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Who is your favorite writer?
    #14421769 - 05/08/11 08:56 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: stranger_danger]
    #14421778 - 05/08/11 08:58 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: stranger_danger]
    #14421810 - 05/08/11 09:04 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Kid_Orgo]
    #14421821 - 05/08/11 09:07 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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)

c s lewis i dont understand most of it... but i like it


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: R.J. Schiffler]
    #14421846 - 05/08/11 09:11 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Aldous Huxley, John Steinbeck & George Orwell
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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: R.J. Schiffler]
    #14421847 - 05/08/11 09:12 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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)

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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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: R.J. Schiffler] * 1
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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: RonaldFuckingPaul]
    #14421916 - 05/08/11 09:23 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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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Chuck P.




Chuck N


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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)

Cormac Mccarthy

Favorite book: Blood Meridian


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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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Chuck P.




i love chuck.... choke, invisible monsters and rant are all outstanding.


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: stranger_danger]
    #14421967 - 05/08/11 09:30 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Mind Transcribing]
    #14421970 - 05/08/11 09:31 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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Cormac Mccarthy

Favorite book: Blood Meridian


:thumbup:

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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Cormac Mccarthy

Favorite book: Blood Meridian


:thumbup:

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)

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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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: saxcidjazz]
    #14422030 - 05/08/11 09:40 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

moby dick was pretty good.

dostoyevsky.


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: KrishnaDreamer]
    #14422098 - 05/08/11 09:52 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

my favourite author is anonymous, not  the internet's anonymous, but just books with no claim to writer


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: KrishnaDreamer]
    #14422147 - 05/08/11 10:01 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: McTwist]
    #14422150 - 05/08/11 10:02 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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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*




Oh ya i forgot about bradbury!! Fahrenheit 451 is one of my favorite books ever!
Im surprised more people don't like George Orwell or Huxley :shrug:


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Anthony917]
    #14422180 - 05/08/11 10:08 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

1984 was my precursor to F. 451. They are both excellent books. Animal Farm was good too. I like how concise and easily readable Orwell wrote it. Are there any other good Orwell books? I tried reading one set in India but it was an utter bore.

Huxley's Brave New World was good, though not as good I as had hoped. I have a keen interest in books that deal with dystopian realities, suppressed societies, controlled populations, etc. The message is always good to have refreshed.

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe was awesome! The pranksters were some very eccentric folks. A great read.

I also enjoyed The Hobbit by Tolkien. Fun stuff.


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: McTwist]
    #14422196 - 05/08/11 10:11 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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1984 was my precursor to F. 451. They are both excellent books. Animal Farm was good too. I like how concise and easily readable Orwell wrote it. Are there any other good Orwell books? I tried reading one set in India but it was an utter bore.

Huxley's Brave New World was good, though not as good I as had hoped. I have a keen interest in books that deal with dystopian realities, suppressed societies, controlled populations, etc. The message is always good to have refreshed.

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe was awesome! The pranksters were some very eccentric folks. A great read.

I also enjoyed The Hobbit by Tolkien. Fun stuff.




I agree my favorite book ever is 1984. my dad told me I should read it when I was in the 8th grade and I LOVED IT!
It's funny because as we look at these books predicting the future, some aspects of them are slowly but surely coming true.

Someday the world might be like 1984...Orwell just didn't go far enough into the future


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Anthony917]
    #14422219 - 05/08/11 10:14 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

I'm absolutely with you on fiction turning reality. That is the number one reason I love these books. Although they are works of fiction, the ideas present within them can be superimposed on our own world. As I read through both 1984 and F. 451, I was able to distinguish many, many, many parallels between today's society and the ones portrayed in the books. It was so apparent, nearly overwhelmingly nauseating to think that some guy's thoughts on a dystopian future are actually coming true!


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Anthony917]
    #14422247 - 05/08/11 10:21 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

There are a lot of good writers mentioned on here.  I like Stephen King.  The Dark Tower series is awesome.  It's about this bad ass gunslinger that travels between worlds on his quest for the dark tower.

Another great set of books are by Mary Stewart.  She wrote four books about Merlin and Arthur.  They are The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment, and The Wicked Day.  They are about the Camelot legend from Merlin's point of view.  Written very well.


