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my altime favorite is Orson Scott Card.
his greatest books are the ones about Ender. i'm sure somebody here know's what i'm talking about. my second fav. would be anne rice. i've read most of her work. i like a lot of others. but those are my favorite to read. ------------------ http://www.angelfire.com/games3/slac...ges/golem1.gif http://www.angelfire.com/games3/slac...slackerboy.gif http://www.angelfire.com/games3/slac...ges/golem2.gif |
Not familiar with that Slackerboy but I'm glad someone started this topic up again. Got some great reading ideas from the old board.
My (partial) list: JRR Tolkien, TH White, Mary Stewart, Leon Uris, Dean Koontz, about half of Tom Clancy, Arthur Conan Doyle, Shakespeare, histories and historical novels, James Mitchner, EL Doctrow, and many others. I'll think some more and post back (if the exertion doesn't kill me). ------------------ http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...t1lg_opt60.gif - for cut rate prices call 976-BRIS-FOR-LESS {Next time I send some damned fool, I'll go myself...} |
I really like Elaine Cunningham and Bob Salvatore as for TSR writers. Outside of the DND mainstream I like Mickey Zucker Reichert, J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephen Lawhead, Piers Anthony and Roger Zelazny.
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Hmm, I would go with HP Lovecraft, Pär Lagerkvist, Salvatore (due to the stories), Robert Jordan (at his best) .. tough one..
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My favorite novelists include:
Christopher Fowler Stephen King Anne Rice Roddy Doyle Stephen Laws I like lots of others, but these are my favorite modern writers at the moment. Yes, most of it is horror! Personally I find good characterisation one of the most important factors to my enjoyment of a book. Stephen King is particularly good at creating 'real' characters that you can empathise with. I'm glad that in England he is now gaining some respect as a 'serious' writer - he was always viewed as pulp fiction before because of his subject matter which just shows how narrow minded some reviewers are. ------------------ http://www.gldb.com/wayno/epona2.gif Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. Epona of The Laughing Hyenas and The Ladies Guild. |
... CS Lewis, Howard Fast, Kenneth Roberts, Terry Pratchett, Ray Bradbury, Scott Turow, John Grisham, William Faulkner, F Scott Fitzgerald, Shelby Foote, Robert Ludlum, Alexander Dumas, Victor Hugo, Charles Dickens and Anonymous (man, that person is rather prolific).
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Raymond E. Fiest, David Eddings...
I like Dickens for the masterfully created interlinking Plots. I can't really name that many authors though, because I haven't read that much (unfortunately). Sir Arther Conan Doyle is pretty good too. I also read a great thought provoking book by Philip Pullman called "Northern Lights", and its sequellion "The Subtle Knife" ------------------ http://kung_lao.tripod.com/1.gif "Watch your back" - Sylent Master Thief of the OHF |
HP Lovecraft
Robin Hobb MR James JRR Tolkien Joseph Conrad Mervyn Peak Jules Verne ------------------ "It hurts us,it hurts us.It freezes,it bites!" |
Pleased Gollum enjoyed Peake, it was a tragedy he died before he completed the 3rd book. Fritz Leiber, M. Moorcock. Poul Anderson, Elaine Cunningham, R.E.Howard, enjoyed Troy Denning and Jack Vance.
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Good question! I'm a bookaholic so my list is long:
Louisa May Alcott Piers Anthony Robert Asprin Jane Austen Lawrence Block Lilian Jackson Braun Anne, Charlotte and Emily Bronte Rita Mae Brown Heron Carvic/Hampton Charles/Hamilton Crane Agatha Christie Tom Clancy Arthur Conan Doyle Janet Evanovich Dick Francis Elizabeth George Sue Grafton Andrew M. Greeley Martha Grimes John Grisham J.A. Jance Faye Kellerman Jonathan Kellerman Ngaio Marsh John D. McDonald Lucy Maud Montgomery Shirley Rousseau Murphy Sara Paretsky Robert B. Parker Ellis Peters Joel Rosenberg Lawrence Sanders Walter Scott J.R.R. Tolkien Whew! That enough? I'll be adding to the list as I discover new authors LOL |
This'll be a longish list: J.R.R.Tolkien, Stephen Lawhead, David Gemmel, Peter Moorwood, Arthur Conan Doyle, Teri.S.Shepper, Joe Dever, C.S.Lewis (the Chronicles of Narnia and That Hideous Strength), R.E.Howard (I only like some of his stuff), Moira Caldecott, and many others.
If I can remember the name of the woman who wrote Clan of the Cave Bear or any of my other favourite writers then I'll jot 'em down here. ------------------ Balgin, the Dwarf |
has NOBODY read Orson Scott Card?
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Stephen Donaldson, C.S.Lewis, Raymond E. Feist.
