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Post by Akasha on Feb 3, 2009 15:14:17 GMT -5
Who are your favorite writers?
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Post by Miss Dee on Feb 21, 2009 10:35:47 GMT -5
Jackie Collins. I love reading mindless trash.
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Post by tenebrae99 on Feb 21, 2009 12:32:49 GMT -5
Here's a few of my favorites and why:
Hunter S Thompson: a lot of critics write him off as too much involvement with the subjects and doing nothing but glorifying drug use. I disagree. The man had the amazing ability to make you feel like you were there (my favorite example of this is the section in Hell's Angels where he describes riding a motorcycle at top speeds after midnight). And as for romanticizing drug use, not even close: the second half of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas couldn't be any clearer about the negatives.
Thomas Harris: there's probably debate over whether he's a horror writer or not, but the guy has created some memorable characters that are being pretty much used to this day. Of course, there's Hannibal Lecter, but it would be irresponsible to forget others like Red Dragon's Will Graham, Silence of the Lambs' Clarice Starling, and even the other serial killers Harris gave life to (Lambs' Bufallo Bill/Jame Gumb and especially Dragon's Francis Dolarhyde). Harris' Hannibal is probably one of the most unfairly maligned novels in recent memory...although Hannibal Rising needs kicked around much more.
Chuck Palahniuk: it's hard to tell what's more vicious in his books -- the satire in the stories or the acts committed in them. Doesn't matter. Palahniuk's skill is that he can make you simultaneously loathe and love his pathetic characters all while skewering society with some the most absurd, hilarious, grotesque, and insane plot points.
JK Rowling: that's right, I said it. There's a reason the Potter books continue to sell through mass printings and have fans across all ages. It's great writing that's simple but not simplistic, and the series matured along with its initial fanbase. And the lady has managed to pull off some daring moments: she killed a main character at the height of the series being known only as kids' books in Goblet of Fire. She even had the guts to write her beloved hero as a real teenager -- brattiness, confusion, and all -- in Order of the Phoenix, something few writers would follow through with (and probably something most editors and/or publishers would try to stop with all their might). Rowling has earned every cent she's gotten from her boy wizard.
More later, this is gettin' long winded
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Post by tim on Jul 29, 2009 16:42:41 GMT -5
Stephen King when I have time to sit and read it.
Bruce Campbell
and my favorite Joe Bob Briggs as he has brought a unique take on horror and mainstream films and how they have fit in today's culture.
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Post by Kody Boye on Aug 16, 2009 22:00:16 GMT -5
My top three...
Jennifer Haigh, because she creates beautiful stories about families and adds conflict in each and every one of them.
Poppy Z. Brite, because she isn't afraid to hold ANYTHING back. Whether it be torture, incest, drug abuse, or anything else under the son, she can write it without any restriction.
And... I should have to say, Stephen King, because he got me into writing horror.
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Post by saucefox on Aug 17, 2009 8:08:57 GMT -5
My top three... Jennifer Haigh, because she creates beautiful stories about families and adds conflict in each and every one of them. Poppy Z. Brite, because she isn't afraid to hold ANYTHING back. Whether it be torture, incest, drug abuse, or anything else under the son, she can write it without any restriction. And... I should have to say, Stephen King, because he got me into writing horror. i looooove poppy z., too. omg. love her.
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Post by babushka on Jan 5, 2010 13:52:06 GMT -5
I love magical realism- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Julio Cortozar, and Cormac McCarthy, and Umberto Eco, and Raymond Carver. I should get to know more contemporary authors, it's been a while since I've really wanted to snuffle into the seams of a new book and lick up all the words. Too long.
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Post by School Girl on Jan 5, 2010 17:59:32 GMT -5
I love magical realism, too! My absolute favoritest author ever is Kevin Brockmeier. Get his "Things That Fall from the Sky." Read it. Love it. Pass it on.
I've been meaning to dip into Eco but not sure where to start. Can you make a recommendation?
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Post by babushka on Jan 5, 2010 19:23:20 GMT -5
The Island of the Day Before is my most favorite Eco, probably followed by Baudolino, Foucault's Pendulum, The Name of the Rose.
I think Mr. Babushka would put Foucault's Pendulum first.
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Post by Joe on Jan 6, 2010 21:54:29 GMT -5
Favorite writers in no particular order: Ernest Hemingway John Steinbeck Jack London Henry Miller Charles Bukowski Sir H. Rider Haggard
Guess you could say I only read fiction by dead writers.
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Post by SJ782 on Jan 10, 2010 9:13:40 GMT -5
Here are a few :
Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Heinlein Ernest Hemmingway Ben Bova Neil Gaiman Terry Goodkind Scott A. Johnson
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Post by saucefox on Jan 10, 2010 11:38:36 GMT -5
i love gaiman's short fiction. i hate to say it, but his novels i've kind of found tedious, but i was young when i read them, so perhaps if i gave them another crack... i'm the only person i know who didn't enjoy american gods.
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Post by Almeda J. Becker on Jan 10, 2010 14:01:08 GMT -5
Burgess, Garcia Marquez, Nabokov, Mishima, Delillo, to name a few. Not many horror writers make it into my top 10 lists, I'm afraid. However, Shirley Jackson always causes a chill, and Matheson's I Am Legend is one of my favorite books of all time.
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Post by Iron Rich on Jan 10, 2010 14:17:14 GMT -5
Thomas Hardy, Emile Zola, Jack London, Ernest Hemingway.
Modren/Horror: Clive Barker, Stephen King and Jack Ketchum.
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Post by SJ782 on Nov 12, 2010 13:22:17 GMT -5
I was checking Terry Goodkind's website out today. He's got a new book out called the Law of Nines. I may have to check that one out. There is also supposed to be a new Richard and Kahlan book coming out in early 2011. They were the main characters in the Sword of Truth series. How much more hell can he put those two through ? I had a heck of a time getting through the three books where the evil Sisters of the Dark made Kahlan invisible. Then made everyone forget that she even existed, except Richard. Everybody thought he was crazy.
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