The Killer Snark Posted March 15, 2014 Author Share Posted March 15, 2014 In fact, The Book of Skulls has been considered for release as a film adaptation, though plans have been currently halted, during the last eight years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolverine Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I think Mark Z. Danielewski belongs here. His novel, House of Leaves is the strangest and scariest thing I've ever read. I've heard it described as The Ring or The Blair Witch Project put on paper, which would be superficial. Its way more than a horror novel. I struggle to even describe what it actually is. But, I do know that it is unique and if you take it up I can almost guarantee you wont see its like again. Danielewski has had his fair share of praise, but I rarely see House of Leaves mentioned anywhere outside of Amazon.com. Boring or irritating, those are the words you should be looking for. Unique does not equal underrated. And if that is his only book you think is underread he is probably not underrated. Neither of these threads made if very far, so maybe it is underread? House of leaves 1 House of Leaves 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt b Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Roger Zelazny are at the top of my list as too often ignored, and brilliant writers. I'm reading the Chronicles of Amber right now, my first foray into Zelazny, and while the ideas are magnificent the prose is serviceable at best and at times downright terrible. Fortunately the story is entertaining and it moves really fast, but I'm kind of disappointed. I'll probably still give Lord of Light a try at some point, but I'll probably lower my expectations a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 big Z is among the most overrated. amber. meh. lord of light. meh. damnation alley. meh. this immortal. barf. isle of the dead. barf. creatures of light & darkness. gah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Jack of Shadows is great though. Well, I thought it was great when I read it when I was 9, and i'm sticking to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Meh, how about anything by Edward Whittemore or Michael Cisco? Maybe Rikki Ducornet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metopheles Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 criminally overlooked : Kit Marlowe.the original Shakespeare, if one would believe the marlovian theory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I find Whittemore both overrated and underread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errant Bard Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 big Z is among the most overrated.Big Z is the most important person in at least one universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerol Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Barry Hughart's The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox is always my top candidate for this category. I have made more speculative fiction fans weep after giving them the first two and then telling them he only did three books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageGuy Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I almost didn't read Heroes Die because of that cover. Yeah, the Zod cover. Thankfully I could get the ebook version, so I never had to be embarrassed to take it to the counter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metopheles Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Now I've got a good one : Wang Dulu. He wrote Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. and that is only the fourth book of his Crane Iron Pentalogy. He is so overlooked , he wasn't ever translated. But his work is still great. some deep messages in there and grey characters. No white black morality. But that comes with the region, asian literature is in the writing of complex characters better than western. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbound Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Barry Hughart's The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox is always my top candidate for this category. I have made more speculative fiction fans weep after giving them the first two and then telling them he only did three books. You lost me at 'speculative fiction' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Since this thread is a sick sad joke:Stephen King (peter gets it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metopheles Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Stephen King Who is Stephen King ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Who is Stephen King ?? He wrote Twilight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metopheles Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 He wrote Twilight. oh yeah. so criminally overlooked and underrated. It's basically GRRM level. one more level-up and he could co-write ADOS. and why not ? Twilight got big wolves and people made of ice fighting that have to be burned ...oh my god.. the connections! the connections!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 How on earth are the likes of Gene Wolfe, Jack Vance, or Roger Zelazny "criminally overlooked/underrated"? They are all leading lights within the genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Killer Snark Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 Exactly. Listing the likes of Ward Moore (Bring the Jubilee), Richard Marsh (The Beetle, which once outsold Dracula), Robert W Chambers (The King in Yellow) or even Frederick Pohl would be much closer to the point, though even that last one that I mentioned I suspect is too much read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errant Bard Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Frederick PohlIf a guy got the Hugo four times, I think you cannot say he's overlooked or underrated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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