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What Author have you collected the most books from? Plus a writing question.
Posted by VaBamaMan on 1/6/15 at 10:18 pm00
And what one book or series do you advise from the author?
1) 122 Louis Lamour's, some are duplicates.
2) 49 Clive Cussler's.
3) 22 Hickman and Weis
4) 21 Terry Brooks'
5) 17 Stephen R Lawhead's
1) The Lonesome Gods
2) Treasure-the book Sahara was based on, but couldn't come close to.
3) Dragon's of Autumn Twilight
4) The Sword of Shannara-it isn't his best book, but it's fun to read and watch him grow as a writer.
5) The Pendragon Cycle- it's 6 books in total, but is a complete retelling of the Authur legend, including modern day reincarnation in the final book. In my opinion it is better than Cornwell's version. Written more like a fantasy than a historical novel, though it uses plenty of history to add weight. Out of everything I named this is by far the most fun to read. Lamour is a better story teller overall, but this series is just perfect.
Side note. If you like Cornwell's writing, try The Lion of Ireland by Morgan Llywellyn.
Side note #2. Any advice on starting a novel? I have a decent concept, but not sure how deep to go with the outline. Obviously I outline the gist of the plot. Then start breaking it down, but do I break it all the way down to chapter and have a specific plan of how long each chapter should be and what it should cover? Ot just a rough idea of how each third should go, accomplish that and make chapter divides in natural breaks within the story.
1) 122 Louis Lamour's, some are duplicates.
2) 49 Clive Cussler's.
3) 22 Hickman and Weis
4) 21 Terry Brooks'
5) 17 Stephen R Lawhead's
1) The Lonesome Gods
2) Treasure-the book Sahara was based on, but couldn't come close to.
3) Dragon's of Autumn Twilight
4) The Sword of Shannara-it isn't his best book, but it's fun to read and watch him grow as a writer.
5) The Pendragon Cycle- it's 6 books in total, but is a complete retelling of the Authur legend, including modern day reincarnation in the final book. In my opinion it is better than Cornwell's version. Written more like a fantasy than a historical novel, though it uses plenty of history to add weight. Out of everything I named this is by far the most fun to read. Lamour is a better story teller overall, but this series is just perfect.
Side note. If you like Cornwell's writing, try The Lion of Ireland by Morgan Llywellyn.
Side note #2. Any advice on starting a novel? I have a decent concept, but not sure how deep to go with the outline. Obviously I outline the gist of the plot. Then start breaking it down, but do I break it all the way down to chapter and have a specific plan of how long each chapter should be and what it should cover? Ot just a rough idea of how each third should go, accomplish that and make chapter divides in natural breaks within the story.
Probably Asimov with maybe something like 20.
I think that I typically don't have much more than 4 or 5 books from a given author. One cool thing I just got from a friend is a very short antique book from 1944 by Olaf Stapledon.
I think that I typically don't have much more than 4 or 5 books from a given author. One cool thing I just got from a friend is a very short antique book from 1944 by Olaf Stapledon.
This post was edited on 1/6 at 10:39 pm
re: What Author have you collected the most books from? Plus a writing question.Posted by HailHailtoMichigan! on 1/6/15 at 10:44 pm to VaBamaMan
Raymond Feist
My wife and I collect, it's nice having the space to do so. We don't want to get rid of them because we enjoy creating our library. When I find an author I like, I tend to buy and read everything they write. 2nd and Charles is God's gift to us. Since the one in Birmingham opened around 2 years ago we have bought something like 400 books from them. Which is ridiculous. Only being on workmans comp make this much reading possible
Now I want to start writing. I would like to think I can put together a good story. Plus, if successful, it would pay for us to build a home with a real library.
Now I want to start writing. I would like to think I can put together a good story. Plus, if successful, it would pay for us to build a home with a real library.
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re: What Author have you collected the most books from? Plus a writing question.Posted by consumptive_use on 1/6/15 at 10:55 pm to VaBamaMan
This is ths type of thread I love to bookmark!
re: What Author have you collected the most books from? Plus a writing question.Posted by VaBamaMan on 1/6/15 at 10:58 pm to consumptive_use
If you don't mind me asking....why?
Robert Jordan would be #1, unless you could the complete Shakespeare, but that's just one book.
My guess is that Cormac McCarthy is #2.
Crichton/Grisham up there as well, but I don't even know where all those older paperbacks are.
My guess is that Cormac McCarthy is #2.
Crichton/Grisham up there as well, but I don't even know where all those older paperbacks are.
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i was going to post but you shamed my pitiful collection.
Off the top of my head its Robert E. Howard by a country mile, however these books are just collections of all his short stories.
Off the top of my head its Robert E. Howard by a country mile, however these books are just collections of all his short stories.
Top 3:
Most - King
Then Watterson
Then John Sandford
King:
book - Top 3 It, Salems lot, The Stand
Series - Dark Tower
Collaboration - The Talisman.
Watterson:
Book - Something under the bed us drooling
Series - Sunday Collection
John Sandford.
