Victor Hugo was a ****ing frog We'll just have to disagree. You don't like him and he's my favourite author, followed by Dostoievsky, who you probably also dislike
Dumas and Verne were both French and excellent authors. Hugo and Conrad have similar writing styles, you will probably like Hugo if you like Conrad. I've never read anything by Dostoevsky so I couldn't say if I'd like him. I like authors who build on plot and characters more than ones who are overly descriptive and flowery in their language. That could be in no small part down to my aphantasia; you're not going to paint a picture in my mind no matter how many words you use to describe something.
Yes, but most importantly, he chose to write in English. He could have written in Russian, Polish, French or English.
He was "French" before he was in England. So French people aren't too bad... They just need to all live in England for a few years.
Oscar Wilde is my favourite. HG Wells is up there. I quite like Nathaniel Hawthorn too. As an adult I've found greater appreciation of Shakespeare; hated him as a kid. Of more modern day: Bernard Cornwell, Gary Jennings, and James Clavell are all great writers. If I feel like a little more pulp... Wilbur Smith is capable of some good books, although he's equally capable of utter rubbish, it's hit or miss but he has written some great books.
someone recommended C J Sansom to me, the Shardlake series. Being the impetuous person I am I have bought the 6 books in the series so far. They had better be good!
I felt it borrowed heavily, but successfully, from the Nolan Batman films, particularly in the music, camerawork and set pieces, also the storyline with them trying to stop the bombs going off. MI still has a playful sense of humour though that Nolan's Batman films kind of don't have, I mean, those are funny in places, but I'm talking more about the overall tone
