Favorite Writer

[keithy_19]

There was probably a thread about this, so if you need to lock it, do so.

Just wondering who is your favorite author now, and your favorite classic writer, Shakespeare, Hemmingway, Poe...ect.

For right now, I go with Dan Brown just because I'm really into Angels and Demons. As for classics, I really like Poe's stuff. You also have tor espect Shakespeares works.

What about you?

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[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

Margaret Atwood, Maya Angelou, JD Salinger.

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[TheMojoPin]

Honestly, there's not a lot of fiction authors ("Classic" or modern) who I'll read all of their work, or even more than one title.

I'm more of a history/current affairs-type reader.

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[Tall_James]

I'm more of a ...current affairs-type reader.


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[TheMojoPin]

"How To Serve Connie Chung!"

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[SilentSpic]

For right now, I go with Dan Brown just because I'm really into Angels and Demons. As for classics, I really like Poe's stuff. You also have tor espect Shakespeares works.

I am currently reading Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code and when I am done Angels and Demons is next on the list.

John Grisham is one of my favorite writes.

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[jeffdwright2001]

Mystery Fiction: Rex Stout
Regionalism/humor: Mark Twain
Classic (Greek): Plato's Socrates dialogues
Fantasy: Fred Saberhagen

In the non-fiction realm, I don't particularly follow authors. But there are several books I'll re-read.

A couple of which are:

"The Groucho Letters"
"Benjamin Franklin - The First American"

[Crippler]

Today, I'm a big fan of Michael Crichton and the whole fiction based in science/medicine genre, but I was never really a big fan of what is considered "Science Fiction."

In High School, I actually enjoyed reading Shakespeare. And Ambrose Bierce was something of a literary bad-ass as well.

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[WindowSill]

John Grisham, Tom Clancy, and David Wells :)



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[JPMNICK]

neal stephenson.


I finished Cryptonomicon (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=UN32gzCruC&isbn=0060512806&itm=2) and I am going to be starting
SnowCrash (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=UN32gzCruC&isbn=0553380958&itm=5) next. These books are just amazing.

I also enjoy Douglas Adams and Clancy. most of the books I enjoy reading are of a technical nature.


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[badorties]

kurt vonnegut
greil marcus
david sedaris
albert camus
douglas adams
tom robbins
charles bukowski
peter guralnick
stephen jay gould
pete hamill



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[DarkHippie]

Me. Seriously, my stories are so hot I jerk off while I'm writing them.

Besides me, i have a long list:

Anton Chekhov
Philip Roth
Franz Kafka (is any story more perfect than "the Metamorphosis")
Russell Banks
John Irving
Dorothy Allison
William Faulkner

i could go on. I guess these are more the writers I'm most influenced by.

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[grlNIN]

J.D. Salinger
Anne Rice
Chuck Palahniuk
John Steinbeck

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[jeffdwright2001]

Me. Seriously, my stories are so hot I jerk off while I'm writing them.
Short stories I take it?

[Doctor Manhattan]

Elmore Leonard

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[Tall_James]

J.D. Salinger

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[DarkHippie]

Short stories I take it?
All too short :(

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[BoondockSaint]

Hunter S. Thompson
Chales Bukowski
Charles Plymell
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Robert B. Parker
Elmore Leonard

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[Tazz]

I don't really have a favorite author, just favorite subjects. Those would be virus/bacteria (I love microbiology) and wrestling biographies.


Franz Kafka (is any story more perfect than "the Metamorphosis")


If by "perfect" you mean agonizingly dull, then I agree fully.

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[TheGameHHH]

hands down the greatest author of all time is Shel Silverstein

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[Tall_James]

Those would be virus/bacteria (I love microbiology) and wrestling biographies.

"How I Contracted Ebola" by Junk Yard Dog should be right at the top of your best seller list.


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[Freakshow]

Chuck Palahniuk
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Richard Adams
William Faulkner (only red 1 of his so far, but enjoyed it very much)
Shelby Foote (his civil war volumes are great)
Robert Graves

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[grlNIN]

hands down the greatest author of all time is Shel Silverstein




I completely forgot about "A Light in the Attic". I used to carry that book with me everywhere when i was little.

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[TheGameHHH]

I completely forgot about "A Light in the Attic". I used to carry that book with me everywhere when i was little.

on top of other instant classics like "Where the Sidewalk Ends" and "The Giving Tree"


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[keithy_19]

The most inspiring writer to me would probably be Nick Hornby, author of High Fidelity, my favorite book of all time.

