I like both Steven Saylor and Lindsey Davis. They have different takes on life in the Roman Empire.
Take me, sir. Take me hard.
Zoe ,'War Stories'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
dcp - Jun 22, 2005 9:00:56 pm PDT #7978 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Susan W. - Jun 22, 2005 9:57:22 pm PDT #7979 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I own most of the Falco series, but wasn't able to get into the one Saylor mystery I tried.
Jim - Jun 22, 2005 10:24:37 pm PDT #7980 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Charles Palliser. Big chunky reinventions of the victorian potboiler. The Quincunx is fantastic.
Fred Pete - Jun 23, 2005 4:55:21 am PDT #7981 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Susan, I'm not sure how far back you want to dig. But Hervey Allen wrote quite a bit of historical fiction, and his Anthony Adverse (published around 1933) was a huge best-seller and remains a great read. Quite long at 1200 pages, but a great read.
Ginger - Jun 23, 2005 5:17:26 am PDT #7982 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Do y'all have any recommendations for paperback action adventure/thrillers? I want to get some books for a cousin who's having surgery. He likes Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum, Clive Cussler and John D. MacDonald. He likes history. He's also seemed to like the various popular mystery writers I've thrown at him like Sue Grafton. I'm just out of ideas.
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2005 5:20:56 am PDT #7983 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How about James Patterson, Ginger? The nursery rhyme titled ones. And maybe some Modesty Blaise novels?
Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2005 5:31:01 am PDT #7984 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I've enjoyed the James Patterson. Also the Mary Higgins Clark.
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2005 5:32:12 am PDT #7985 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Be careful with the Patterson, though. There are some execrable ones that have come out in the last five years. Easy enough to spot, since they feature winged children.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 23, 2005 5:36:36 am PDT #7986 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Robert W. Chambers wrote some fairly well-received romances about fien de siecle Paris and the artists's community there in addition to his better known horror works. In fact, the second half of The King in Yellow is actually those sort of stories rather than the creepy fantastic stuff.
Polter-Cow - Jun 23, 2005 5:38:21 am PDT #7987 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I don't think I've read one since The Midnight Club, at which I became really annoyed by what I saw as the author lying to me for the sake of a plot twist.
But Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls are good stuff. Oh! William Diehl's Primal Fear and Reign in Hell are good too. I think there might have been a third one too, but I forget the title.