This is one reason I love FPW's works. They never come from the same mold.

Other authors... not so much.

Dean Koontz- love the man, love his earlier books. but now all the same as the others. Alot of time he just throws in a twist at the end that was never mentioned anywhere else in the book, theres going to be a uber-smart dog in it ( which it seems that after his dog died recently hes gone insane), and the characters all sound the same. ( and I am still waiting for the promised third chris snow novel, damn it!). Oh, and screw Odd Thomas.

Preston and Child- Fun reads, but Pendergast has gotten too elitist for me and is coming off like hes from a Thomas Harris Novel. if he ever meets a cannibal I am gonna burn my P&C books. And all of their solo books might as well be the same damned story.

Tom Clancy - Does he even write his own books anymore??

And so on.

Basically my question is, is there a top writer of yours who has fallen from grace in into the pits of repetition?

Robert Parker has with his Spenser series, but his Jesse Stone series is significantly different. My biggest problem with him is that all his characters speak the same. There's little variation. Still love his work though.

And Robert Jordan Wheel of Time got waaaay bogged down until his last book. That was a return to form, for me. Unfortunately he died before finishing the last book in the series, but it's supposed to be finished by Terry Goodkind, who doesn't completely suck.

Both Stephen King and Dean Koontz suck now. Maybe they're really the same person...

Ben Bova's early stuff was amazing and diverse. Now it's just the same plot with a different main character on a different planet/asteroid/moon/etc.

I'm not reading his stuff any more.

Stephanie

Both Stephen King and Dean Koontz suck now. Maybe they're really the same person...

Definitely Stephen King. His short stories are still, I think, the best stuff he ever wrote.

Definitely Stephen King. His short stories are still, I think, the best stuff he ever wrote.

Even Louis L'Amour becomes repetitive. But it's his longer books were he's able to flesh out the characters that are better. Opposite of King. I'll agree with you on Stephen Kings short stories, some of his best work!

This is one reason I love FPW's works. They never come from the same mold.

Other authors... not so much.

Dean Koontz- love the man, love his earlier books. but now all the same as the others. Alot of time he just throws in a twist at the end that was never mentioned anywhere else in the book, theres going to be a uber-smart dog in it ( which it seems that after his dog died recently hes gone insane), and the characters all sound the same. ( and I am still waiting for the promised third chris snow novel, damn it!). Oh, and screw Odd Thomas.

Preston and Child- Fun reads, but Pendergast has gotten too elitist for me and is coming off like hes from a Thomas Harris Novel. if he ever meets a cannibal I am gonna burn my P&C books. And all of their solo books might as well be the same damned story.

Tom Clancy - Does he even write his own books anymore??

And so on.

Basically my question is, is there a top writer of yours who has fallen from grace in into the pits of repetition?

Good question, Legion, and a hard one. I'd suggest every writer has a limited number of stories he or she can evoke. When the limit has been reached, you ring the changes.

I've grown a little tired of Clive Cussler's Kurt Austin novels. He has simply plugged a different personality into the Dirk Pitt role (only with less flamboyance).

I still like reading Old Cuss' stuff, but Kurt Austin is too much country to replace Dirk Pitt's rock n' roll.

Dean Koontz- love the man, love his earlier books. but now all the same as the others. Alot of time he just throws in a twist at the end that was never mentioned anywhere else in the book, theres going to be a uber-smart dog in it ( which it seems that after his dog died recently hes gone insane), and the characters all sound the same. ( and I am still waiting for the promised third chris snow novel, damn it!). Oh, and screw Odd Thomas.

I recently read The Good Guy and liked it a lot.