Favourite authors?

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Favourite authors? Dec 12, 2006 15:59:33 GMT -5

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Post by Dreampanther on Dec 12, 2006 15:59:33 GMT -5

Some of my favourite fantasy authors:

David Gemmell
Stephen King (Dark Tower series, specifically)
Terry Goodkind (Sword of Truth, but I recommend you don’t try and read the whole series, just the first three books)
Robert Jordan (but dear lord, I wish he did something more with that Wheel of Time series – he had a brilliant idea, and great characters… and then dragged it out, and out, and out – until it eventually just went nowhere)
CJ Cherryh
Roger Zelazny
Terry Pratchett
Neil Gaiman

Fantasy authors I don't read as much anymore but still recommend

Douglas Hill
Anne McCaffrey
André Norton
RA Salvatore
Alan Dean Foster
David Eddings

Awesome SciFi authors:

Vernor Vinge
Neal Stephenson
Peter F. Hamilton
William T. Quick
Douglas Hill

Detective:

Robert B. Parker

Action:

AJ Quinnell

Animals:

Gerald Durrell

Western:

Louis L'Amour
Jack Schaefer

Adventure:

Jack London

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The Big Daddy C-Master Big Daddy Living life to the fullest, and it feels great. I'm still here... for now... Posts: 26,387	Favourite authors? Dec 12, 2006 17:02:25 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Big Daddy C-Master on Dec 12, 2006 17:02:25 GMT -5 Do you mean in a general sense? I like Bryan Jacques, even now that I'm a bit older.
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Favourite authors? Dec 13, 2006 7:42:06 GMT -5

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Post by Dreampanther on Dec 13, 2006 7:42:06 GMT -5

Yeah, just generally - what do you read? SciFi, Fantasy, Adventure? Who are your favourite authors - what books do you have that you have read over and over and over again, and keep on buying for people as presents because you want them to read it as well?

For instance, Richard Bach's Illusions I must have bought four times already, because either I read it until it falls apart or I give it to somebody as a present...

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Favourite authors? Apr 23, 2008 2:52:07 GMT -5

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Post by Psyquis52 on Apr 23, 2008 2:52:07 GMT -5

Classic:
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Oscar Wilde

Jack London
Edgar Allen Poe
James Whitcomb Riley

Afraid that I'm very inspired by a lot of classic American authors. I sometimes wish it wasn't so but it would take me a while to list all my reasons for it.

Modern:
Neil Gaiman
Bernard Cornwell
Susanna Clarke
Elizabeth Kostova

There are patterns there that I think anyone can see. Three of them are British authors and the last two are first time hits.
With the last two, I'm not so certain that it's the authors that inspire me or the books that do so. Seeing as the authors are not exceptionally published yet I'll have to assume that it's the books:
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
and
The Historian
That truly fascinates me rather than the authors but, if they maintain that level of intensity in their writings then they will very easily remain on my list.

Thanks to Dja Majista!!

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Rogue Jedi B-Tier Posts: 848	Favourite authors? Sept 10, 2011 20:31:46 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rogue Jedi on Sept 10, 2011 20:31:46 GMT -5 Matt Reilly. If no one has read the Scarecrow series, I recommend them.

The Big Daddy C-Master Big Daddy Living life to the fullest, and it feels great. I'm still here... for now... Posts: 26,387	Favourite authors? Sept 11, 2011 9:20:02 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Big Daddy C-Master on Sept 11, 2011 9:20:02 GMT -5 Brian Jacques was great. I read him a lot when I was younger.
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Blaze72 S-Tier God of Mischief Posts: 3,746	Favourite authors? Sept 12, 2011 1:51:49 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Blaze72 on Sept 12, 2011 1:51:49 GMT -5 Robert E Howard & Ian Fleming.

The Big Daddy C-Master Big Daddy Living life to the fullest, and it feels great. I'm still here... for now... Posts: 26,387	Favourite authors? Sept 14, 2011 21:02:42 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Big Daddy C-Master on Sept 14, 2011 21:02:42 GMT -5 Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump are good too.
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Blaze72 S-Tier God of Mischief Posts: 3,746	Favourite authors? Sept 15, 2011 1:11:05 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Blaze72 on Sept 15, 2011 1:11:05 GMT -5 Donald Trump as in the rich dude?? So you been trying out new way to earn lots of money.

