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Can you name an author whose books are entertaining to read, but also exercise a vast vocabulary? -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Mar 9 '11, 08:34

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I loved "Secrets" by Nuruddin Farah, but the subject matter itself is far from entertaining. - Jelly Mar 9, 08:51
Terry Pratchett -- nm - znufrii Mar 9, 08:44
Rowling uses a larger vocabulary than most writers -- nm - zork Mar 9, 08:44 1
- but how much of that is due to pseudolatin spells and phrases? :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:45
I'd like to say Koontz, King or John Sandford. But it's not true except for maybe King. Otherwise I agree with SB and Tolkien. -- nm - sycor Mar 9, 08:41 1
- was going to say King, but know my readings are limited. -- nm - Spawn Mar 9, 08:44
David Mamet scripts -- nm - con_carne Mar 9, 08:41
Dickens. -- nm - mafic Mar 9, 08:40 2
- He's looking for entertaining, not boring. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 9, 08:41
- I said entertaining! heh -- nm - Beryllium Mar 9, 08:41
Tolkien? -- nm - Strongbad Mar 9, 08:40 1
- well, he didn't specify that Elfin, Dwarvish, Ent, and Orcish dont count -- nm - zork Mar 9, 08:46
P.G. Wodehouse -- nm - moles Mar 9, 08:38
David Foster Wallace -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 9, 08:37
Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson, very very dense but good -- nm - ceregon Mar 9, 08:36
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