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    #14422288 - 05/08/11 10:29 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: 4HO-DMT]
    #14422290 - 05/08/11 10:29 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Dan simmons - hyperion series
Robert anton/william shia - the illiminatus! Trilogy


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: JT]
    #14422308 - 05/08/11 10:33 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

oh yea, also Darren shan


cirque du freak was a good series, and also



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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Salomon]
    #14422698 - 05/09/11 12:04 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

I'm pretty young and not very well read, but I'd say Albert Camus. He's a philosopher but his novels are outstanding. The Stranger is a masterpiece. It's short, and condenses to a point in the most profound way. Read it in a day, then go for a bike ride at night or something. It'll be like planting a beautiful philosophic bomb in your head. To attest to its mastery, it's translated from French but it's still just as...well, read it. Get toasted for the finale.  :jointsmile: Also, The Fall. :eek:


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: saxcidjazz]
    #14422726 - 05/09/11 12:10 AM (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..




yeah tom robbins is great... terry pratchett is one of my favorites... and the almighty tolkien is up there, too...


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: In(di)go]
    #14423664 - 05/09/11 09:03 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Aldous Huxley:
- "Brave New World" (pseudo utopia)
- "The Doors of Perception/Heaven and Hell" (discovering mescaline)
- "Island" (almost the perfect society, utopia)
- "Brave New World Revisited" (haven't finished it yet)

George Orwell:
- "Animal Farm" (very intelligently made political satire)
- "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (big brother)

Erasmus of Rotterdam:
- "The praise of Folly" (timeless social critique)

Hunter S. Thompson:
- Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (Gonzo journalism at it's best)

Lewis Carroll
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- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (who doesn't know these?)

Patrick Süskind:
- The famous "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" (the most synesthetical book I've read)
- The Pigeon (very interesting twisted paranoia)

If you like poetry I would definitely recommend Fernando Pessoa, best poet that ever existed, he had several different heteronyms and also wrote under his name, all of them with different poetry styles, different life stories and different personalities. My favorites are Fernando Pessoa and heteronym Álvaro de Campos, pretty dark poetry.


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: pouihi]
    #14423681 - 05/09/11 09:09 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Joseph Heller

Jack Kerouac

Alfred Bester


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: pouihi]
    #14423682 - 05/09/11 09:10 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

thanks guys, you have actually brought up a few i had never heard of (books) and am going to check out... :awethumb:


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: pouihi]
    #14423685 - 05/09/11 09:10 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Kurt Vonnegut - Welcome to the Monkey House
John Steinbeck - Grapes of Wrath (but any will do; they're all works of genius)
Jared Diamond - Collapse (non-fiction, but a must-read: interesting thesis, and very well written)
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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: koraks]
    #14423694 - 05/09/11 09:12 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: pouihi]
    #14423701 - 05/09/11 09:16 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Non-fiction (:strokebeard:)

1: Hunter Stockton Thompson


2: Terence McKenna
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3: Robert Anton Wilson



Fiction

1: Aldous Huxley
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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: stranger_danger]
    #14423775 - 05/09/11 09:47 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Friedrich Nietzsche, Hermann Hesse, Nikos Kazantzakis, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Albert Camus, and Jean-Paul Sartre.  Those are some of the authors that come to my mind when I think about masterpieces of literature.  That's not to say they're brilliant just in their artful conjunction of words, but that their works resonate specifically with the inner self.


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: easyrider]
    #14423788 - 05/09/11 09:51 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Thanks for reminding me about Hesse. I should really read some of his books. Concerning Dostojevski and Tolstoy: both too slow to my liking. I don't have the patience anymore to read that long-stretched, slow-paced prose, however beautiful it may be.


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: koraks]
    #14423805 - 05/09/11 09:57 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I read "The double" and was like :confused:
I'll try reading it again sometime.
Kafka is also twisted.


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: stranger_danger]
    #14423885 - 05/09/11 10:23 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Some great stuff has already been emntioned so a lot of what I post here will be done for reiteration.

1.  John Steinbeck - Grapes of Wrath

People in this thread have spoken about how they like fiction that seems to be ripped from today's headlines like 1984.  The Grapes of Wrath is a truly timeless piece because it is probably the most sprawling  and accurate portrayal of modern man that can be achieved.  It's one of those life-changing works that focuses on the worst of human cruelty and the best of generosity and love.  Other major themes involve the prevalent social and technological apparatuses that can and have led to dehumanisation.  If you are going to read only one Steinbeck book in your life, this is the one.

