Author Styles

[GSLeloo]

I was lately reading a Stephen King Novel (Bag of Bones, the fifth book of his that I've read) and it caused me to realize something about his style. To help emphasis this, I will use Anne McCaffrey as a comparison.

Stephen King's writing style is very crude and very ugly even. In Anne McCaffrey's books, everything it beautiful. Even something that is not meant to be beautiful is described in such a way that you can't help but see a certain grace. In King's, even the most beautiful thing is put in an ugly way. For example, every female character he looks at, he immediatly goes "And she had the biggest tits I've ever seen" or something along the lines.

This becomes more apparent when you see how each author handles sex in their books. McCaffrey makes the act beautiful, a bond between two people and a show of love. King is sure to describe every body part, every result, and it is more of a disgusting act in which pleasure is the only thing cared about.

So using that, I realized that McCaffrey has a very elegant writing style while King's is much more raw and crude.

Anyone else want to describe their favorite articles typical style?

[Czeska]

One thing I loved about King is that so many of his stories tie together. I always loved the detail. And in a harsh story, tossing in a lot of "beauty" could deter from the overall mood, IMO.

Course I love Dickenson, too, so there's no accounting for my taste! <grins>

Right now I'm reading Harry Potter.

[GSLeloo]

That's the thing, their writing styles perfectly match what they write. Which is I guess why they're both succesful. McCaffrey writes novels about other planets and (In Pern) dragons that are very magestic and there's this life tie between them and their riders. And her elegance does that all perfectly.

King is able to get you so scared (I admit the novel has scared me several times) because he is so dark and there is no flowery writing with him.

[Wezas]

I read Steven King for a while, then I switched over to Dean Koontz. While their stories are both of the darker variety, I just like how Koontz writes.

I also like Jeffrey Deaver's "Blue Nowhere", I may need to see if he has any other good ones.

[The Cat In The Hat]

Anne Rice is a goddess.


She can sometimes OVERdescribe things, but thats what I like about her. I can see everything she sees and it's beautifully written.

Cat

[GSLeloo]

LoL I had to include this quote from the book...

Most fat people I like - they have expansive natures to go with their expansive waistlines. But there is a subgroup which I think of as the Evil Little Fat Folks. You don't want to fuck witht he ELFF if you can help it; they will burn your house and rape your dog if you give them half an excuse and quarter of an opportunity. Few of them stand over five-feet-two and many are under five feet. They smile a lot, but their eyes don't smile. The Evil Little Fat Folks hate the world. Mostly they hate folks that can look down the lengths of their body and still see their own feet.

[DaMaGe]

Originally posted by Wezas
I read Steven King for a while, then I switched over to Dean Koontz. While their stories are both of the darker variety, I just like how Koontz writes.

Dean Koontz is without a doubt one of the greatest authors ever. The way that he describes things is amazing. He also has a very good sense of humor, and that carries over into his stories very well.

If you haven't already, read 'Fear Nothing' and 'Seize the Night'.


-Adam

[Kurili]

Hey! Dont be sayin nasty things about the ELFF!

Seriously, I thought I'd die laughing when I read that. Stephen King is very expressive, just in his own unique way. Warped unique way.

Acolyte Kurili

[Weedmage Princess]

I like Dean Koontz a lot. A buddy of mine I work with turned me onto him about two years back. Hideaway was excellent..but my only gripe about that book was..the end seemed...rushed. Like he reached a point in the book then just threw a bunch of crap together and called it an ending. That was kind of a let down but the rest of the book was so enthralling it didn't matter much.

Uh..back to writing styles...someone mentioned Harry Potter...I picked up the first book..Sorcerer's Stone..about a month and a half ago. I got so into it I finished all five books in about a month and a week. She's one of those authors that does such a wonderful job of creating the world she tells her story in and sucking readers into it. That's not something a lot of writers can do...example, right now I'm reading the Icewind Dale series by R.A. Salvatore....I bought this book last week and I've yet to finish the first chapter. I'm expecting this book to pick up and be great..but he just doesn't grab me like J.K Rowling did.

[DaMaGe]

The Icewind Dale trilogy IS a great series.

Once you get beyond the first battle, it will pick up.

I've read all of my books at least five times apiece, even though I can practically quote them word for word. Most of them more than that. Does anyone else do this?


-Adam

[GSLeloo]

Would you like more excerpts about the ELFF?

His tone was mild but Elmer Durgin gave him a look which suggested that, should the ELFF's succeed in their goal of world domination, Bisonette would be aboard the first gulag-bound boxcar.

[Kurili]

Heh I have the book. :-) Also, I like the other above mentioned authors as well. I wasnt thinking I'd like Harry Potter, but I sure do. And I got hooked on Koontz a while ago. Started with Salvatore with the Dark Elf trilogy, as I'm sure most did. I read about anything. I dont like romance, or straight sci-fi, but if nothing else is available, I'll read em. I'm not proud. Heck, I'll read catsup bottles if I have to.

Acolyte Kurili, yes I did love the Book Fairs, actually

Edited to add: "ELFF POWER!"

[Edited on 12-18-2003 by Kurili]

[Latrinsorm]

Bruce on Nebraska creeps me out.

I read a few things by this Giger fellow who I can only hope spent most of his time in an asylum, the guy was CRA-ZY, and not in the good Britney Spears way or the good <crazy PC membername here> way, just the creepy, liable to strangle you with your own spine kind of way. I don't know how he does it.

This guy Crais has a good groove to him. Most of his stories follow the pattern "meet this cool dude" "cool dude gets hired" "oh shit, cool dude just capped that other dude" "now cool dude is pissed" and you feel pissed too, because you know, you identify. He uses a lot of cool karate words, too. Go read it, you'll see what I mean.

Shooting for those extra citizenship points to nerdville?

J.k Rawling= The sux
R.A. Salvatore= the Ruxor

[Snapp]

My favorite author's style is Patricia Cornwell.. and I get a lot of shit for it at work. Stephen King is awesome too, I like the "dark" thing he has going on, and he definitely knows how to build some wicked suspense.

[Kurili]

Oh, I like Patricia Cornwall too!! So many authors, so little time. Alas.


Acolyte Kurili

[GSLeloo]

Amy Tan. I love her writing style and all the images she is able to invoke.