Lunk August 7, 2006 Share Lunk Member August 7, 2006 Who are some of your favorite authors? Here's mine (well a partial list) Robert Ludlum Louis Lamour Larry McMurtry Greg Iles John Sanford Clive Cussler Stephen King(used to be a big fan of his stuff, not so much anymore) These are just a few I can think of off the top of my head. As you can see it's all fiction & westerns. I read other things by different authors. I just don't follow them as I do the above mentioned. Although 2 of the above I can no longer follow as they are dead(so I don't reckon I'll be seeing anything new from them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alvin August 7, 2006 Share alvin Member August 7, 2006 Christopher Paolini Dan Brown I don't read much although it is enjoyable to me. I usually just read what my friends tell me to read.. Which is rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Soapdish August 7, 2006 Share Nick Soapdish Member August 7, 2006 Joseph Conrad might be my fav. I like a lot of Hunter S. Thompson material. Sir Francis Bacon has interesting material if you're into metaphysics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa August 7, 2006 Share Playaa Member August 7, 2006 I garauntee I can't even remember all the authors I "love". I've been a huge reader since I was a child. I was the kind of kid who would sit in his bedroom all day long during the summer just to read books. Some authors I love: Robert Jordan George R. R. Martin Robin Hobb David Farland Kevin J. Anderson C. S. Lewis so many more that I can't name them all...but these are my favorites by far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerisme August 7, 2006 Share farmerisme Member August 7, 2006 (edited) Yeah my list of authors would be too long for comfort but here are some of my favorites (or ones that I have read alot) George Orwell James Michener (does historical fictions) Stephen King Larry McMurtry (best westerns I have ever read) Ernest Hemmingway Charles Dickens Dan Brown Chuck Paliniuk (I can never spell his name right) JRR Tolkien Tom Clancy Ambrose (can not seem to remember what his first name is atm, the history writer) John Steinbeck Kurt Vonnegut Soooo many others but that is good enough for now. Edited August 7, 2006 by farmerisme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk August 7, 2006 Author Share Lunk Member August 7, 2006 Yeah forgot about: Dan Brown JRR Tolkien Edgar Allen Poe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa August 7, 2006 Share Playaa Member August 7, 2006 Poe for the win! man...you guys all like a bunch of classics...I'm definitely a more "new school" reader. Then again I believe that some of the new school Fantasy Authors blow the socks off of the old-school guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerisme August 7, 2006 Share farmerisme Member August 7, 2006 Poe for the win! man...you guys all like a bunch of classics...I'm definitely a more "new school" reader. Then again I believe that some of the new school Fantasy Authors blow the socks off of the old-school guys. While I tend to like the older novels better than the new ones, I read alot of new fiction. Just do not consider it much more than something to keep me occupied other than a few select authors. So it goes... classics have already had time weed out the garbage, present has not. My goodness I left one of my favorite authors of my list... Kurt Vonnegut ftw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk August 7, 2006 Author Share Lunk Member August 7, 2006 Poe is probably the first horror/scary type reading I did. Whenever you read him, you just get immersed in the plot. Draws you in and holds you there. Poe for the win! man...you guys all like a bunch of classics...I'm definitely a more "new school" reader. Then again I believe that some of the new school Fantasy Authors blow the socks off of the old-school guys. Don't get me wrong playaa. I like a lot of the new fiction. But, you just can't ever forget the classics told by Poe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Cool August 7, 2006 Share Mr.Cool Member August 7, 2006 i like more fantasy and fiction...the stuff with magic and all that... so... JRR Tolkien Christopher Paolini JK Rowling Jonathan Stroud... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerisme August 7, 2006 Share farmerisme Member August 7, 2006 Lots of folks say that the Harry Potter books are really good... I have never picked them up just because I always got the impression that they were for a younger crowd. I have been told that is mistaken. Are they worth reading if you are older as well Mr Cool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Cool August 7, 2006 Share Mr.Cool Member August 7, 2006 Lots of folks say that the Harry Potter books are really good... I have never picked them up just because I always got the impression that they were for a younger crowd. I have been told that is mistaken. Are they worth reading if you are older as well Mr Cool? welll, you wud noe if you want to read them if you liked the movies. but yea, it seems harry potter is for a younger crowd but i think its a book everyone shud read... its more of a magic and spells and stuff kinda book....maybe u can pick up one of the books and