Book - Deadwatch
Series - Lucas Davenport aka the Prey novels
Hon Men : Mitch Rapp American assasin series
Most - King
Then Watterson
Then John Sandford
King:
book - Top 3 It, Salems lot, The Stand
Series - Dark Tower
Collaboration - The Talisman.
Watterson:
Book - Something under the bed us drooling
Series - Sunday Collection
John Sandford.
Book - Deadwatch
Series - Lucas Davenport aka the Prey novels
Hon Men : Mitch Rapp American assasin series
This post was edited on 1/7 at 1:44 pm
re: What Author have you collected the most books from? Plus a writing question.Posted by StringedInstruments on 1/7/15 at 1:47 pm to VaBamaMan
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Side note #2. Any advice on starting a novel? I have a decent concept, but not sure how deep to go with the outline. Obviously I outline the gist of the plot. Then start breaking it down, but do I break it all the way down to chapter and have a specific plan of how long each chapter should be and what it should cover? Ot just a rough idea of how each third should go, accomplish that and make chapter divides in natural breaks within the story.
My #1 piece of advice: forget the plot for now. You need a setting and you need characters.
Plot is good, don't get me wrong. It's something you need to fine-tune. But the reason why novels are published are because they bring a story to life, and the life comes from the setting and the characters. I guarantee your plot - while it may be a good one - has been done before. They all have. It's about using the plot as a centerpiece to tell a story.
Seems like you enjoy fantasy books. Is that what your book will be as well?
One piece of advice I received about writing a novel is to write the back cover first. How does this story sell itself? What's the inciting incident? Who are the characters? What's the pull through? What's the end goal?
George Martin said that there are gardeners and architects. Gardeners just start writing and see how things end up. Architects meticulously plan every detail about the novel's world before writing it out.
For me, playing gardener is too difficult. You wind up forgetting where you're going. You take a few days off and lose interest.
Playing architect turns the novel into more of a research paper like you may have written in college. You have outlines, brainstorms, details, all sorts of things you can access at later times and always be on task with the original plan.
So this is a huge topic, and there are plenty of websites out there that offer advice. Try perusing www.reddit.com/r/writing. They typically have some good stuff on novel writing.
From me, I'd say to start writing short stories with the characters you plan on using in your novel. Use those stories to also start creating a setting. Let the characters come to life. You'll see how they need to react in certain situations.
Then once you've done that, you can place them in the center of the plot.
re: What Author have you collected the most books from? Plus a writing question.Posted by MasCervezas on 1/7/15 at 1:51 pm to UMRealist
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Good lord. I thought I was gonna come in hot and ready with my 10 JK Rowling books.
re: What Author have you collected the most books from? Plus a writing question.Posted by LeonPhelps on 1/7/15 at 1:58 pm to VaBamaMan
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4) 21 Terry Brooks'
5) 17 Stephen R Lawhead's
I've read a number of books from these authors and enjoyed them, but would not say I "collect" books. I happen to have accumulated a number of copies of Wheel of Time books, in both hard cover and paperback. Partly because all of my siblings and my mom (the first of us to find the series in the mid-90's and shared with us) have also each read the series.
I don't display my fantasy books if that is what you mean. I do have 4 or 5 bookcases, two of which I built myself, full of books in 3 different rooms, but I don't put any fantasy book out. Those are all business, history, political, science, and classical books. The most prominent author is probably Ron Chernow, biographer.
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4) The Sword of Shannara-it isn't his best book, but it's fun to read and watch him grow as a writer.
5) The Pendragon Cycle-
I've read both and they are excellent. I love his take on the Arthurian tale.
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Side note #2. Any advice on starting a novel?
David Eddings wrote a book called the Rivan Codex that is supposed to help someone looking to write a book. He is a prolific author with at least 5 separate series. I have read 4 of them in full but could only get through the 1st book of the latest series because it was a rehash of his other series just with different names.
re: What Author have you collected the most books from? Plus a writing question.Posted by LeonPhelps on 1/7/15 at 2:03 pm to StringedInstruments
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George Martin said that there are gardeners and architects. Gardeners just start writing and see how things end up. Architects meticulously plan every detail about the novel's world before writing it out.
I like this. Robert Jordan, a physicist before being an author as well as Vietnam vet, spent a full decade writing the backstory to Wheel of Time and outlining the story. He started to write the first book at least once in that time and realized he wasn't ready. His meticulous notes and detailed outline made it much easier for another author to pick up and finish series as he desired when he died.
Meanwhile, Martin spent years on the "Meereenese Knot" after writing himself into a corner.
re: What Author have you collected the most books from? Plus a writing question.Posted by LSUTygerFan on 1/7/15 at 2:26 pm to VaBamaMan
jeffery Deaver
re: What Author have you collected the most books from? Plus a writing question.Posted by Breesus on 1/7/15 at 2:27 pm to LeonPhelps
George R. R. Martin wrote my favorite short story Sand Kings
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