No, really...why didn't -anyone- tell me about Carl Hiaasen?

[Fire Walk With Me]

I've been a while since I've read one of his (read "sick puppy" first, now about to finish "basket case"); I can't remember anyone discussing him and certainly, no one had recommended him to me, AFAIR.

This post is to correct that for anyone into humorous, pithy mystery/crime novels.

[Moondog]

1. If you enjoy Hiaasen, you really must check out

Tim Dorsey's stuff. More Hiaasen than Hiassen.

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. Thank you!

[SteppingRazor]

4. True that. It's like Hunter Thompson and Carl Hiaasen had a homicidal, schizophrenic son. n/t

[REP]

7. No no no no no no - CHARLES WILLEFORD. Dorsey is a one-trick wannabe

Willeford, alas, is dead, but he is the granddaddy of the 'weird Florida' genre.

[Brother Buzz]

19. Serge Storms is the man

:thumbsup:

Hell, I've even started appreciating Coleman.

[NewJeffCT]

3. I think the first book of his I read

was "Skin Tight" - I was laughing out loud for real when I read it.

And, boy was Demi Moore miscast in the movie of Striptease. That role required an actress with a light/comedic touch.

[Richardo]

5. My faves are "Lucky You", "Stormy Weather", "Native Tongue" and "Striptease"

You're in for a real treat as you get to read all his books for the first time :thumbsup:

[REP]

9. Double Whammy for me (read and have all, though)

[Lilyhoney]

6. I have seen him referenced here in the lounge.

I devour his books once I get my hands on them. I have read them all. I hope he will write a new book with the BP oil disaster as the ecological issue, as there usually is one in the story.

Anyway, enjoy his works! They are all a great read.

Lilyhoney

[book lady]

8. "Kick Ass" and "Paradise Screwed" are books that contain his newspaper columns

They are both very good

[Demoiselle]

10. Carl Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard and Tony Hillerman.

My go-to-guys for absolutely great reads. I know that Carl Hiaasen would prefer that I not go to Florida (too damn many greedy polluting carpetbaggers there already) but I keep fantasizing about sharing a tent in the Everglades with Skink.

[Patiod]

22. Hiaasen and Leonard are funnier

I like Hillerman (I've read all his books), but he's pretty serious.

If you like Leonard, are you watching "Justified"?

[Demoiselle]

23. Note to self: Watch "Justified"...

I just checked, I think it's on tonight on FX. I will definitely give it a try.. Thanks!
You're right about Hillerman being more serious. I love the world he describes and there's something comforting and very beautiful about it.
I love Hiaasen because he tries to make me laugh and succeeds absolutely. I love Leonard because he NEVER shows any of the work. His people just live and breathe and think on the page by some kind of magic.

[Patiod]

25. It is on tonight, and it's delightful.

I don't know if you're a connoisseur of the male form, but if you are, our boy from Deadwood, Timothy Olyphant, is an extra special treat on top of the A+ writing. If you're not, it's just a damned good hour of television.

It was a little quirkier during the first episodes of the first season - much more Leonardesque, but it's still darkly funny. The rumor is that the writers wear a wristband "WWED?" (what would Elmore do)

Such a perceptive, dead-on observation about Leonard - he never shows his work. Even his "average" work like "Tishomingo Blues" is wonderful.

[Demoiselle]

11. Dupe

[Demoiselle]

12. dupe!

[Demoiselle]

13. dupe!!

[Demoiselle]

14. Dupe!!!! Sorry! I have issues with my dsl provider.

[Forkboy]

15. It's been getting me for the last couple of days as well.

Though I kind of like the idea of posting my stuff 37 times. ;)

[Forkboy]

16. Sick Puppy is still my fave, being bipolar.

I've had fantasies of pulling the eyeball pentagram thing on Cheney. :)

[Curmudgeoness]

17. Seriously, where have you been. I always suggest Hiaasen.

Love him because he is just so sick, but have already read everything twice. Sick Puppy was my first too. Then I went to the first book and just kept going. A few of the books didn't have Skink in them, and I was terribly disappointed in them. My favorite character.

[May Hamm]

18. I like Hiaasen. I have all his books

Nice to own and reread when the mood strikes. Nothing deep that you have to think much about. I guess 'Lucky You' is my favorite and 'Sick Puppy' comes in second. Mostly they're all fun.

I'm glad to see the subject come up because of the recommendations from other DUers of other authors who may write in a similar vein.

[JeffersonChick]

20. I recently discovered him too

within the past year. I've read a few of his books; his portrayals of slimy corrupt Republicans are just so satisfying

[Fire Walk With Me]

21. Glad this turned into a thread instead of a one-post wonder.

Thanks for the advice on his and other authors' books!

[trof]

24. Love Hiaasen's books. Also Elmore Leonard's.

Just checked out 'Sick Puppy' from library.

[hippywife]

26. Apparently,

you have not been in the Fiction Forum here at DU? :shrug:

:hi: