Thread: The Worst Author you ever heard of! Tell us all!

Personally, the worst author I think there is, is Piers Anthony. Very, very horrid author. I dislike his writing style, and his attempt at writing a new world of fantasy. Its boring, and he needs more funnish parts in it. Sometimes his stories even seem fake to me.

Though whatever,
What's your worst author in opinion?

Brian Jaques does rock big time you are right!!!

Hmmmm...worst author...Stephen king...Stuffs around too much and takes too long to get into a story...Eg Cujo

I like Stephen King, but George RR Martin takes the cake big time!

no way.Terry goodkind rocks man!!

Terry Goodkind is cool! I love his books!

Originally Posted by Shadeslayer

Terry Goodkind is cool! I love his books!

I think we've had that discussion elsewhere

D4rk_3|f, I can'tbelieve you don't like Stephen King. He only wrote the scariest book of all time (The Shining), and the best fantasy series of all time (The Dark Tower). What more do you want????

havent read the dark tower. I wanted to but havent had a chance to get it. IT was good but I started to read Cujo the other day and after the first 3 chapters i out it away as there was nothing there

Stephen King's cool and everything, and I do like his books, though there all usually...err...a bit strange for my taste. I love dark and scary stories, things like Poe, though King is a bit over the top. However, he knows how to keep us an edge so he can scare us. Sadly though, his movies are badly made.

King rules, and why would you want to put down another author rather than talk about authors you really like and can improve from by reading?
-River
(in a bad mood, sorry)

Its okay, River.

I'm not mad at all *secretly plans on bombing your home*

*1, 2, 3, blash off!*

Just kidding! LoL!

lol shade, i'm better now, they just called, i got the job! yay! i'm gonna be a waiter yay!

A waiter?! Awesome! Congrats on getting the job! You must have worked hard for it.

^.^! thanks!
-river

Piers Anthony's earlier books were excellent if you like straight up and down, no nonsense SF/Adventure. Pick up the "Battlecircle" series or "The Incarnations Of Immortality" series. That's when Anthony was at his best and rivaled Roger Zelazny for the imaginative scope and number of fascinating concepts/ideas he packed into every book. Of course, later on he started thinking he was a standup comic and started cranking out those hideous "Xanth" books every other month and I stopped reading him.

I worship at the alter of Stephen King myself but even his die-hardiest fans admit he wrote some real clunkers. "Insomnia" is probably his most aptly named book since it can readily induce that state and nobody jumps up to mention "Rose Madder" "Needful Things" or "Gerald's Game" when they're asked what their favorite King novel is.

I don't think there's any one writer you can point at and say is the worst but I can't get past page 50 of any Robert Jordan book I started and that guy who writes The Thomas Covenant series is also snooze inducing.

Originally Posted by DL Ferguson

I worship at the alter of Stephen King myself but even his die-hardiest fans admit he wrote some real clunkers. "Insomnia" is probably his most aptly named book since it can readily induce that state and nobody jumps up to mention "Rose Madder" "Needful Things" or "Gerald's Game" when they're asked what their favorite King novel is.

Or the Tommyknockers, or Pet Semetary for that matter.

But, The Dead Zone, The Stand, Carrie, Salem's Lot, It, Misery, The Shining, Dreamcatcher, The Dark Tower books, Black House, The Talisman, Desperation, Bag of Bones, Hearts in Atlantis, Different Seasons, Christine, On Writing. . . That's a long list of brilliant books.