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[Snoogans]

Favorite Writer

Larry Flynt

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[reeshy]

Probably right now....
1) Klaus Eissenbach
2) Tom Clancy
3) Chou Ze Wing
4) Grigor Zertorpovich

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[ADF]

Jack Kerouac and James Joyce.

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[blakjeezis]

Shakespeare. I don't think anyone, anywhere has ever come close to matching him with the written word. Never has the human condition been so incredibly translated to paper. Sometimes God gives us small glimpses of the sublime, of heaven, Shakespeare's works are that indeed.


This reminds me. I'm topping the favorite book thread from 3 years ago.

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[keithy_19]

Shakespeares works are amazing. Kid's everywhere still read his plays. That is a testament to his greatness.

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[East Side Dave]

Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the guy who wrote "Don't Sweat The Small Stuff."

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[El Mudo]

Lyn MacDonald writes great histories of WW1 from interviews of the common British soldier, and they're always great reads, I reccommend "Somme", "1918", and "1915: The Death of Innocence"

I've always loved Stephen Ambrose

And no one, AND EL MUDO MEANS NO ONE...writes better prose about the Civil War than Bruce Catton..i don't care if his history is a little sketchy...

And because i'm southern, i have to like Faulkner...

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[HBox]

Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Michael Crichton (pre-Timeline) and Alan Moore

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[bigbaldirish]

i'm a fantasy geek, so ...
R.A. Salvatore (this guys books should be movies)
Tolkien ( which i just re read because the first time i was 10 and didn't understand that he created a dictionary of his own words)
Ed Greenwood
Elaine Cunningham

More famous writers
Stephen King
Micheal Crichton
Dan Brown ( only read the davinci code, but the style was amazing)

classic writers
Shakespeare
nathaniel Hawthorne
Poe

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[TheMojoPin]

Man, I'm gonna dumb down this thread and list my favorite comic book writers.

Grant Morrison
Brian Michael Bendis
Ed Brubaker
Peter Milligan
Alan Moore
Greg Rucka
Judd Winnick
J. Michael Straczynski
Kevin Smith
Garth Ennis
Brian Azzarello
Neil Gaiman
Warren Ellis

NERDIN' IT UP, BITCHES!!!

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[blakjeezis]

I'm a pretty big fantasy geek myself, but I cannot get into R.A. Salvatore. I read the first Forgotten Realms book, with Drizzt Do'Urden and Wulfgar, and it did absolutely nothing for me. I couldn't care less about them. I haven't picked up Salvatore since. I love Dragonlance, well the Chronicles and the Legends anyway, any of the stuff by Weiss and Hickman. Of course Tolkien. The Assasin's Apprentice series by Robin Hobb were also very enjoyable. Currently reading A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin, which comes highly recommended from someone whose opinion I value in such things. But in the end, it's all fluff.

The only Vonnegut book I've read is Breakfast of Champions, about a year ago I guess. It was good, but not great. I read it in one sitting, took a few hours. It was enjoyable enough, but it didn't inspire me to read any of his other stuff.

Chuck Palahniuk (sic) is cool too. Fight Club, obviously, and Survivor I liked a lot. I think he tries too hard sometimes though. He's got himself all caught up in the Palahniuk mystique and somewhere along the way I think he started to believe his own hype.

I am a voracious reader, although it does tend to come in cycles. Like 5, 6, 7 books in a couple of months and then nothing for a while. God has blessed me with the ability to read quickly with pretty good comprehension, so I take advantage of that. I tend stay away from fiction, unless it's something that is highly recommended, or everyone is talking about. Mostly I read history/philosophy/religion books. More than likely you'll find me with my nose in a book about Jesus (which could be classified as fiction depending upon your outlook, I suppose).

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[Arienette]

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[Freakshow]

The only Vonnegut book I've read is Breakfast of Champions, about a year ago I guess. It was good, but not great. I read it in one sitting, took a few hours. It was enjoyable enough, but it didn't inspire me to read any of his other stuff.

Did you at least read the illustrated version?

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Breakfast of Champions is a hard one to start with. It's the confluence of characters that have been in almost all of Vonnegut's books. I think you may be expected to know a lot of the back story, but I could be wrong. The movie is just horrendous, by the way.

