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Favorite Author?

William Faulkner and Ray Bradbury tie for first place for me. Both had a rare gift for writing a story that can haunt the mind insidiously long after the last page is done.
 
my absolute favorite author of all time is charles bukowski. i love how raw and crude his writing is... and yet there's a kind soul underneath it, i think. if you're new to bukowski i'd recommend checking out a collection of his short stories, like women, tales of ordinary madness, or the most beautiful woman in town.

my favorite current auther is chuck palahniuk. invisible monster is my favorite by him.
 
Its interesting to see how many people named the same authors--we all have great taste apparently! :)
 
Finder said:
George R.R. Martin
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I'm really intrigued. If you get a free minute, would you mind explaining to me the appeal of this author?

My wife took her second GRRM book to the beach, read it all in one day, and found it such a downer, and so lacking in any satisfying conclusion, that she was in no mood to go out that night. She says the guy's style has 'trainwreck appeal'. :\

Then again she also said that when we watched The Order of the Flying Daggers, which I thought was a masterpiece.
 
all aboard the failboat!

my answer: Iain (M) Banks.

i actually thought i saw him on a flight back from amsterdam a few weeks ago, and i got quite excited at the thought of speaking to him. but it was just another bearded doppelganger.

i do know someone who lives along the street from him, so perhaps i'll arrange a coincidental 'meeting' some day, hehe. ;)

others:

christopher brookmyre
irvine welsh
ken macleod
alan warner
duncan maclean

(and that's just the scottish ones, off the top of my head!)
 
R.L. Stine



Nah I don't really have a favorite. If I had to choose maayyybe Bukowski, but I don't understand how somebody could be such an asshole. ;)
 
jam uh weezy said:
R.L. Stine
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^ lol, writing talent and good looks.

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felix said:
ken macleod
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Fucking.Win.

Serious, anyone who likes intelligent science fiction with political themes and singularities and stuff will really like Ken Macleod.

Me? Um....it's probably not who you would think. I'm not sure I even have one. I'm ambivalent about a lot of writers (Infinite Jest is great; not sure about some of the early short stories or Broom of the System; I like Lot 49 and Gravity's Rainbow, but struggle to finish the rest of Pynchon; Crime and Punishment is awesome, Bros Karamazov tedious; etc).

I think I'll say Philip K Dick, someone who has almost never disappointed me, and who I can go back to again and again.
 
Sci Fi: Phillip K Dick, exciting books that give me a lot to think about if I want it, or just 'whoa' moments when I don't

Entertaining Fiction: Graham Greene, Robert Graves. Can't beat 'em

In General, humor: Mork Twaine. This dude was writing right from the source if he made stuff 100 years ago thats still funny enough work out my abs

Uncut Life, religious: Dostoevsky. Esp Bros Karamatzov
 
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Infinite Jest said:
Fucking.Win.

Serious, anyone who likes intelligent science fiction with political themes and singularities and stuff will really like Ken Macleod
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wey hey, another fan! i know of very few.

but yeah - near-future anarchic utopias/dystopias in scottish accents is a fucking win-win in my book. hilarious pun fully intentional. ;)

i have his latest hardback on my 'to-read' shelf and have just ordered the new Iain Banks one. just need to get back to work and the non-druggie focus i really need to get back into reading... :)
 
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