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CuriosityKills · 03-05-2003, 12:18 AM

Originally posted by Sol,

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John Irving of course.

I will have to second that. Out of all of the fiction I have ever read, I have found his characters to be the best developed.

But I can't say I really have a favourite. There are so many different genres. Some of the authors I like best are...

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Irvine Welsh
Bret Easton Ellis
Frank Herbert

For now, anyway.

VonEvilstein · 03-05-2003, 01:47 AM

Robert Graves and Terry Pratchett come close. Douglas Adams gets big points. I always had a thing for Remco Campert.

But Tolkien wrote the Silmarillion, and that's enough to win it for me.

mecca777 · 03-05-2003, 02:29 AM

Douglas Adams, Haruki Murakami, Kurt Vonnegut, John Crowley, Jonathon Carroll, Gene Wolfe, Neil Gaiman, Oscar Wilde and William Shakespeare.

Gleb · 03-05-2003, 03:59 AM

Kurt Vonnegut, William Golding, Mihail Bulgakov, George Orwell and some Finnish authors you probably won't recognise

Edit: Kafka and Lovecraft added

Sarpedon · 03-05-2003, 05:07 AM

James Joyce, Top Dog.
Luo Kuan-Chung
Italo Calvino
Umberto Eco
Tolkein
Homer

Monkeybot · 03-05-2003, 05:14 AM

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Originally posted by Sarpedon
Luo Kuan-Chung

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms guy? (Sorry, different romanisations throw me off)

Excellent choice.

philechat · 03-05-2003, 06:08 AM

Mishima
Camus
Joyce
Faulkner
Baudelaire
Shelley (poet, not his wife)
Wilde
Proust

I will think of more later

Me and Me · 03-05-2003, 06:10 AM

Richard Wright

He wasn't a writer of books to be read for entertainment purposes, he was an AUTHOR in every sense of the word.

Me and Me · 03-05-2003, 06:11 AM

btw ladies Romance books or romance book authors don't count, if that counts than playboy and hustler have to count.

Godless Dave · 03-05-2003, 06:16 AM

Tolkien

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03-05-2003, 01:47 AM	#22
VonEvilstein Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: .nl Posts: 822	Robert Graves and Terry Pratchett come close. Douglas Adams gets big points. I always had a thing for Remco Campert. But Tolkien wrote the Silmarillion, and that's enough to win it for me.

03-05-2003, 02:29 AM	#23
mecca777 Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK Posts: 1,255	Douglas Adams, Haruki Murakami, Kurt Vonnegut, John Crowley, Jonathon Carroll, Gene Wolfe, Neil Gaiman, Oscar Wilde and William Shakespeare.

03-05-2003, 03:59 AM	#24
Gleb Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Finland Posts: 14	Kurt Vonnegut, William Golding, Mihail Bulgakov, George Orwell and some Finnish authors you probably won't recognise Edit: Kafka and Lovecraft added

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Sarpedon Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Minnesota, the least controversial state in the le Posts: 8,446	James Joyce, Top Dog. Luo Kuan-Chung Italo Calvino Umberto Eco Tolkein Homer

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philechat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Mind of the Other Posts: 886	Mishima Camus Joyce Faulkner Baudelaire Shelley (poet, not his wife) Wilde Proust I will think of more later

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Me and Me Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: California Posts: 600	Richard Wright He wasn't a writer of books to be read for entertainment purposes, he was an AUTHOR in every sense of the word.

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Me and Me Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: California Posts: 600	btw ladies Romance books or romance book authors don't count, if that counts than playboy and hustler have to count.

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Godless Dave Contributor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: With 10,000 lakes who needs a coast? Posts: 10,762	Tolkien

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