I would recommend reading Slapstick: Or Loneseome No More, which is Vonnegut at his absurd best. Also Bluebeard, and a short story called The Big Giant Space Fuck are two of my favorites.

And, of course, he just may not be for you. Not the end of the world.


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[DarkHippie]

I forgot to mention that I have just about every book by R.A. Salvatore. Yes, I'm a cheesy fantasy junkie too.

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[East Side Dave]

It just occurred to me that the word "writer" is not exclusive to novelists or authors of non-fiction books. Thus I'd like to add to my list Larry King for his exciting columns in USA Today! How I do love non-sequitors!.........is it me, or does America miss Rue MacLanahan?

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[East Side Dave]

Samuel Clemens; a man who worked on a steamship. When the river was good, the men would say it was "mark high." When the waters were poor, they would say they were "mark low." When the water was on the verge of either being safe or dangerous, the men would say the river......... was "mark twain."









........yesterday I kidnapped Ken Burns...

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[jeffdwright2001]

And the "Twain" stood for two fathoms of water depth.


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[BrownTown]

Just a Handful of Favorites

Kurt Vonnegut - Everything he's done is genius, but Cat's Cradle in particular is awesome. It's the single greatest piece of literature ever, bar none. If you haven't already, read it now. If you have, read it again.

Hunter S. Thompson - Absolutely hysterical. Fuck a Johnny Depp. That pile of shit movie didn't do Fear & Loathing in L.V. half the justice it deserves. Hell's Angels is pretty outstanding too.

Albert Camus - The Stranger & The Plague are my personal favorites, but he's done a lot of other great stuff.

Fyodor Dostoevsky - He has a tendency to bit too prolific with a lot of his stuff, but Notes From Underground rocks all over the place. The guy is such a miserable prick, I love it.

James Patterson - I absolutely hate the idea of new cool popular fiction, but I read an excerpt of Big Bad Wolf in Maxim magazine, and got hooked. I now own about 10 of his books and he's pretty fucking cool.


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[TheMojoPin]

Hunter S. Thompson - Absolutely hysterical. Fuck a Johnny Depp. That pile of shit movie didn't do Fear & Loathing in L.V. half the justice it deserves.

Hell, Hunter thought it did.

The right answer is, of course, the book is "unfilmable" as a movie. But I think Gilliam, Hunter, Depp and Del Toro did about as close a job as humanly possible to getting it done.

And Hunter does a solo commentary track on the Criterion edition of the DVD that's fantastic. It never gets old.

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[BrownTown]

The right answer is, of course, the book is "unfilmable" as a movie.

Agreed 100%. It still pisses me off that they tried and missed though.
It's kinda like bands that cover songs, and don't do as good of a job as the original (which is almost always the case). What's the point? You don't need to "update the classics", they're fucking classic.

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[NewYorkDragons80]

Charles Dickens, Geoffrey Chaucer, Tom Clancy.

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[East Side Dave]

I like Dickens, too. ......."It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."........ That was Dickens. I think he's talking about NBC's thursday night lineup in the '80's.

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[tenaciousc]

Henry Miller - made my highschool years passable
Neil Gaiman
Andi Watson
Evan Dorkin
Mike Allred

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[DarkHippie]

Charles Dickens, Geoffrey Chaucer, Tom Clancy.
I'm trying to find the connection between the two former and Clancy

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[chgojim]

The Guy who writes all of those "Dummies" books,

I haven't read them all but, I believe he deserves a nod for his vast body of work! Kudo's

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Evan Dorkin

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[jeffdwright2001]

Charles Dickens, Geoffrey Chaucer, Tom Clancy.
I'm trying to find the connection between the two former and Clancy
They've all had movies based on one of their stories. And they all have two syllables in their last name.

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[Freakshow]

Lenny: Uh yeah, I'm a techno-thriller junkie, and I'd like to know, is the B-2 bomber more detectible when it rains?
Kent: Oh, what do you think, Tom Clancy?
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[NewYorkDragons80]

Charles Dickens, Geoffrey Chaucer, Tom Clancy.
I'm trying to find the connection between the two former and Clancy
I knew that was uneven match when I posted it. I mostly read about politics and history, or the classics. So it's hard to single out one guy when you're talking about non-fiction. So Clancy happens to be one of the only modern fictional writers I read.

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[scorpion]

Joseph Wambaugh was one of my favorites for a long time.


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