Have You Ever Loved an Author More as A Personality?
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Loveabull
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Have You Ever Loved an Author More as A Personality?
What I mean is are there authors for whom you find their personal lives more interesting than their books? I'm thinking of Shelby Foote. He was a civil war historian that came to many people's attention through Ken Burn's Civil War series. He was a gifted author but his accounts of the war are so exhaustive that even a reader with a history doctorate might get bogged down. I know he wrote several works of fiction that I want to look for-"Shiloh" among others. But his biography was just fascinating. Hemingway is another one that I know more of his biography than his writing.
Anyone else???
Anyone else???
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Loud mouth Christopher Hitchens ..............off the wall, but never boring..( who else would author a book about Mother Theresa titled " The Missionary Position ? " )
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That would be John Green for me. I mean, I love his writing style (I loved The Fault in Our Stars), but since I follow the Youtube channel he has with his brother (vlogbrothers) I kind of like him more as a person.
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He didn't, did he?suzy1124 wrote:Loud mouth Christopher Hitchens ..............off the wall, but never boring..( who else would author a book about Mother Theresa titled " The Missionary Position ? " )
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In so many fields today, cults of personality thrive.
Not for me. My interaction with authors is reading their works, with winemakers it is drinking their wine, with directors watching their movies or plays etc. etc.
Personally, it bores the hell out of me when Stephen King talks about his past troubles with alcohol and smoking. Problems with the wife? Shut-up and sign the book.
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As to Shelby Foote, I did find his 3-volume Civil War "exhaustive" which is of course a far different thing than exhausting. I raced through the 2011 reprint, reading it morning, noon and night.
Not for me. My interaction with authors is reading their works, with winemakers it is drinking their wine, with directors watching their movies or plays etc. etc.
Personally, it bores the hell out of me when Stephen King talks about his past troubles with alcohol and smoking. Problems with the wife? Shut-up and sign the book.
-- 10 Jan 2014, 17:33 --
As to Shelby Foote, I did find his 3-volume Civil War "exhaustive" which is of course a far different thing than exhausting. I raced through the 2011 reprint, reading it morning, noon and night.
