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Aug 20, 04
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Another Book Thread...but it's about authors...
So, I really didnt know where to put this, so I thought I would throw it in with other book-type threads.
I know at least some of you out there read. CrookedTim, at the very least. Sidekick. Goat. Anywho, I was wondering if you had a single, favorite author. I do, which is odd for me. I am far to indecisive to delve into such absolutes. Only a single author and a single band are free from such a fate. My author of choice is Harlan Ellison. Here is a portion of an info page for Harlan Ellison done by the people of DragonCon (a convention in Atlanta at the begining of september that I will be attending). "He has written or edited 76 books; more than 1700 stories, essays, articles, and newspaper columns; two dozen teleplays, for which he received the Writers Guild of America most outstanding teleplay award for solo work an unprecedented four times; and a dozen movies. Currently a member of the Writers Guild of America, he has twice served on the board of the WGAw. He won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe award twice, the Horror Writers’ Association Bram Stoker award six times (including The Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996), the Nebula award of the Science Fiction Writers of America three times, the Hugo (World Convention Achievement award) 8½ times, and received the Silver Pen for Journalism from P.E.N. Not to mention The World Fantasy Award; the British Fantasy Award; the American Mystery Award; plus two Audie Awards and a Grammy nomination for Spoken Word recordings." A mere glance into it all... Here is the link to the whole thing: http://www.dragoncon.org/people/ellisoh.html So, people of FnK, share some info so we all may enjoy. 
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Aug 20, 04
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my favorite author for the time being would be oscar wilde, i absolutley love the picture of dorian gray, i also hunted down the 'influential yellow book' from the same story and read some books by the same author which helped show the influence the book plays on dorian.
did that make sense? i think it did lol. i need a new author, more literature please...
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Aug 20, 04
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My favourite writer of alllllllll time is Stephen King. now let me explain myself.
it is no fluke that he is the best selling author of all time. this guy manages to create stories and appeal to the general public while underlying them with themes and issues that can be analyzed on a deeper level if you choose to read them that way. he is also hands down one of the best creaters of fictional characters that i have ever read. the characters that he writes in his books are so multi-faceted that sometimes i believe they have more depth than even myself. my favourite books of his are Misery, The Shining and The Stand (the unabridged version of course). another favourite author is Chuck Palahniuk. he is a crazy writer. not your normal run of the mill books and they all make some sort of social point, which is nice. bret easton ellis is also really good for making social points. a lot of his books make the same point and have the same sort of themes that tie them together, but they're written so damn good that i could keep reading them and never get bored of it. other good authors: Jeffrey Eugenides Irvine Welsh Oscar Wilde William Shakespeare Dave Eggers Lawrence Krauser Douglas Coupland (cnd) Timothy Findley (cnd) Michael Turner (cnd) J.R.R Tolkien J.K Rowling Alex Garland Ray Bradbury there are more, but yeah. those are the ones that are off the top of my head.
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Aug 20, 04
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My utmost favorite Author is Tom Clancy. I've read almost every title he's ever written. My favorite one by him is "Red Storm Rising", read the whole thing in Grade 9. Awesome action, well done and at points almost politically possible. Other than that, Dale Brown is pretty good. I've also read a lot of classic Military Lit, The Art of War, Achtung Panzer among other books on Strategy. I do enjoy some Tolkein and Asimov on the odd occasion as well.
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Aug 21, 04
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I don't have a favourite. There's been bazillions of subjects by bazillions of authors.
authors books i'll actually buy: Wilbur Smith - Courtneys in Africa (or any of the courtney series) Patrick O'Brian - Aubrey/Maturan series *<sp? Terry Goodkind - Not all the sword of truth books, the middle bunch seemed rushed, but awesome story. Margerat Weis - Deathgate Cycle - some are better then others, but the last 3 books are great. 6 is amazing. Bryce Courtney Coupland The king Terry Pratchet again, way too many authors out there. Last edited by Goat; Jun 19, 06 at 09:52 PM.
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Aug 23, 04
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fantasy-gemmel, tolkien, jordan (although he's been sucking ass lately), and martin.\
sci-fi-herbert and clarke historical shit-cornwell (bernard, not that patricia wench) horror-king and lumley. i haven't found any lovecraft yet :(
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Aug 23, 04
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Albert Camus (READ THIS MAN'S WORK, he has this amazingly beautiful descriptive language in his writing that so far, I haven't found a match for), Ayn Rand, Joseph Conrad, Douglas Coupland, Tom Robbins, Margaret Atwood, Sylvia Plath (although she only has one novel to her name, I adore her writing), Hemingway (dry bastard, but I love his direct approach with his writing, makes it really interesting to read and pick apart.), Yasunari Kawabata (Japanese writer- read 'beauty and sadness' DO IT)
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Aug 23, 04
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Aug 30, 04
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sidekick: I would say that Stephen King is a great writer, but far from a great novelist. His short stories are so much better than his drawn out novels, they really tend to just drag on and bore the hell out of me. That is not to say he isn't a great writer, he's just more suited to the short story medium in my opinion. I fully agree with your choice of Oscar Wilde, quite possibly the wittiest man to have ever lived, which is fully exemplified in his catalogue of works. I'm a pretty big fan of Irvine Welsh, I've "The Acidhouse", "Trainspotting", "Ecstacy", "Filth" and I just picked up "Porn" a few weeks ago, but haven't cracked it yet. Tolkien and Coupland are givens and should be staples in any good library.
