I'm looking for other writers like Stephen King. Go ahead and say it, there aren't any. King has this way, where he never insults your intelligence. He doesn't much repeat himself, and he moves the story along. Now if only all the other writers could be as good as him lol.
But I've tried Dean Koontz, and it just isn't the same. Koontz may have 5 or 8 good books, whereas King has almost all of his that are good. Is there another writer out there, that is at least somewhat comparable to King? In the sci-fi horror genre, that is. Not all of king's books are horror, many of them are sci fi, as you well know. I'm into post apocalyptic, and distopian themes as well. But I'm looking for that overall quality that King has, that just sets him apart from Koontz. In comparison, he's a cut above.
For some strange reason that Koontz doesn't seem to have noticed, he can't stop talking about how great dogs are. Of all creatures. And in particular, how great golden retrievers are. Its gone beyond repetition at this point, and it's become quite lame. We've all heard quite enough about how great he thinks the breed is, and its to the point of stupidity. Someone needs to tell him that dogs aren't innocent at all and that for the most part they're actually quite vile a good percentage of the time. And I have a dog; its just something that you know. One wonders if he's ever even been around one for long. Anyway, what writers would you recommend for this purpose?