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Title: favourite authors
Post by: xander on October 10, 2011, 10:17:27 AM
Post by: xander on October 10, 2011, 10:17:27 AM
Who do you love?
Me, I love Richard Laymon.
Me, I love Richard Laymon.
Title: Re: favourite authors
Post by: Constance on October 10, 2011, 10:25:01 AM
Post by: Constance on October 10, 2011, 10:25:01 AM
Julie Anne Peters
Alex Sanchez
Larry Niven
Alex Sanchez
Larry Niven
Title: Re: favourite authors
Post by: Padma on October 10, 2011, 11:00:19 AM
Post by: Padma on October 10, 2011, 11:00:19 AM
Ursula Le Guin
Tim Powers
Robertson Davies
Peter Dickinson
Poppy Z Brite
etc., etc...
Tim Powers
Robertson Davies
Peter Dickinson
Poppy Z Brite
etc., etc...
Title: Re: favourite authors
Post by: tima on October 10, 2011, 11:59:18 AM
Post by: tima on October 10, 2011, 11:59:18 AM
John Steinbeck,HG Wells,Dickens,Shakespeare,not into poetry though i do love John Betjeman and the war poets.
Title: Re: favourite authors
Post by: Felix on December 08, 2011, 02:18:51 PM
Post by: Felix on December 08, 2011, 02:18:51 PM
Authors I can think of at the moment are Carl Sagan, Oliver Sacks, Vladimir Nabokov, Charles Simic, Umberto Eco, Walt Whitman, A.R. Ammons, Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams, Tom Robbins, Roald Dahl. And Tove Jansson and Louis Sachar.
I had to revive this thread - looking for something happy to dwell on, and this is the funnest kind of listmaking. 🙂
I had to revive this thread - looking for something happy to dwell on, and this is the funnest kind of listmaking. 🙂
Title: Re: favourite authors
Post by: Pica Pica on December 08, 2011, 02:32:39 PM
Post by: Pica Pica on December 08, 2011, 02:32:39 PM
Although there are individual books I prefer more than any of this author's, my favourite body of work belongs to Kurt Vonnegut.
Title: Re: favourite authors
Post by: Maya Zimmerman on December 08, 2011, 03:17:02 PM
Post by: Maya Zimmerman on December 08, 2011, 03:17:02 PM
Seeing your list gives me some authors I probably need to look into, Felix. :)
My list...
Haruki Murakami
Koji Suzuki
Carl Sagan
Douglas Adams
Tom Robbins
Chuck Palahniuk
David Sedaris
Robert Anton Wilson
1/2 of Stephen King
Brian Greene (as long as he's not on about string theory)
Bertrand Russell
Kurt Vonnegut
Can I count Hugh Laurie, since he's only written one novel so far? It was really good, if that counts.
If we're including graphic works...
Alan Moore
Grant Morrison
Warren Ellis
Tsugumi Ohba
Rumiko Takahashi
Saki Hiwatari
CLAMP
That's all, off the top of my head. I'm probably forgetting some and I specifically excluded someone because he specifically doesn't mention authors who are important to his work. 😛
My list...
Haruki Murakami
Koji Suzuki
Carl Sagan
Douglas Adams
Tom Robbins
Chuck Palahniuk
David Sedaris
Robert Anton Wilson
1/2 of Stephen King
Brian Greene (as long as he's not on about string theory)
Bertrand Russell
Kurt Vonnegut
Can I count Hugh Laurie, since he's only written one novel so far? It was really good, if that counts.
If we're including graphic works...
Alan Moore
Grant Morrison
Warren Ellis
Tsugumi Ohba
Rumiko Takahashi
Saki Hiwatari
CLAMP
That's all, off the top of my head. I'm probably forgetting some and I specifically excluded someone because he specifically doesn't mention authors who are important to his work. 😛
Title: Re: favourite authors
Post by: schism on February 04, 2012, 03:10:16 AM
Post by: schism on February 04, 2012, 03:10:16 AM
william gibson
china mieville
chuck palahniuk
hunter s thompson
philip k dick
probably in that order.
china mieville
chuck palahniuk
hunter s thompson
philip k dick
probably in that order.