Krista: Dean Koontz is what I consider toilet bowl reading, basically that's about the only place I can handle reading his novels is when I'm in the middle of a nice lengthy BM and need some mindless fodder to pass the time. That's not to say he doesn't serve a purpose. He just doesn't register very high on my list. ~god~: I lump Anne Rice with Koontz, so re-read the above statement. Fyodor Dostoevsky was an amazing writer, at some point and time everyone should sit down and read "War and Peace" and "The Brothers Karamazov" which is probably his best work, the complexity of the characters is amazing. Noam Chomsky is someone that any well adjusted "thinker" should read. Chomsky's views on freedom of speech are legendary; hell he was in a U2 video as well which makes him immediately cool. Kesey, YOU FUCKING HIPPY!!! WHY DON'T YOU GO LOOK UP THE SURVIVING MERRY PRANKSTERS WHILE YOU'RE AT IT!!! Kesey is amazing, "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" is one of those must read books. Myra: Albert Camus' "L'Etranger" is one of those literary works that helped society leap frog, definitely an amazing piece of literature. Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" was the basis for "Appocalypse Now", you must all go out and read and watch these to things, if not clowns will come and kill you in your sleep. Don't even get me started on Margaret Atwood, I know you have an unhealthy obsession with Margaret so I'll keep it short and try not to ruffle any feathers, SHE BORES THE HELL OUT OF ME. But on a side note I fully enjoy the poetry of Sylvia Plath, it's just too bad she decided to off herself. I've always avoided Hemmingway like the plague, I don't know why, but I just have. Tim: Go by my uncle's bookstore on pender and richards, it's called criterion books and he usually has a decent selection of Lovecraft paperbacks for sale. All the books are used so he'll be able to hook you up with a good price. Tell him I sent you and you might even get a better deal and some direction on some new authors. As for some of my favourite authors that haven't already been listed... Herman Hesse Jonathan Swift Terry Goodkind Tom Wolfe Hunter S. Thompson John Milton Euripides Douglas Adams Sun Tzu Michael Ondaatje Anthony Bourdain Poetry... bp Nichol Roy Kiyooka Samuel Taylor Coleridge T.S. Eliot bill bissett That's about all I can think of off the top of my head, but I'm certain there are many more.
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Aug 30, 04
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I mentioned Anne Rice because i read a paper she wrote on Kafka's the trial. it was amazing. Kesey is awsome. I have a clip of him and his crew going around in a fuckin VW experimenting with LSD and mud. its great :)
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Aug 30, 04
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i can see where you are coming from with Stephen King. he is still my favourite author, however, there is a point in almost all his books where he loses me (around the middle section) and coasts through the middle fifty-hundred pages (depending on how long it is) before he picks it up again. oscar wilde: yeah, no one can deny that he is one of the funniest/wittiest men that ever lived. anyone that has read anything that he has written, or even just skimmed quotes from him will have to agree with this statement.
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Sep 02, 04
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authors i have read and enjoyed are:
*lee maracle, because she is insightful, and tells a story that i want to hear, her storys are about first nations, canadian and the woman's voice. *eden robinson - she's an intrigueing story teller, where lee tells it from a omniscient pov, eden robinson tells it from a first person. *toni morrison - she writes tragedy beautifully. stina.
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Oct 19, 04
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Spider Robinson: Brilliant LOCAL author of the Callahan series of novels. If you've never read a Callahan book be SURE to pick one up next time you're at the library or Chapters or whatever, I promise you won't be disappointed.
Terry Pratchett: Author of the Discworld Novels, If you could distill monty python into a fantasy writer this is what it would turn out like, razor sharp british wit, fantastic characters and writing style. Tom Clancy: He's my guilty pleasure, I've alraedy started to outgrow the books, only Red Storm Rising is still really enjoyable, but, *shrugs* I still recommend him.
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Oct 19, 04
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Tom Clancy is a great Author. How can you outgrow them? A lot of his work still is highly applicable to the Geo-Political Scene. Read The Bear and the Dragon, it's pretty good. I've been reading him since I was in Grade 7. I've read almost every Book authored or co-authored by him as well. :)
Other than that, Dale Brown is a fairly good author. Heinz Guderians' Achtung Panzer is an excellent work on Strategy too.
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