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Favourite Fantasy authors : Robert Jordan, Raymond E. Feist, Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey, Robin Hobb, Jennifer Roberson (for the Tiger and Del series), Weiss & Hickman (not all of them, bt especially the Death Gates series), M.Z. Bradley (even if my husband says it is cheap litterature !). And Zelazny. And Terry Brooks (I think every Shannara book gets better than the prevoious one, even if the 1st book was not top). ------------------ http://fc1ddq.free.fr/stan2.gif The world is my oyster ! [This message has been edited by Moiraine (edited 04-06-2001).] [This message has been edited by Moiraine (edited 04-06-2001).] |
And a vote here for the master - Robert Silverberg. I defy anyone not to be moved by his short story "Sailing to Byzantium"
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Almost forgot Joseph Conrad,his tales of the sea are always a pleasure to read.
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Definitely Anne McCaffrey, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Ray Bradbury, Diane Mott Davidson, Mercedes Lackey, Terry Pratchett, Elizabeth George, Dick Francis, Lindsey Davis, Sharan Newman, Barbara Delinsky... loads more. As for the previous comment regarding MZB and literature, what's literature anyway? I can't stand reading Hemingway, and Dickens himself can be a bit unreadable at times. I read what I like.
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my favorite authors are:
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Most of the stuff I've read is sci-fi fantasy so that's where all my favourite authors come from- Michael A stackpole and Timothy Zahn for their Star Wars stuff.
R.A Salvatore. How he keeps pumping out the great books amazes me. The Dark Elf books and the cleric quintet were both really good. William King for his slayer book series. If you want to read about complex characters and a killer fighter, read them. |
Humour: Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett (more amusing than laugh out loud), Louis de Bernieres, 'Private Eye' (paper).
Autobiog: Jung Chang (Wild Swans - great book) Serious: Joseph Heller (falls in humour as well), Aldous Huxley, Laurie Lee Favorite Author ever: Tolkien (because I enjoyed reading his books as much now as when I was about 10). (plus many others - these are just the ones I can remember) [This message has been edited by Staralfur (edited 04-10-2001).] |
Hm let's see
John Grisham Steven King Margret Wise and Tracy Hickman Raymand E Feist JRR Tolkien A lot of others too but those are not my favorite writers ------------------ http://content.communities.msn.co.uk...&ID_Message=66 |
Fantasy and the like: Iain Banks, JRR Tolkien, Terry Pratchett, H.P. Lovecraft, Clive Barker, Robert Jordan, Marion Zimmer Bradley, CS Lewis, Mervyn Peake
Non-fantasy: AS Byatt, Anthony Burgess, William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Kit Marlowe, John Milton, Oscar Wilde, Emily Brontë, John Keats, William Butler Yeats, Michele Roberts, Salman Rushdie, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Roddy Doyle, Tom Stoppard, Sylvia Plath, David Hare, Robert Frost, Edward Bond, Seamus Heaney, Geoffrey Hill, Stevie Smith, Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas Pynchon, Iris Murdoch, Guy De Maupassant, Baudelaire, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Hermann Hesse, Margaret Atwood etc etc etc ------------------ Melusine, Archbabe of the OHF and the LH http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/memnoch/mel1.gif Your voice is ambrosia |
Stephen King
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Robert Asprin~LOVED the "Myth" Series!
Piers Anthony Douglas Adams Who wrote "Tales From The Vulgar Unicorn"? I loved the series that it started! Gosh that was so long ago! Slackerboy, My son is a big fan of Orson Scott Card and read and re-read the Ender's Series. They were probably the only books in his massive collection that I never got around to reading. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/frown.gif Moni http://members.aol.com/lasttrueprincess/images/ltp4.gif |
Let's see Moni, Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn was by lots of authors I seem to remember - hmm, swivels computer chair and gazes at overladen 2nd bookcase - Hah, deftly plucks a volume - authors are various, but edited by Asprin - you got some Phillip Jose Farmer, Lynn Abbey, van Vogt, Andrew Offutt (always loved his Hanse character) - looks like I only have 3 of them as well (volumes 2, 4 and 5) - better rectify that now that I know my set is incomplete). Think I will take one for the plane (if the Liveship book gets a bit hard to stick with) - thanks Mon.
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Davros,
No, Thank YOU! Andrew Offutt was one of my favorite writers in that series as well. Shadowspawn was my favorite character. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Hope you enjoy your trip my friend! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif Moni http://members.aol.com/lasttrueprincess/images/ltp4.gif [This message has been edited by Moni (edited 05-03-2001).] |
All I can say is "All of the above"... you all beat me to listing most of my faves.
