Variety is the spice of life. I love SK books, and will always ck out his recommendations, which has lead to many new authors and writing styles.
Cheating On Stephen King? And Snoop Dogg.
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I've tapered down to Stephen over the years though I still read other authors he truly is among the best and I've become somewhat of a literary snob... yes Stephen King absolutely qualifies...
I haven't felt obliged to stick to just one author but I think there've been times growing up that I've avoided listening to bands other than my main ones. Maybe I've felt closer to musicians than to writers; maybe the effect music has on me feels more personal. Maybe my parents encouraged me to read many authors while my friends in the band tended to promote certain other bands. Mostly I think it's a matter of emotional maturity. Nowadays I listen all kinds of music without feeling loyal to any particular artists first.
....I found my love of reading probably around the same time Steve's buddy was picking leeches off himself, and King was filing it away in a mental card catalog....I content myself with his writing and Koontz's now, with others thrown in as time allows-but I never felt there was anything exclusive about the "relationship"....they are my favorites, so they get the bulk of the reading time available....now, if Steve would just write a book about Snoop, it could be bound in hemp, and called "The Dogg and Cthulhu at 4:20"
Kinky Friedman is my favorite musician/songwriter/author... and he's coming to town! (Well, nearby Silverhill, a community across Mobile Bay in Baldwin County)
Jimmy Buffett also wrote a couple of novels, but I've never read them...
Jimmy Buffett also wrote a couple of novels, but I've never read them...
You say true there.
I would have never read Richard Adams 'Watership Down' or any of his other of his books if it was not mentioned in The Stand novel.
I don't know if Danse Macabre has been mentioned in this thread yet. If not, in it sK lists lots of his recommended authors, a number of whom - Roald Dahl, John Wyndham, Arthur Machen, HPLovecraft, and Robert Bloch being but a few - I've consequently become a fan of.
I read a lot and have never felt the need to exclusive to any author or genre. There is just too much out there not to sample everything.
I'm an eclectic reader (and was an English major) so I read just about anything, especially the classics. Lately I've been reading more nonfiction than fiction. I also read a lot of poetry. I confess I've never read Snoop Dogg.
I read all kinds of books and listen to most types of music. Sometimes I will go through a phase where I favor one type over another, but no,never thought I was cheating.
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Then you will crave some Dogg.
I've never felt like reading or listening to music outside of my favorite creators is cheating. I do have a tendency to go back to the ones I love the most...over and over...but I believe the love affair most of us have with reading or music just shouldn't be limited to one thing. 
Yes, the thing is that, as with other people and what they have to offer, no two artists are the same. Each has his own gift which we rob our own selves of when we don't explore it.I've never felt like reading or listening to music outside of my favorite creators is cheating. I do have a tendency to go back to the ones I love the most...over and over...but I believe the love affair most of us have with reading or music just shouldn't be limited to one thing.
Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice
Laid back [with my mind on my money and my money on my mind]
Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice
Laid back [with my mind on my money and my money on my mind]
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I'm partial to Cutty Sark and 7Up myself.