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stranger_danger
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Who is your favorite writer?
#14421769 - 05/08/11 08:56 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I am taking summer semester off, so I will actually have the time to read a few books I WANT TO READ instead of BEING MADE TO READ.
It is impossible for me to decide a particular favorite among this list, but here are my favorite authors/writers.
Hemingway, Wilde, Vonnegut, Ginsberg, and Whitman.
Who is/are your favorite author(s)?
please also give me your favorite publication(s) by them and if you have the time a very short synopsis of the book(s) stated... I would really like to broaden my horizons, so make them good! :-D
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Eshu
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I don't have a favorite yet. I just got into reading.
But my favorite books so far are
- The Shack - BY william paul young
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- The Giver - BY lois lowry
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If you want something that is the television of reading (entertaining but meaningless), I'd check out Christopher Moore. One good one from him is "Island of the Sequinned Love Nun" which deals with a degenerate pilot that fucks it all up and finds himself in the pacific islands dealing with cannibals and shady doctors.
For slightly more thought-provoking but still entertaining stuff, I'd go with Tom Robbins. "Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas" might tickle your interest if you're into entheogens. It deals with a stock broker who runs into a man in tune with alien intelligences from Sirius. Still wicked funny.
Finally, Tim Powers. Just read "The Anubis Gates." It's a book that makes all other time travel novels seem like a waste of time.
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the bizzle
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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Kid_Orgo]
#14421821 - 05/08/11 09:07 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Castaneda
people have some weird opinions of castaneda but if you read journey to ixtlan and tales of power you are lying to yourself or completely missed the point if they are not deeply relevant
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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: the bizzle]
#14421834 - 05/08/11 09:10 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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c s lewis i dont understand most of it... but i like it
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Anthony917
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Aldous Huxley, John Steinbeck & George Orwell
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I really have been liking Stephen King's stuff lately. The Dark Tower Series was fantastic, and I am just reading The Shining right now and it keep getting better.
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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: The Vapor]
#14421871 - 05/08/11 09:15 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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yo im going to let u in on a little secret.... K.A. Applegate... check her out... just dont let anyone know u are reading her books.. its embarassing
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Connor4050
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Chuck P.
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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Connor4050]
#14421921 - 05/08/11 09:23 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
Connor4050 said: Chuck P.
Chuck N
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Mind Transcribing
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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Anthony917] 1
#14421932 - 05/08/11 09:25 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Cormac Mccarthy
Favorite book: Blood Meridian
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stranger_danger
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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Connor4050]
#14421952 - 05/08/11 09:28 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
Connor4050 said: Chuck P.
i love chuck.... choke, invisible monsters and rant are all outstanding.
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Quote:
Mind Transcribing said: Cormac Mccarthy
Favorite book: Blood Meridian

Some of my favorites: Vladimir Nabokov (Lolita, most of his short stories) and Umberto Eco (The Name of the Rose).
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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Lion]
#14421982 - 05/08/11 09:33 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
Lion said:
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Mind Transcribing said: Cormac Mccarthy
Favorite book: Blood Meridian

Some of my favorites: Vladimir Nabokov (Lolita, most of his short stories) and Umberto Eco (The Name of the Rose).
Lolita was a great book.
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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: The Whale]
#14421996 - 05/08/11 09:35 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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You should check out a couple of Tom Robbins novels, Jitterbug Perfume is probably his best but I really liked Another Roadside Attraction too. Its got everything.. hippies, hot dogs, Jesus, flea circus..
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KrishnaDreamer
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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: saxcidjazz]
#14422030 - 05/08/11 09:40 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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moby dick was pretty good.
dostoyevsky.
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my favourite author is anonymous, not the internet's anonymous, but just books with no claim to writer
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One of my favorite books is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Absolutely fantastic novel about a society who burns books, subsequently censoring ideas that contradict with the shallow nature of said society in order to make the people "happy."
Nathaniel Hawthorne is great if you feel like going in deep. I've done quite extensive research and analysis on his works. I've only ever read his short stories. Young Goodman Brown is one of my favs about a man who battles with hidden sin inherent within every person, even his devout Puritan religious community. Very cool. He features lots of similar themes in most of his stories that delves into the psychological, good/evil, sin, etc. Rappacini's Daughter, The Birthmark, My Kinsman, Major Molineaux, etc.
There are so many great writers and books out there. It's very easy to get overwhelmed. So little time... *sigh*
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