Authors You Hate

[Sethzard]

Geofrey archer,

 

[RobotNinja]

Whoever wrote Tale of Two Cities. I had to read that book for school, and it was hell.

 

[HT_Black]

Stephenie Mayer
L Ron Hubbard ... (echoing the_oracle's sentiments)

George Orwell, for 1984 and Animal Farm;

Jeez, I like Orwell. You've obviously got some strong feelings on his writing, do you mind if I ask what it is that you find rubs you the wrong way? If his political views don't sit well with you, I'd understand, but in terms of narrative structure and compelling communication of his ideas, I feel like those are both master pieces.

But, hey, tastes are subjective. All the same, I'm curious what your contention with Orwell is, if you don't mind sharing. I won't jump down your throat or anything. Just left me *headscratching*

Fair enough, Animal Farm was alright. Come to think of it, 1984 was competent, if somewhat drawn-out and bland. Honestly, the only reason I really didn't like it was because it just sort of...let me down. I was expecting some sort of golden-skinned diamond-s**tting wonder, according to the hype I'd heard; in the end, it was grey, depressing, and more than just a little bit redundant (to me, at any rate). Winston was also the single most unlikeable fellow I've ever read about.

...Now that I think about it, I found the borderline softcore a wee bit objectionable; that might've killed it.

In closing, thanks for not flaming me in regards to my views-- that's more than what I usually get.

 

[Kuchinawa212]

Whoever wrote Tale of Two Cities. I had that read that book for school, and it was hell.

Charles Dickens

and always wanted to read the book, but I never got around to it.
Now you make me not want to

 

[BloodSquirrel]

Christopher Paolini

I read Eragon. I though that it was impressive for having been written for a 17-year old. It was a decidedly amateur effort, but I thought that Christopher Paolini seemed like he had enough talent to eventually write something good.

 

[Good morning blues]

Kate Cary, wrote an unofficial sequel to Dracula that played out like a bad fan fiction with the diary entry style writing, witch I despise .

You are aware that the original book Dracula by Bram Stoker was an epistolary novel, right? It would have been pretty stupid to write the sequel any other way (although I've never read Cary's sequel and would agree that there's almost certainly no need for it).

I'll agree with the Dan Brown thing - the Da Vinci code was pretty worthless. It made no important points, and was the most ham-fisted and awkwardly composed thriller I've ever read. It used all of the most obvious methods of manipulating the reader and didn't give you any payoff for enduring it.

I also refuse to read any more Tom Clancy. I've read a few of his books, and it's really little more than ridiculous right-wing rhetoric buried in a sea of boring, dense, and excruciatingly detailed prose. I do not need an entire chapter dedicated to explaining, in detail, the process of detonation of a nuclear warhead. All I need to know is that the bomb worked.

 

[ConstantJoe]

L.J. Smith, writer of the series "The Vampire Diaries" (sigh).

A mate of mine turned into a big Twilight nut, and now she's moved on to these novels. Never read 'em, but her eternal blabbings on about them is driving me up the wall.

 

[Da Joz]

whoever wrote twilight

Stephanie Meyer. And same.

you have good taste in who to despise.

Same and agreed.

 

[Debatra]

Christopher Paolini

I read Eragon. I though that it was impressive for having been written for a 17-year old. It was a decidedly amateur effort, but I thought that Christopher Paolini seemed like he had enough talent to eventually write something good.

Actually, he was 15 when he wrote it.

OT: I know it's been said enough times, but I can't let it be said that I missed an opportunity to diss Twilight.

"Both Rowling and Meyer, they're speaking directly to young people. ...The real difference is that Harry Potter author Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Twilight author Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's not very good." -- Stephen King

 

[Lord Beautiful]

Charles Friggin' Dickens

This man couldn't write an entertaining novel if he was paid for level of entertainment in the stead of being paid per word.

 

[AmrasCalmacil]

Everything about them seems to be trying to tell me that the author cares deeply about realism in combat; and yet he doesn't spend even a single sentence defending Drizzt's use of two full-sized scimitars (dual-wielding) in combat? Normally I let my sense of disbelief take a hike for fantasy, but when the author tries to convince me of realism and fails at it,

He's an Elf. Does that answer your question?

Ah that's easy

Just about everyone in the Black Libery except Dan Abnett
He's amazing everyone else is meh

How many have you actually read?

