What author did you read a book by and didn’t like, but gave them another chance and loved it?
I’m so glad I gave Edith Wharton another chance. I read Ethan Frome and thought it was fine. On a whim I picked up The Age of Innocence and fell in love. Now I’m buying anything I can by her. I recently read The House of Mirth, and can confirm she is one of my favorite authors now. Anybody have a similar experience with an author?
Iain M. Banks.
Originally I picked up The Algebraist off the “Recommended Sci-Fi” shelf at a Borders bookstore. Couldn’t get into it. Too dry. Let it sit for a couple years. Came back to it to decide whether to sell it or not, started reading it again, and finally got hooked.
After that, I inhaled all of the extant Culture series books and the few other non-Culture sci-fi books he had written. And read all his output right up through the final Culture novel.
Have you tried The Wasp Factory? If you’re not a sci fi only reader, it’s anything but dry