| | I haven't read as much fiction as I'd like to have in the past few years, but I have read several of Grisham's books. And while Grisham's writing style is enjoyable enough, I prefer Scott Turow's, especially in Presumed Innocent, which was not just an engaging story but beautifully written. Gee, I thought no one would mention Grisham -- too mainstream for this select group of libertarian literati -- but I enjoy him as well, Erica. Granted, he's got his altruism, etc., but he's a talented and entertaining writer. In fact, Grisham was the top selling author of the last decade. I also enjoyed Presumed Innocent, although that was the only book by Scott Turow that I read. I tried reading another one by him -- I forget the title -- but it didn't sustain my interest. Another attorney cum novelist is Steve Martini, who is less prolific than some of the other popular novelists. I've read everything by him, like his style and eagerly await his next novel. Ditto for Crichton, who is one of my favorites (although his books are sometimes of uneven quality), and I read everything by Sydney Sheldon before he died.
But I haven't gotten into the libertarian, sci fi stuff, the way a lot of Objectivists have -- e.g., Heinlein -- although I did read Ringworld by Niven. I tend to like the popular fiction that everybody else likes. I've heard of Dick Francis being highly recommended by Objectivists, but haven't been too interested in reading him, perhaps because his novels strike me as too formulaic. I guess that's not a good reason to write him off, but I just haven't been motivated to pick up his stuff and read it. Maybe one of these days I will. I'm not as sophisticated a literature buff as a lot of the people here, but I appreciate learning of the authors they're recommending, some of whom I've never heard of.
- Bill
P.S. Oh, yeah, and I like Tom Wolfe as well.
(Edited by William Dwyer on 8/02, 10:32pm)
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