As for my own thoughts - Undoubtbly... Bugger, I've forgotten what I was going to say, so I'll just go through the obvious with one word summeries about why I hate them until I remmber.

Christopher Paolini: Talentless.
Stephanie Meyer: Sparkles!
Dan Brown: Dream.
The twats who wrote Bored of the Rings: Unfunny.
Terry Pratchett: Hah! Gotcha.

I can't remember what I was originally going to put, but I'll edit this post if I do.

 

[Aardvark]

Kevin J Anderson. And not just for the abomination that were his and Brian Herbert's repeated violations of the Dune saga. Reading his work is like taking an angle grinder to my eyeballs, after welding shards of metal to it and dipping it in napalm.

 

[jad4400]

The Chick who wrote Twilight!!!!!!!

And Shapkephese.........................Please don't kill me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Gaderael]

Kate Cary, wrote an unofficial sequel to Dracula that played out like a bad fan fiction with the diary entry style writing, witch I despise .

Try reading these:

The Diaries of the Family Dracul

* Covenant with the Vampire (1995)
* Children of the Vampire (1996)
* Lord of the Vampires (1997)

They're by Jeanne Kalogridis. I've only read the last one, and I thought it was quite well done. The forward to it was written by Elizabeth Miller, who is the president of the Canadian Chapter of Transylvanian Society of Dracula.

You may also want to check out The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. She does a marvelous job of blending the historical Vlad with the mythical Dracula. It's a good page turner.

 

[Cap'n Haddock]

The ***** who wrote Twilight

this.
Another dash against RA Salvatore; he killed Chewbacca.
I also sort of hate J.D. Salinger, not really him as a person or author, but Catcher in the Rye was such a painful book to read, you just want to slap Holden Caulfield in the face, repeatedly. And it killed John Lennon, as well.

Oh and William Shatner as a writer, Tekwars? really?

 

[LongAndShort]

Whoever wrote Tale of Two Cities. I had that read that book for school, and it was hell.

I'd be interested to know why, was it too long, or a disappointment or anything like that? Just curious, cause I read (i'll admit) most of it (had to return it before I could finish) and rather enjoyed it. I'm just interested in your reasons why?

OT: I hate Dan Brown. Could not understand why so many people thought the Da Vinci Code was any good.

 

[RebelRising]

John Bunyan, for the self-indulgent, self-superior, redundant ego-fest of a Christian literary classic that is Pilgrim's Progress.

And this is coming from some who loved Inferno and enjoyed The Book of the Dun Cow.

 

[aezakmi42]

agree with Stroud and himself, Rowling is ok at times, and Paolini because of his characters
also Meyers, Dan Brown, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain

Dickens? Twain? Really? I think you're just throwing out much-beloved writers to annoy people. It reminds me of all the high-school kids who moan about how much they hate Shakespeare, just because they don't understand the language. Writing from centuries ago might not work so well to a modern reader, but the very fact that they are still popular and well-known after centuries should say something about the quality of their work. And Mark Twain's letters can still make me laugh.

More to the point: I once tried to read a Dean Koontz book, on recommendation from my friends, but I couldn't get past the first chapter. He got so bogged down in pointless description after pointless description, I couldn't go on and just gave up on it. Matthew Reilly is another author I can only manage the first few chapters of, before I throw the book down in disgust.
Harry Potter fans scare the hell out of me, but then again, they probably scare the hell out of J.K. Rowling, too, so it's hard to hold that against her. The books aren't that bad if you can avoid thinking about their obsessive, maniacal fanbase. And, of course, S. Meyer I hate in particular, because her awful books are turning my younger sister and her generation into brainless idiots.

 

[DasAShinyGolash]

hmm... lets just see how many people rite stephanie myers...

as for me, i'll say everyone who writes teen romance novels, the person who wrote Flipped, and.... Karl Marx, for the outcome of his writings. (notice how i use the word writings, and notice how fancy it makes me)

 

[aezakmi42]

hmm... lets just see how many people rite stephanie myers...

as for me, i'll say everyone who writes teen romance novels, the person who wrote Flipped, and.... Karl Marx, for the outcome of his writings. (notice how i use the word writings, and notice how fancy it makes me)

I did not know that a primary school-level education made you 'fancy'. I'll have to dumb down my words a bit, then.
Karl Marx were not bad, the ppl who took up his ideals as a means to incite rebellion and establish totalitarian government r the 1s to blame.