Ms. Qiong Yao (瓊瑤)

[Ian_Lee]

Though it sounds sissy and outdated, the love stories written by 瓊瑤 were my favorites during the high school years.

I was even more addicted to her writings than to the martial art novels of Jin Yong.

Anyone share the same addiction towards her writing?

[skylee]

I did. But only when I was young. Reading her books was a good way to learn how to write. But I eventually became tired of the stories.

[skylee]

From this webpage -

《情深深雨朦朦》

男:对 你无情 你残酷 你无理取闹

女:那你就不无情!?不残酷!?不无理取闹!?

男:我哪里无情!?哪里残酷!?哪里无理取闹!?

女:你哪里不无情!?哪里不残酷!?哪里不无理取闹!?

男:我就算在怎么无情 再怎么残酷 再怎么无理取闹也不会比你更无情更残酷 更无理取闹

女:我会比你无情!?比你残酷!?比你无理取闹!?你才是我见过最无情 最残酷 最无理取闹的人

男:哼 我绝对没你无情 没你残酷 没你无理取闹

女:好 既然你说我无情 我残酷 我无理取闹我就无情给你看 残酷给你看无理取闹给你看

男:看吧 还说你不无情 不残酷 不无理取闹现在完全展现你无情 残酷无理取闹的一面了吧

PS：面对那排山倒海般的句子，只有四个字：不服不行！！

琼奶奶的呕心之作实在太多，我已经开始口吐白沫意识不清，为了保住小命暂告一段落，欢迎大家继续列举。

:D

[Ian_Lee]

Skylee:

I have only read her novels written in the '60s and '70s. I don't know lately that 瓊瑤 has beomce so 婆媽.

One of her earlier writings that I liked most is 海鷗飛處. The story began with a girl who got on the last cross-harbor Star ferry to commit suicide:

凌晨二時。天星碼頭上疏疏落落的沒有幾個人﹐這是香港通九龍間的最后一班輪渡﹐如果不是因為在耶誕節期間﹐輪渡增加﹐現在早沒有渡船了。但﹐盡管是假日里﹐到底已是深夜二時﹐又趕上這麼一個淒風若雨的寒夜﹐誰還會跋涉在外呢﹖所以那等候渡船的座椅上﹐就那樣孤零零的坐著幾個人。都瑟縮在厚重的大衣里﹐瑟縮在從海灣襲來的寒風中。

......

[skylee]

That dialogue is a joke (but not far from the truth) on her TV series.

The passage you quoted is why I said reading her books was a good way to learn how to write.

[Ian_Lee]

I think her novels should be used as promotional material by Taiwan's universities in their brochures.

I recalled I dreamed to attend 東海大學 in my matriculation year after reading her campus romance novel with that university as background.

[Asami]

i don't read so much of her books though..

i kinda like most of the new writers appearing these days..

but tats all during my high school years..

it's all over now