Oh and I forgot Dean Koontz
I used to be a fan of his, and read a load of his books. Mindless holiday reading, but enjoyable.

But then he started getting overtly religious in his books, and it came to a head in The Taking, where the strange events which occurred throughout were 'explained' by some sort of biblical catastrophe where the sinners were punished and the good were saved.

If I wanted to read that sort of thing, I'd read the bible.


Interestingly, I was out in Houston with work last year, and wandered into a bookstore one day. They had a huge section of the shop devoted to something called 'Christian Fiction'. I felt like asking why there were no bibles there.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:36, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I actually enjoyed The Taking.
It was completely different to other armaggedon stories and regardless of it's religious overview, was quite a page-turner.
( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:41, Reply)

Aye, it was fine until the end
But those last few chapters put me right off.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:42, Reply)

I agree with you there.
It did get a bit heavy if I remember correctly.
( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:49, Reply)

I quite enjoy his modern Frankenstein stuff
not read any others though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:54, Reply)

good god The Taking was
shite.

Koontz is one of my favourite authors (alongside the aforementioned Patterson and Coben), but that was terrible. Why the hell I finished it I don't know.

I just got some of his older stuff for my Kindle, from the early 70s, and it's a lot better than that pile of crap (no matter how unrealistic it is, even today)
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 9:58, Reply)

I'm not taking the opinion of someone who reads from a kindle seriously.

( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 10:17, Reply)

meh
nobody takes my opinion - seriously or otherwise.


And it's a good thing, a kindle. needs a few tweaks here and there (better music controls for a start), but overall, good
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 11:37, Reply)