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Beetle · 03-11-2003, 03:49 PM

Not sure what this says about me, but here we go.

Lawrence Watt-Evans (he writes normal people extraordinarily well).
John D. McDonald (Travis McGee rules!)
Robert B. Parker (Although isn't Spencer pushing 70 now?)
Fritz Leiber (the master)

Ab_Normal · 03-11-2003, 03:51 PM

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Originally posted by tronvillain
It is almost impossible to pick a favourite, but if we go by who I read most often my favourite authors would probably be:

...John Dalmas...

Dalmas is the nicest old fella I've ever gotten drunk with. (Even though sometimes you have to remind him to turn on his hearing aids.

) Oh, and he writes a pretty good book, too.

tronvillain · 03-11-2003, 05:20 PM

Yes, he certainly does.

spurly · 03-11-2003, 05:24 PM

The Apostle Paul. A close runner up is Dr. Luke.

philechat · 03-11-2003, 06:48 PM

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The Apostle Paul. A close runner up is Dr. Luke.

Owww...I am worried about someone's taste here

.

Some more favorites, not mentioned in my last replies:

Aeschylus
Yeats
Nietzsche
Morrison
Standhal
Shakespeare (only some of them)
Prynne
Gide

SophiesWorld · 03-12-2003, 01:35 AM

Ann M Martin.

I have every baby Sitters Club book known to mankind

lol.. on a serious note though, Grisham, Le Carre and Patricia Cornwell

sumshun · 03-12-2003, 05:46 AM

Hands Down...

Tom Robbins
Chuck Palahnuik
Albert Camus

LaFlavor · 03-12-2003, 08:42 PM

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Originally posted by Mageth
and, this surprises me, but i don't think i saw a single vote for orson scott card. i mean...ender's game people, ender's game!

But if you consider the rest of his books, you'll find that most fall far short of the level of Ender's Game. Consistency in quality is an important aspect in picking a "favorite author", on my part anyways.

I'll throw another recent favorite of mine into the ring:

Connie Willis.

while i agree that speaker for the dead through children of the mind are not up to par with ender's game, pastwatch, ender's shadow, folk of the fringe, and the worthing saga are all excellent books.

03-13-2003, 12:16 AM

Poe

Chandler

Hammett

Matheson...just to name a few

Entropic_Gnosis · 03-13-2003, 12:24 AM

to further my ignorance in the above post of mine, several days ago . . .

Shakespeare
Voltaire
Joseph Campbell
Gene Wolfe
Heller
Sartre

For now that does it . . . . .I hope

03-12-2003, 05:46 AM	#77
sumshun New Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: St. Louis Metro Posts: 2	Favorite Authors Hands Down... Tom Robbins Chuck Palahnuik Albert Camus

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03-11-2003, 03:49 PM	#71
Beetle Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Massachusetts State Home for the Bewildered Posts: 961	Not sure what this says about me, but here we go. Lawrence Watt-Evans (he writes normal people extraordinarily well). John D. McDonald (Travis McGee rules!) Robert B. Parker (Although isn't Spencer pushing 70 now?) Fritz Leiber (the master)

03-11-2003, 05:20 PM	#73
tronvillain Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 5,658	Yes, he certainly does.

03-11-2003, 05:24 PM	#74
spurly Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 710	The Apostle Paul. A close runner up is Dr. Luke.

03-12-2003, 01:35 AM	#76
SophiesWorld Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sydney Posts: 14	Ann M Martin. I have every baby Sitters Club book known to mankind lol.. on a serious note though, Grisham, Le Carre and Patricia Cornwell

03-13-2003, 12:16 AM	#79
Cthulhu Guest Posts: n/a	Poe Chandler Hammett Matheson...just to name a few

03-13-2003, 12:24 AM	#80
Entropic_Gnosis Regular Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Library Posts: 372	to further my ignorance in the above post of mine, several days ago . . . Shakespeare Voltaire Joseph Campbell Gene Wolfe Heller Sartre For now that does it . . . . .I hope

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