Two names I didn't spot in the many lists were: Kate Forsythe.... check out "The Witches of Eileanon" - most excellent J.K. Rowlings (of course) And Slackerboy, I have read every book (except short story collections) that Orson Scott Card ever wrote. He's great!! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif ------------------ http://www.paulbunyan.net/mnssc/f65L.gif Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness. Happy Member of Fast Fourward. |
This is tough. Let's be selective -
Fantasy: J.R.R. Tolkien for Silmarillion, and LOTR Roger Zelazny for the Chronicles of Amber Fritz Lieber for Fahred & the Grey Mouser C.S. Lewis for Narnia Robin Hobb for her nasty Assassin series(and also she's a Robin too)http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/heysexy.gif Glen Cook for the Black Company series Barbera Hambly for her Dragonsbane & Silicon Mage series Ursula LeGuin for the Earthsea books Mary Stewart for the Crystal Cave Jack Vance for the Houses of Ism, the Dying Earth series, and the Demon Princes Stephen Donaldson for the Thomas Covenant books Terry Brooks, for Shanarra series Terry Pratchet - he he hehehehe for Diskworld http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no.../1orglaugh.gif Robert E. Howard for Conan Marion Zimmer Bradley for Darkover Anne McCaffrey for the Pern books Edgar Rice Burroughs for Tarzan Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for Lost World & Sherlock Um... let's stop here - |
Tolkien (of course!) (Fantasy)
Robin Hobbs (Fantasy) Terry Goodkind (Fantasy) J.V. Jones (Fantasy) David Eddings (Fantasy) Stephen Lawhead (Fantasy? He crosses over to historical sometimes) Parke Godwin (Fantasy) George R. Martin (Fantasy Up there with Jones and Hobbs) J.K. Rowling (Fantasy) (Harry Potter) (For those of you who don't have children; She is going to turn a lot of young readers on to Fantasy and SF) Andre Norton (SF) Robert Heilien (SF) Orson Scott Card (SF) Robert Adams (Horseclan Series) (just found out he is dead) (SF) Dean Ing (SF) Brian Lumly (Horror) Stephen King (Horror) Clive Cussler (Adventure. Dirk Pitt is way better than James Bond!!!) Robert Ludlum (Adventure) Stephen Hunter (Adventure) Tom Clancy (Adventure) Michael Crichton (Adventure) W.E.B. Griffith (War) (He has several great series! Very readable) ------------------ Sir Taliesin Meddle not in the affairs of dragons if you are crunchy and good with ketchup! |
Raymond Feist Rules!!!!!!!!
He is a lot better then Tolkien. |
i must agree raymond e feist is f*^@#n brilliant writer and he is understated by a lot of people. also salvatore is a good one even tho he maybe a bit more of a teenagers writer i still like his books.
Stephen donaldson David Gemmel Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman Dean Koontz Kathleen o gear and micheal o gear Katherine Kerr and many others i dont like a lot of those lonelty enod of the world books where an individual has to hide in the shadows and try and save a world consumed by darkness kind of thing. |
Number one favourite is Jane Austen. I also like Charles Bukowski, Kurt Vonnegut, William Burroughs, James Ellroy, Jim Thompson, Paul Auster, Clive Barker, Faye Kellerman (but not her husband Jonathon), Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle. I'm also a very big fan of children's fantasy, including Susan Cooper, Michael Ende, Maurice Gee, Margaret Mahy, Robert C O'Brien, Grimm's Fairy Tales, 1001 Arabian Nights.
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My favorite authors are Michael A. Stackpole for the Battletech and Star Wars Novels. Timothy Zahn for the Star Wars Novels. And my all time Favorite Author is Patricia Kennealy Morrison. If you want to see what books she has see my post in The AD&D books and other rpg books forum
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R. A. Salvatore
Stephen King Dean Koontz John Grisham Shirley MacLaine Sylvia Browne Sue Grafton ------------------ http://publish.hometown.aol.com/tobb...ady_avalon.gif Seeker of Truth |
My little list. Not in order of preference but of memory!
Tolkien Mary Stewart Piers Anthony Diana Wynn Jones Anne McCaffrey C S Lewis Terry Pratchett Ray Bradbury Robin Hobb Jean M Auel Ellis Peters Stephen Donaldson Isaac Azimov Philip Jose Farmer Douglas Adams Rudyard Kipling Rider Haggard John Buchan Ben Jonson Geoffrey Chaucer Mike Resnick Tad Williams William Hoarwood Lindsey Davis Harry Harrison E Nesbit Brian Jaques Georgette Heyer (sorry about that!) R F Delderfield Leslie Thomas Arthur C Clarke Arthur Ransome Ursula Le Guin Mervyn Peake Robert Jordan Jenny Nimmo Mary Renault Clifford Simak... memory has dried up for the moment, lol! Hm. It occurs to me that several of the above would be a tad surprised to find themselves keeping company with the rest, lol! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif ------------------ Smile! Life is too short for bitching! http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...s/EEhearts.gif Fljotsdale [This message has been edited by Fljotsdale (edited 05-13-2001).] |
hmm..
. . Arthur C. Clarke (2001, 2010 ,2061 and 3001 Odysseys) Stephen King (even if the films of his books turn out shite) Michael Crichton (The Jurassic Park/Lost World books are MUCH better than the films) |
Tom Wolfe.
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