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Vonnegut didn't write Catch 22 (or was that an April Fool's joke?) That was Joseph Heller.
I often make that error too, even when I know better. For some reason I just have it in my mind that Vonnegut wrote that and apparently others do as well.
Stephen King. I loved his early books and I was always so excited when a new one came out. I hardly ever purchased hardcover books, but I would go out and buy his books in hardcover right away.
And then came The Tommyknockers. I started it off with that same feeling of tingly anticipation I had experienced each time, and for a while I tried to feel the same enthusiasm as before, but after several hundred pages I had to admit that this book seemed different, and not in a good way.
Somewhere along the line, he changed. The violence increased exponentially, and the lovingly detailed descriptions of everyday life and objects faded away. I kept reading his books for several years more, but for me, none came close to his earlier works, such as The Shining, The Stand and The Dead Zone.
Which fantasy series btw? I love the Chalion books, I wish she's get going on the last 2. The Sharing Knife series, hm.. I confess, not as much. I finally re-read them this winter and I liked them a lot more the second time thru.
Laurell K. Hamilton. Poster child for how to screw up a great series.
Totally agree, she's always the first one that comes to mind when I see a thread like this. I loved her early Anita Blake novels and although, I've stuck with the series, her later novels are nowhere near as good. I didn't even bother buying the last Merry Gentry book because of the reviews.
I really hope J.R. Ward is not heading down the same path. Her last two books have also been disappointing.
I have LOVED many of Lehane's books. But SHUTTER ISLAND was embarrassingly bad. Badly written. Badly plotted. Stupid story. I kept having to check the cover to make sure I was actually reading a Lehane book. It read like a really bad B-movie.
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Them's fightin' words... 
