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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (134358)	2/4/2007 6:20:22 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Yes......they get rather redundant and predictable. Grisham and Cussler.....I've read them all. Actually.........I am having a hard time finishing books lately. I do so much reading on line that seems to fill my reading quota that I find it hard to find time to read the live copy of a book. Have you read any of Margaret Atwood's stuff?

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (134358)	2/4/2007 6:22:18 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 225578

<<I think once an author becomes a mass market writer, the writing often becomes formulaic. >> I remember one good writer that I enjoyed that became popular and his work went to shit. Phrases all the same. Could have been written by a computer.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (134358)	2/4/2007 7:04:05 PM
From: ManyMoose	Respond to of 225578

It really gets bad when they start writing 'with' somebody. I tried to read a book by Tom Clancy 'with' somebody I can't remember the name. I couldn't hack the book and put it down. I'm sure it's just a marketing tool to capitalize on the name recognition. The books Clancy writes himself are spellbinding, and I much prefer them to the movie versions. My favorite example is "The Sum of All Fears," which was chilling indeed, and all too possible even now. The movie was simply a joke, a comic.