Other notable works:  Cannery Row, Tortilla Flats, Of Mice and Men and to a lesser extent East of Eden which is probably his most philosophically shallow work.

2.  Ernest Hemingway.  I know you have already listed him as a favorite and that's awesome.  Every Hemingway book I have read I have enjoyed immensely.  The Sun Also Rises is probably my favorite.  Major theme: alienation.  In fact that's probably Hemingway's major theme as it is pretty pervasive throughout everything I've read by him.  If you haven't read Men Without Women, that's a really fantastic collection of short stories. 

3.  Jack Kerouac.  Very interesting stuff from a historical point of view and the things he did with prose I've always considered pretty unique and special, though lots will disagree.  On The Road, Dharma Bums, Big Sur, Tristessa.

4.  George Orwell 1984.  Only book of his I've read but you should definitely read it if you haven't.

5. Hunter S. Thompson:  Obviously.  Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.  Less obviously (and already mentioned) Hell's Angels:  The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs.

6.  J.D. Salinger: Catcher in the Rye.  More alienation stuff.  Any book listed as an inspiration for so many killers murderers and fools is probably worth a look.

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    #14423899 - 05/09/11 10:26 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

dostoyevski (sp?) is great ! Crime and punishment was one of my favourites.


I'd say my favourite is Victor Hugo - the guy who wrote Les Miserables.


Although i don't have a great ammount of reading experience, Les Miserables was just an amazing story. I'd never read anything like it. I can see why it's renowned as a classic, because modern day writers really do not write with the quality or depth that some of the greats do. Just try reading Les Miserables and you will see what i mean. The level of description and character developement is astounding.


Modern books are all about situations and to a lesser degree the characters. 'bob walked in the store and said something' Where as Victor Hugo's writing is all about the characters and to a lesser degree the situation. Victor will tell you the internal struggles of the character of the decisions leading up to, during, after and the consequences and how they effect the character. The developement of the characters is really un-parralleled (sp??) in my experience.


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    #14424582 - 05/09/11 01:10 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

hunter s. thompson
robert anton wilson
dan simmons
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I'd say my favourite is Victor Hugo - the guy who wrote Les Miserables.


Although i don't have a great ammount of reading experience, Les Miserables was just an amazing story. I'd never read anything like it. I can see why it's renowned as a classic, because modern day writers really do not write with the quality or depth that some of the greats do. Just try reading Les Miserables and you will see what i mean. The level of description and character developement is astounding.


Modern books are all about situations and to a lesser degree the characters. 'bob walked in the store and said something' Where as Victor Hugo's writing is all about the characters and to a lesser degree the situation. Victor will tell you the internal struggles of the character of the decisions leading up to, during, after and the consequences and how they effect the character. The developement of the characters is really un-parralleled (sp??) in my experience.


I highly recomend Les Miserables!!



Les Miserables is probably my fav book of all time. I don't think I can call Victor Hugo my favorite writer based on this one book but nevertheless, it is simply fantastic.

The unabridged version often takes very long deviations from the story to really build on an element of the story. There is one specific section on the Parisian sewer system that goes on for a bout 150 pages with no mention of the story's characters at all. Its necessary to the story to a point but it can definitely drag if you aren't ready for it.



Other than Les Miserables, I am a huge fan of Watership Down by Richard Adams (as is evident by my username and avatar). I cannot think of a single person who wouldn't like that book. Its so universal.

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    #14424700 - 05/09/11 01:36 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Definitely J.R.R Tolkien, not necessarily LOTR but all of his books, amazing.
Sean Williams, try the books of the cataclysm, VERY unique!
Clive Barker, he is awesome, especially if you're not looking to increase your vocabulary.
I liked the Abarat series that he refuses to finish... I've been waiting 5 years.
Try Patrick Rothfuss, the name of the wind.
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    #14424814 - 05/09/11 02:00 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Neil Gaiman


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    #14424843 - 05/09/11 02:08 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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Neil Gaiman




I was just going to say that, and there it is the last post.

American Gods
The novel is a blend of Americana, fantasy, and various strands of ancient and modern mythology, all centring on a  mysterious and taciturn protagonist, Shadow.

Anansi Boys
is a novel by Neil Gaiman, a spin-off of Gaiman's earlier novel American Gods.

