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 Off the top of my head (so this isn't comprehensive by any means, I'll invariably omit many favourites): Chinua Achebe Isabel Allended Ralph Ellison Milorad Pavich Toni Morrison Alejo Carpentier Mark Twain Alexander Solzhenitsyn William Faulkner John Steinbeck Gabriel Garcia Marquez Fyodor Dostoevsky J.D. Salinger Stephen Crane Dalton Trumbo Timothy Findley |
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03-04-2003, 06:27 PM
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My favorite author is Kurt Vonnegut, with a close second in James Joyce.
For "cotton candy" books, I enjoy Pratchett the most, although for pure raw infantile humor I prefer Piers Anthony (puns > all). |
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03-04-2003, 06:45 PM
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03-04-2003, 09:45 PM
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I have more than one:
Heinlein Robin Hobb George R R Martin Arthur C Clarke Douglas Adams |
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03-04-2003, 09:53 PM
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Isaac Asimov!
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Douglas Adams, overall.
Genre: Fantasy: R.A. Salvatore SciFi: Heinlein Other: Are there any other genre? |
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03-04-2003, 10:46 PM
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new age medicine?
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03-04-2003, 11:24 PM
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Given that the question is not best, but merely favourite, I must be another vote for Douglas Adams. There are many writers with superior mastry of their craft, but no-one matches D.N.A. for plain old enjoyability and intriguing turns of phrase.
My favourite: "They hung in the sky in exactly the same way that bricks don't" |
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03-04-2003, 11:25 PM
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I can't pick one favourite. Here's a short list, though, with many omissions:
William Faulkner Joseph Conrad Miroslav Krleza Thomas Mann Fyodor Dostoevsky Stanislaw Lem Good popular science writers: Richard Dawkins John McPhee |
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03-04-2003, 11:36 PM
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For fiction:
The best writer im reading right now is Italo Calvino. Brillant and daring author. my favorites are probably something like Orwell, Ralph Ellison, Faulkner, Kafka, Kurt Vonnegurt, Dosteovesky, Camus and I might just half to say Chuck P. |
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