read a couple chapters to see if you like it or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanon August 7, 2006 Share Allanon Member August 7, 2006 Terry Brooks Christopher Paolini R.A. Salvatore Margaret Weis Tracy Hickman Garth Nix Robert Jordan Tolkien Dickens Steven Pressfield Douglas Adams Octavia Butler Frank Herbert Brian Herbert Keven J. Anderson I'm more of a sci-fi/fantasy fan myself. If you guys like JRR tolkien my personal recommendation is not JK Rowling. I've found Terry Brooks (Shannara series), R.A. Salvatore (Forgoten realms books), Garth nix, Christopher Paolini and Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman to be better (and if you like long reads Robert Jordan). If you're more of a sci-fi fan, nothing like dune, legacy of dune *prequel to dune written by Frank Herbert's son and another author* and Octavia butler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief August 8, 2006 Share Chief Member August 8, 2006 Ambrose (can not seem to remember what his first name is atm, the history writer) Stephen, I think. The guy that did Band of Brothers and a million other important historical books. Agreed. I've read almost all of the 100 best books from the list that came out a couple years ago, but these are my top favorites with books that I'd want on a desert island and that I will make my son read: My favorite: Ernest Hemingway Alexandre Dumas Rudyard Kipling Joseph Conrad Ayn Rand Jack London Robert Ludlum (Bourne Series made me not be able to read Tom Clancy any more, even though I loved his books since I was in high school) Khalil Gibran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk August 8, 2006 Author Share Lunk Member August 8, 2006 Robert Ludlum (Bourne Series made me not be able to read Tom Clancy any more, even though I loved his books since I was in high school) I read my first Robert Ludlum book in High School. Incidentally, "The Bourne Identity" was the first one I read. So I'm a little biased towards him. And since that time I've compared all other writers to him when reading their books. Probably isn't fair to the other writers but that's just the way it is. Here are a couple of others I enjoy reading Brad Thor Tim Green Jeffery Deaver Catherine Coulter (Blind Side) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witt August 8, 2006 Share witt Member August 8, 2006 Oh man, I know I can't name all my favorites, but off the top of my head I would say Stephen King (only The Dark Tower series) George Orwell Chuck Klostermann Hunter S. Thompson Albert Camus WEB Griffin Tom Clancy I read a lot of non-fiction, most of the authors aren't very well known, so I didn't list any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max67 August 8, 2006 Share Max67 Member August 8, 2006 Rowling Tolkien Johnathan Stroud C. Paolini Cinda Chima James Patterson L. Lowry Gordan Korman Markus Zusak I actually like fantasy and fiction stuff, but i just finished a book thats about WWII, Zusak wrote it, its really good.. so yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Soapdish August 8, 2006 Share Nick Soapdish Member August 8, 2006 Easily Vonnegut ftw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brew August 8, 2006 Share Brew Member August 8, 2006 Vonnegut James Clavell (asian sagas) Dashell Hammett Steven King Mario Puzo John Sandford Tolkien George Orwell Thomas Harris Richard Stark and i think no one has mentioned this guy: Michael Chrichton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerisme August 8, 2006 Share farmerisme Member August 8, 2006 Yeah I was thinking about chrichton, some of em are pretty sweet... congo and sphere are both good. I have only read one clavell book, I think it was called Tai Pan, or Tai Pei... was darn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KagE August 9, 2006 Share KagE Member August 9, 2006 Well, since I don't read really much, I only have a few: Robert Ludlum (Matarese series made me read more of his work) Tolkien Sidney Sheldon (Rage of angels) Orwell (Animal Farm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brew August 10, 2006 Share Brew Member August 10, 2006 I have only read one clavell book, I think it was called Tai Pan, or Tai Pei... was darn good. Tai Pan is the sequel to his most popular book Shogun, which kicks some serious tail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vovik August 10, 2006 Share Vovik Member August 10, 2006 The only author I followed was James Hadley Chase. He wrote detective stories. Almost all of them are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman August 10, 2006 Share Batman Member August 10, 2006 No one has listed my two FAVORITE authors.. Michael Moorcock <-- Most famous books are the Elric books Neil Gaimen <--- American Gods is a MUST read.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meherdmann August 15, 2006 Share meherdmann Member August 15, 2006 (edited) Charles Dickens Dashell Hammett J.K. Rowling J.R.R Tolken J.D. Salinger Maya Angelou William Shakespeare Dan Brown Robert Ludlum F. Scott Fitzgerald James Joyce Jules Verne Mark Twain K.A. Applegate Tom Clancy Edited August 15, 2006 by meherdmann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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