Good Omens w/ Terry Pratchett
The book is a comedy and a quasi-parody of the 1976 film The Omen (as well as other books and films of the genre), concerning the birth of the son of Satan, the coming of the End Times and the attempts of the angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley to avert them, having become accustomed to their comfortable situations in the human world.


Speaking of Terry Pratchett the Disk world Series is a fun read. I like the books that revolve around Rincewind. You don't really have to read them in any order.
Small Gods
is the thirteenth of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, published in 1992. It tells the origin of the god Om, and his relations with his prophet, the reformer Brutha. In the process, it satirises religious institutions, people, and practices, and the role of religion in political life.


My wife really likes Raymond E Feist. But his series is about 30 books or so.

Oh and of course Douglas Adams I don't recall seeing his name in the previous posts.




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    #14424880 - 05/09/11 02:20 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Some good answers in here.

I would have to say a tie between

HP Lovecraft




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    #14424934 - 05/09/11 02:31 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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Some good answers in here.

I would have to say a tie between

HP Lovecraft









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    #14424936 - 05/09/11 02:31 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Gregory David Roberts he wrote Shantaram awesome book :laugh:


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: 4runner]
    #14424947 - 05/09/11 02:33 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

William Gibson's definitely up there. Hermann Hesse is also one of my favorites. And Douglas Adams, hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is amazing.
Someone mentioned Christopher Moore on the first page, this is my favorite book by him:
It's about Jesus, and fucking hilarious, while still being a bit more philosophical than his other books.


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    #14424988 - 05/09/11 02:44 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Alice B. Tolstoy

David Foster Carlos Williams

James Joyce Carol Oates


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    #14425035 - 05/09/11 02:55 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

CHOMSKY
HOWARD ZINN
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    #14425355 - 05/09/11 04:10 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

This thread inspired me to head out to my local Borders that is closing down and see what they had left.  Picked up Huxley's Ape and Essence for 4 bucks, not bad.


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    #14425740 - 05/09/11 05:22 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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BUKOWSKI
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    #14425799 - 05/09/11 05:34 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

A lot of writers, but they are like apples and oranges (and cherries and bananas, etc)

SO...
Philip K. Dick
Theodore Sturgeon (Short stories)
Gene Wolf
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    #14425872 - 05/09/11 05:45 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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A lot of writers, but they are like apples and oranges (and cherries and bananas, etc)

SO...
Philip K. Dick
Theodore Sturgeon (Short stories)
Gene Wolf
Arthur C. Clarke






you should check out Alfred Bester if you like Sci-fi.


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    #14425882 - 05/09/11 05:47 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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you should check out Alfred Bester if you like Sci-fi.




I love Alfred Bester, especially 'The Stars My Destination'  he wrote that, and one or two other novels and a few short stories.  I have it all in my collection.


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    #14425938 - 05/09/11 05:54 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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you should check out Alfred Bester if you like Sci-fi.




I love Alfred Bester, especially 'The Stars My Destination'  he wrote that, and one or two other novels and a few short stories.  I have it all in my collection.




thought you might :thumbup: The Stars My Destination is too epicly awesome,

had me sweating all the way through and where he is trppin the fuck out at the end.. :awegroove:  :yuno: 
  :wtfsonic: !!

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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: druqs]
    #14425987 - 05/09/11 06:03 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Cordwainer Smith?  Holy fuck dude, you know all the good writers.  'Scanners Live in Vain' is an EPIC short sci-fi.  (Yea, and Gunny Foyle in The STars my Destination, I thought he was tripping that whole fucking novel....) :tongue2:

You might try Murray Leinster also.  And DEF Theodore STurgeon.  Stephen King ripped off Sturgeon for so much material it is sad.


