Freethought & Rationalism Archive

Eudaimonist · 03-05-2003, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kind Bud
This is a difficult choice, but I'd have to say Gene Roddenberry. I'm not suggesting that his writing is "perfect" (I've yet to find a perfect author), but I like the following:

Is there an echo in here?

yes, there's an echo in here...

Autonemesis · 03-05-2003, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Eudaimonist
Is there an echo in here?

yes, there's an echo in here...

Is there any place else on the Internet but IIDB where you can find a comparison of Ayn Rand writings to Gene Roddenberry's?

And they don't even charge money! Fools!

Evangelion · 03-05-2003, 02:53 PM

Wilde.
Dickens.
Prachett.
Lovecraft.

No particular order, of course, since their respective genres are suitably diverse.

I was at the West Australian launch of Pratchett's The Last Continent. It was an absolute riot. He's a very natural speaker, and obviously quite comfortable with a crowd. But what a little chap he turned out to be!

And he "Ws" his "Rs", in case you didn't already know.

Who would have thought it?

Hedwig · 03-05-2003, 04:32 PM

Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams, Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, Vladimir Nobokov, Clive Barker, Victor Hugo, Terry Pratchett (currently plowing my way through the Discworld series), Herman Hesse, Kurt Vonnegut, William S. Burroughs, Sherman Alexie, Robert Heinlein, William Shakespeare, Tom Stoppard, James Joyce, and probably a ton of others that I can't think of right now.

King's Indian · 03-05-2003, 05:27 PM

Joyce
Joseph Heller
John Brunner (Esp. Stand on Zanzibar)
Jerome K Jerome (..for he begat Wodehouse, who begat Adams, who begat Pratchett)

thefugitivesaint · 03-06-2003, 02:10 PM

Hedwig brought to my attention an oversight on my part. How i could have missed Herman Hesse and Gabriel Garcia-Marquez is beyond me.

Buddrow_Wilson · 03-06-2003, 03:29 PM

John Steinbech

Me and Me · 03-06-2003, 08:54 PM

Ralph Ellison

It don't get better than that.

philechat · 03-06-2003, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Hedwig brought to my attention an oversight on my part. How i could have missed Herman Hesse and Gabriel Garcia-Marquez is beyond me.

Re-reading Steppenwolf now. I could only submit myself to the writing style, which is at once brilliant and austere, passionate yet tightly controlled. One of my favorite novels of all times, with almost no dull passage (as most novels do).

As for Marquez, I would probably like to read it in spanish if I can, given its relative similarity to English and French...

August Spies · 03-06-2003, 09:59 PM

relative being the key word there.

03-05-2003, 02:53 PM	#43
Evangelion Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Walsall, UK Posts: 1,490	Wilde. Dickens. Prachett. Lovecraft. No particular order, of course, since their respective genres are suitably diverse. I was at the West Australian launch of Pratchett's The Last Continent. It was an absolute riot. He's a very natural speaker, and obviously quite comfortable with a crowd. But what a little chap he turned out to be! And he "Ws" his "Rs", in case you didn't already know. Who would have thought it?

03-05-2003, 05:27 PM	#45
King's Indian Regular Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Croydon: London's Second City Posts: 144	Ummm... Joyce Joseph Heller John Brunner (Esp. Stand on Zanzibar) Jerome K Jerome (..for he begat Wodehouse, who begat Adams, who begat Pratchett)

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version	Search this Thread: Advanced Search

03-05-2003, 04:32 PM	#44
Hedwig Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,921	Neil Gaiman, Douglas Adams, Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, Vladimir Nobokov, Clive Barker, Victor Hugo, Terry Pratchett (currently plowing my way through the Discworld series), Herman Hesse, Kurt Vonnegut, William S. Burroughs, Sherman Alexie, Robert Heinlein, William Shakespeare, Tom Stoppard, James Joyce, and probably a ton of others that I can't think of right now.

03-06-2003, 02:10 PM	#46
thefugitivesaint Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: philadelphia, PA. USA. Posts: 682	Hedwig brought to my attention an oversight on my part. How i could have missed Herman Hesse and Gabriel Garcia-Marquez is beyond me.

03-06-2003, 03:29 PM	#47
Buddrow_Wilson Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Arkansas Posts: 1,589	John Steinbech

03-06-2003, 08:54 PM	#48
Me and Me Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: California Posts: 600	Ralph Ellison It don't get better than that.

03-06-2003, 09:59 PM	#50
August Spies Contributor Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The Vine Posts: 12,950	relative being the key word there.

Freethought & Rationalism Archive

The archives are read only.