord, I sure hope so because I consider King to be the Dickens of our times!!
Forgot: T. C. Boyle! - He's one that can totally creep you out while you're in the middle of laughing. I talk out loud to him while I read his stuff.I feel this way too. Can't pick because they ALL have merit, they have all touched me in some way. If ranked via re-reads and given I love short stories, Flannery O'Connor, John Steinbeck, Earnest Hemingway, James Thurber, TC Boyle
Actually, I've always thought of John Irving as the Dickens of our times. His very intricately drawn characters and the way their lives weave in and out each others is very much like Dickens.Did anyone mention Dickens? Lord, I sure hope so because I consider King to be the Dickens of our times!!
What I meant was that Dickens wrote about the ordinary life of people during his lifetime. People still read him today and can get a good glimpse of what life was like back then. I hope that the same will happen with King's works. If you leave out the vampires in 'Salem's Lot you get a perfect look at what small town life in the early '70's was like. King uses his stories as a mirror for us- he shows us things that we tend to overlook in our daily lives, but they are there if we look for them.When I first read your post, I thought Huh? Then I realized you're right... They both create/created real-life characters with a bit of the supernatural occasionally thrown in
Stephen King
Michael Connelly
Joe Hill (if you have not read HORNS you are missing out.
Gillian Flynn (read "GONE GIRL" now)
I think he'd appreciate the comparison I do see Dickens in his pacing, especially.Actually, I've always thought of John Irving as the Dickens of our times. His very intricately drawn characters and the way their lives weave in and out each others is very much like Dickens.
What I meant was that Dickens wrote about the ordinary life of people during his lifetime. People still read him today and can get a good glimpse of what life was like back then. I hope that the same will happen with King's works. If you leave out the vampires in 'Salem's Lot you get a perfect look at what small town life in the early '70's was like. King uses his stories as a mirror for us- he shows us things that we tend to overlook in our daily lives, but they are there if we look for them.