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: stranger_danger]
    #14426066 - 05/09/11 06:14 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

James Joyce
Thomas Pynchon
David Foster Wallace
Tom Robbins


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    #14426203 - 05/09/11 06:41 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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Cordwainer Smith?  Holy fuck dude, you know all the good writers.  'Scanners Live in Vain' is an EPIC short sci-fi.  (Yea, and Gunny Foyle in The STars my Destination, I thought he was tripping that whole fucking novel....) :tongue2:

You might try Murray Leinster also.  And DEF Theodore STurgeon.  Stephen King ripped off Sturgeon for so much material it is sad.




will deffo check out Murray Leinster and Theodore Sturgeon:thumbup:, any particular material of theirs?:strokebeard:

Peter F. Hamilton aint too bad for modern epic space opera type,  the tech he writes about is all super slick. :monopoly:


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Mad_Larkin]
    #14426276 - 05/09/11 06:56 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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Non-fiction (:strokebeard:)

3: Robert Anton Wilson






About time someone mentioned Pope Bob. His books Prometheus Rising and Quantum Psychology are both available as pdfs online. QP is available as a link in my signature. If you can't find Prometheus Rising, PM me and I'll hook you up. PR and QP are about taking the epistemological bull by the horns and becoming responsible for your own programming--in essence, they're books about metaprogramming with exercises at the end of each chapter to help you along in the process.


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: druqs]
    #14426277 - 05/09/11 06:56 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Theodore Sturgeon was mainly a short story writer.  However, he got the first Nebula with the Novel 'More Than Human' in 1954.  (I got the first Edition of this in hard cover, from 1954!)  Some of his short novelettes (Case and the Dreamer) or Venus Plus X, but I really recommend his short stories, especially Microcosmic God.  He also wrote a couple of the star trek originals, I think his most notable one was 'The Trouble With Triffles'. 

Murray Leinster was also a prolific short story writer.  Here are a couple of his Novels, but i am really only familiar with his shorts, which I found outstanding. 


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: dr_gonz]
    #14426293 - 05/09/11 06:59 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

I'm currently reading Undoing Yourself with Energized meditation by Hyatt. You got any other recommendations by him? Or other authors similar to RAW and HYATT?


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: stranger_danger]
    #14426331 - 05/09/11 07:10 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

I suggest Albert Camus

books by him I suggest are;

The Stranger
A Happy Death
The Plague
The Myth of Sisyphus

All are quick reads except 'A Happy Death'. Have fun reading bro!


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: ShroomScape]
    #14426360 - 05/09/11 07:16 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

don't forget cosmic trigger!


hyatt's got a whole series, not to mention a press (well, before he passed) but the press is still going...


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    #14426363 - 05/09/11 07:16 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

What's Hyatt's press?


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    #14426372 - 05/09/11 07:20 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

the original new falcon

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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: dr_gonz]
    #14426382 - 05/09/11 07:21 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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Tom Robbins





:awesomenod:

So much so that I have a phrase from "Jitterbug Perfume" tattooed on my left forearm.


also:  william motherfucking shakespeare, Herman Hesse, Kurt Vonnegut, and a special shout out to Dan Simmons for the Hyperion Cantos!


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Taco Chef]
    #14426392 - 05/09/11 07:24 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

great suggestions so far from everyone but missing atm:

thoreau -- walden, the maine woods
norman mailer -- naked and the dead, armies of the night
alan moore --promethea, watchmen, V for vendetta
dellilo -- white noise, libra
roth -- an american pastoral, the plot against america
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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: yogabunny]
    #14426437 - 05/09/11 07:34 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Which quote of his?

I really like one of his quotes, I forget which book it's from, that goes: "Rule one in the cosmic mechanics guide: a linear wrench will not turn a spiral bolt."


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    #14426453 - 05/09/11 07:37 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

"erleichda"


it means lighten up in a fake ancient bohemian language. 


i like so many of his quotes that i could sit here all night copy and pasting them into this thread.


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Stephen king!


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    #14426476 - 05/09/11 07:42 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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    #14426593 - 05/09/11 08:09 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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I'm currently reading Undoing Yourself with Energized meditation by Hyatt. You got any other recommendations by him? Or other authors similar to RAW and HYATT?




I'm actually doing a rhetorical analysis of Christopher S. Hyatt's work in my master's rhetorical theory class.  :grin:

I'm working on it as I type this.  I'm also focusing on Antero Alli's works.

Just checkout the roster of author's on New Falcon's site.  Actually, check out Original Falcon instead.


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Penguarky Tunguin]
    #14426602 - 05/09/11 08:11 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

that is fucking cool as fuck man i'd love to read it


beat you to the original nf by a few posts though....


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Taco Chef]
    #14426622 - 05/09/11 08:16 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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that is fucking cool as fuck man i'd love to read it


beat you to the original nf by a few posts though....