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Favourite authors? Sept 15, 2011 9:29:27 GMT -5

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Sept 15, 2011 1:11:05 GMT -5 Blaze72 said:

Donald Trump as in the rich dude??

So you been trying out new way to earn lots of money.

Donald Trump, Robert Kiosaki, Lee Iacocca, and many others.

I have my own company, and I'm always looking for investments. Those books just keep your mind in tune and mention new things that come along.

I'm all for making money.

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Blaze72 S-Tier God of Mischief Posts: 3,746	Favourite authors? Dec 27, 2011 4:16:51 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Blaze72 on Dec 27, 2011 4:16:51 GMT -5 I'm not really into the modern novels these days older stuff is better.

The Big Daddy C-Master Big Daddy Living life to the fullest, and it feels great. I'm still here... for now... Posts: 26,387	Favourite authors? Dec 27, 2011 19:46:16 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Big Daddy C-Master on Dec 27, 2011 19:46:16 GMT -5 Like what? Did you ever read Redwall when you were younger?
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Blaze72 S-Tier God of Mischief Posts: 3,746	Favourite authors? Dec 27, 2011 20:18:50 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Blaze72 on Dec 27, 2011 20:18:50 GMT -5 Nope.

Rogue Jedi B-Tier Posts: 848	Favourite authors? Dec 27, 2011 20:24:06 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rogue Jedi on Dec 27, 2011 20:24:06 GMT -5 This was a good read: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Highways_%28novel%29

Blaze72 S-Tier God of Mischief Posts: 3,746	Favourite authors? Dec 28, 2011 7:39:52 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Blaze72 on Dec 28, 2011 7:39:52 GMT -5 I've heard of him "Dean Koontz" how does he stuck up to someone like Stephen King for his horror stories?

Rogue Jedi B-Tier Posts: 848	Favourite authors? Dec 28, 2011 10:16:17 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rogue Jedi on Dec 28, 2011 10:16:17 GMT -5 IMO he is just as good. He has more action in his books.

The Big Daddy C-Master Big Daddy Living life to the fullest, and it feels great. I'm still here... for now... Posts: 26,387	Favourite authors? Dec 31, 2011 12:08:06 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Big Daddy C-Master on Dec 31, 2011 12:08:06 GMT -5 Did anybody read R.L Stein back in the day?
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Blaze72 S-Tier God of Mischief Posts: 3,746	Favourite authors? Dec 31, 2011 20:38:02 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Blaze72 on Dec 31, 2011 20:38:02 GMT -5 Yep but then i later found out alot of the stories were ripped from Twilight Zone, Outer Limits from Alan Moore.

The Big Daddy C-Master Big Daddy Living life to the fullest, and it feels great. I'm still here... for now... Posts: 26,387	Favourite authors? Jan 1, 2012 5:53:37 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Big Daddy C-Master on Jan 1, 2012 5:53:37 GMT -5 Really I didn't know that. Authors do copy a lot though.
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Blaze72 S-Tier God of Mischief Posts: 3,746	Favourite authors? Jan 1, 2012 6:14:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Blaze72 on Jan 1, 2012 6:14:40 GMT -5 Say Cheese and die is one story This book is similar to the Twilight Zone episode A Most Unusual Camera.

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Blaze72 S-Tier God of Mischief Posts: 3,746	Favourite authors? Jan 1, 2012 6:46:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Blaze72 on Jan 1, 2012 6:46:31 GMT -5 You into the Twinky vamps?

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The Big Daddy C-Master Big Daddy Living life to the fullest, and it feels great. I'm still here... for now... Posts: 26,387	Favourite authors? Jan 9, 2012 7:10:11 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Big Daddy C-Master on Jan 9, 2012 7:10:11 GMT -5 What are your favorite pieces from them?
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