pickypikachu ha respondido a tu publicación “Recommend me American novelists with very distinct writing styles, if...”
Scott Westerfeld if you like scifi, Max Brooks if you like zombies (world war z is EXTREMELY well written)
I don’t particularly like zombies, I do like sci-fi, I’ll check Scott out. Thanks!
arcanaimperii ha respondido a tu publicación “Recommend me American novelists with very distinct writing styles, if...”
Octavia Butler, Joe Hill
I love Octavia Butler! I discovered by pure chance, because I was looking for Harlan Ellison’s Xenogenesis and her novels kept showing up instead, heh c: Regarding Joe Hill I only know he’s Stephen King’s son (?) but if he’s anything like his father I’ll probably like him, so. Thanks!
sleepbby ha respondido a tu publicación “Recommend me American novelists with very distinct writing styles, if...”
Ira levin, chuck palahniuk
Ahh I had a boyfriend who was obssesed with Palahniuk :__) I rather like some of the novels I’ve read by him. I keep mixing him up with the dude who wrote American Psycho though (?). I’ve never heard of Ira Levin (didn’t know Rosemary’s baby was a novel first what), sounds cool. Thanks!
huixt ha respondido a tu publicación “Recommend me American novelists with very distinct writing styles, if...”
fitzgerald, nabokov, sandra cisneros
Can’t stand Fitzgerald, I love/hate Nabokov depending on the day, never read anything by Sandra Cisneros but she sounds super interesting and right up my alley (!). Thanks!
angelapleasant ha respondido a tu publicación “Recommend me American novelists with very distinct writing styles, if...”
isabel allende (chilean, but her stuff is translates to english), libba bray if u want some ya, naomi novik (only for uprooted i havent read anything else by her), robin mckinley for some fairytale-y stuff. allende is my favorite author and she has a very beautiful writing style, the others have. idk. i dont want to say flowery but theyre very atmospheric and pretty, and i don't normally like first person. and then mckinley has a style thats a little bit stiffer but it but it fits her subjects
I love Isabel Allende!! Particularly Eva Luna. A little bit of floweriness (if that word exists (?) is what I miss in American literature, everything is so dry. Maybe because I’m used to Spanish/South American that can go waay in the opposite direction :/ So your recommendations are on point. Thanks!
interstitialvacancy ha respondido a tu publicación “Recommend me American novelists with very distinct writing styles, if...”
check out David Wong's books (I think one of the most interesting narration i saw in horror/comedy, but beware, he goes for body horror HARD), maybe Gene Wolfe (I LOVE his storytelling, both in fantasy and more realistic stories, but oh girl, does he love playing 'unreliable narrator' card). Now give me a second to check my bookshelf.
I’ve had John dies at the end sitting on my kindle for years now, I don’t know why I never get to it. Maybe this time (?). I always see Wolfe’s books in the sci-fi section of pretty much every library but again, it never caught my attention. I don’t mind unreliable narrators one bit though :D Ted Chiang sounds fascinating, never heard of him (!). Thanks!