It's my first masters class as well as my first rhetorical analysis.  It sucks, I'm afraid, but at least I didn't resort to bullshit stock topics like some people did.  One guy is doing an analysis of baseball announcers' use of metaphors...

Here's the books I'm analyzing:


1. Undoing Yourself with Energized Meditation and Other Devices by Christopher S. Hyatt

2. The Psychopath’s Bible: For the Extreme Individual by Christopher S. Hyatt

3. To Lie is Human: Not Getting Caught is Divine by Christopher S. Hyatt

4. A Modern Shaman’s Guide to a Pregnant Universe by Christopher S. Hyatt & Antero Alli

5. Angel Tech – A Modern Shaman’s Guide to Reality Section by Antero Alli


My professor is also familiar with Terence McKenna's work, as her husband is obsessed with him.  I'm thinking she used to be a partier...


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Penguarky Tunguin]
    #14426655 - 05/09/11 08:22 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Favorite authors -

Terry Pratchett
J.R.R Tolkein
William Faulkner
James Joyce
Orson Scott Card
Frank Herbert
Vladimir Nabokov


I'm sure I'm forgetting people, but those are the authors who come immediately to mind.


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    #14426666 - 05/09/11 08:24 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: dr_gonz]
    #14427397 - 05/09/11 10:37 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

This thread delivers!

I would recommend Hunter Thompson: The rum diaries for a great piece of fiction.

Also, I don't know if he's been mentioned, but John Grisham is also a great writer.  The Rainmaker is my favorite and a must read for anyone who likes the underdog.


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    #14427405 - 05/09/11 10:40 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.



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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: gzuf]
    #14427424 - 05/09/11 10:44 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

vonnegut's pretty awesome. slaughterhouse five was great.

gonna add "last of the mohicans" and "the alchemist" to the list.


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: gzuf]
    #14427449 - 05/09/11 10:51 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Man...I just like to got to the used book store and walk around flipping though pages till something jumps out at me. We have this place here in Jacksonville called chamblin bookmine, and it's a bookstore that winds thought several buildings, with no apparent order to it's layout. It's like they just kept knocking down walls and expanding the book shelves aren't even really in order they're all hand made and of different lengths and heights; the overall construction of the place feels like a maze with over 2 million books.
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http://www.chamblinbookmine.com/default.aspx


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Penguarky Tunguin]
    #14427648 - 05/10/11 12:02 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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I'm currently reading Undoing Yourself with Energized meditation by Hyatt. You got any other recommendations by him? Or other authors similar to RAW and HYATT?




I'm actually doing a rhetorical analysis of Christopher S. Hyatt's work in my master's rhetorical theory class.  :grin:

I'm working on it as I type this.  I'm also focusing on Antero Alli's works.

Just checkout the roster of author's on New Falcon's site.  Actually, check out Original Falcon instead.




You should definitely post that paper for us to read. You have at least 2-3 people that are interested in checking it out. BTW, if you do start a thread, please PM me and let me know about it, I would probably miss it otherwise. :nyan:


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: ShroomScape]
    #14427669 - 05/10/11 12:10 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

i'm a pope :datass:


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Salomon]
    #14427696 - 05/10/11 12:20 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Here's your official Pope card:



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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: ShroomScape]
    #14427700 - 05/10/11 12:21 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Mr Shel Silverstein deserves a mention.



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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: ShroomScape]
    #14427717 - 05/10/11 12:26 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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Here's your official Pope card:





i'm gonna print out a shat ton of these and give them out to people i sell dr00gs to:datass:


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Salomon]
    #14427752 - 05/10/11 12:38 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Can't believed I spaced him and can't believe he hasn't been mentioned but oh my god... Mark Twain

Check out the autobiography of Errol Flynn too.


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Re: Who is your favorite writer? [Re: Gastronomicus]
    #14428639 - 05/10/11 07:34 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace changed my life. I've never been so completely absorbed by a story.

other favorite writers:

-Chekhov
-Dostoevsky
-Chuck Palahniuk
-Steinbeck
-Stephen King
-Michael Crichton
-William Faulkner
-Hunter S. Thompson (of course)
-the list goes on...


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    #14429791 - 05/10/11 01:09 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

yeah the 300 page pot scene at the beginning is :awesome: and the one where the junkie transvestite breaks down on the train and the bathroom stall is just incredible writing


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