Favorite Authors

See, this is the kinda thread that's gonna get me to crack open my dusty old sci-fi, fantasy tomes again. Or just slump in my chair, depressed over what an uncultured heathen I am, heh.

So, If I like Bradbury, Poe, Hawthorne"”what might you guys recommend? A modern equivalent? You know, moody, dark, fantastical...Anne Rice of course...
 
Tolkein, Anne Rice, Clive Barker, Michael Marshall (Smith), John Sandford, James Herbert, some Stephen King, John Connelly, Michael Connelly, Brian Lumley (anything Necroscope), Dan Simmons, Jeffery Deaver (though his stuff is getting a little frustrating), Eric (Van) Lustbader, Bernard Cornwell.

I mostly read crime fiction at the moment, only occasionally have I been back to the horror/fantasy/scifi/period genres in the last couple of years.
 
Mmm. Thanks Tucker's. I'll google those folks up. I find I tend to like stories that are at least initially grounded in an everyday setting...
 
Miffed67 said:
Maybe I don't follow the norm, I've been a HUGE sci-fi fan since I read my first sci-fi book......Fahrenheit 451. From there I was off and running, all of Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Orwell, Herbert, Jules Vern, Piers Anthony, what's the name of the guy who wrote Battlefield: Earth (?), Julian May. Also that one who wrote that series.....dang, it's been a long time ago....I remember he was big into Scientology. Anyway, I also like fantasy, historical romances (hey, brain's gotta rest once in a year!), adventure, history, mythology and I love love love cloak and dagger spy novels!
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LOL, I love fantasy and historical romances too! That's why I added Julie Garwood and Teresad Medeiros to my list. Have you read the fantasy series by Jacquelin Carey that I believe is called Kushiel's Dart Trilogy. It includes Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen and Kushiel's Avatar. She writes fantasy and the books are so wonderful. She creates her own world but you can identify with it because it has similarities to our own culture in their mythology. I highly recommend it.
 
Anita Blake said:
LOL, I love fantasy and historical romances too! That's why I added Julie Garwood and Teresad Medeiros to my list. Have you read the fantasy series by Jacquelin Carey that I believe is called Kushiel's Dart Trilogy. It includes Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen and Kushiel's Avatar. She writes fantasy and the books are so wonderful. She creates her own world but you can identify with it because it has similarities to our own culture in their mythology. I highly recommend it.
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Ooo, sounds cool! I'll check them out, thanks!
 
I think you'll really like them. They are on the longish side though, and if you're like me, you won't get anything else done for a while because you'll be too consumed with the books...😀 lol
 
Anita Blake said:
Wow, I'm so happy to see so many other book lovers!
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This is a fairly well-read board!

Anita Blake said:
Does anybody else read any mythological works? I especially love greek myths.
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Some of my favourite reading is Greek mythology. I just finished the Iliad again lately. I find that with Homer it is really dependent on the translation you get...I like the Penguin Classics with a translation by E.V. Rieu...he puts it in prose form, and makes some of the awkward phraseology that happens in direct translations less "clunky" .

Other people who's stuff I like:

James Clavell (just read my "Akashi" fic to see how much!)-thanks for reminding me, Miffed67!
Tom Clancy (gotta love the stuff that inspired some of "Alias")
George RR Martin ("The Song of Ice and Fire" series is amazing)
Homer (not Simpson, see above)
Kelley Armstrong (and not just because I'm buddies with her hubby!)
Old Master III, Jaded, Lyri and nerd4hire...when they actually get around to posting stuff...
Kathy Reichs (now responsible for David Boreanaz's employment on "Bones")
JRR Tolkien (of course)
JK Rowling (ditto)

There are more I'll remember later...oh yeah! Allycat! Him too!
 
I was really worried no one would say Douglas Adams or The Bard so very impressive that they were both mentioned a few times. I'm still not over the loss of Mr Adams. Oh to find someone who is as great as him...that would be a lovely thing to do.
 
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killerdwarf said:
Some of my favourite reading is Greek mythology. I just finished the Iliad again lately. I find that with Homer it is really dependent on the translation you get...I like the Penguin Classics with a translation by E.V. Rieu...he puts it in prose form, and makes some of the awkward phraseology that happens in direct translations less "clunky" .

Other people who's stuff I like:

James Clavell (just read my "Akashi" fic to see how much!)-thanks for reminding me, Miffed67!
Tom Clancy (gotta love the stuff that inspired some of "Alias")
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You're welcome! He's been one of my favorite writers for....oh....EVER! Love Tom Clancy too, I had forgotten about him!

Thanks for the tip on Homer's Iliad. The last time I read it was way back when, and I can't remember what translation it was, but it was very clunky. Such a good story tho, that you adapt and overcome. I wouldn't mind reading it again if I find a really decent translation.
 
Wow, so many intellectual authors... classis readings.

I am big on reading. I think it is very important, and a cornerstone of being a logical, interesting, intelligent human being. Yet,I personally stay away from those kind of books. I honestly hated reading them in school, and would rather absorb myself in a good fiction book about topics that I like. I feel shallow for saying this, but at least I can admit it. I admire those who read the authors of great caliber!

It also doesn't help that I'm a schoolteacher, and spend most of my reading hours in a picture book or children's novel. But there are many authors of children's books that are excellent.

Sad to say I'm a huge lover of:
Danielle Steel (yeah, I know)
Sophie Kinsella (hello, shopping?)
Judy Blume
Kate DiCamillo
Eric Carle
Doreen Cronin
 
Mmmm...books.

I'm reading The Historian right now. It's a historical mystery like Dan Brown's books (or, more appropriately, like the books of Ian Piers or Umberto Eco) except it's about vampires. Fantastic so far. I'm only about half-way through it though, so I'll reserve final judgement 'till the end.

I'll join in the chorus of Terry Pratchett, JK Rowling and Steven King lovers, but here are some of my other favorite writers:
  • Neil Stephenson - Snowcrash, Cryptonomicon
  • Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 100 Years of Solitude; Love in the Time of Cholera
  • Neil Gaimen - Sandman; American Gods; Anansi Boys
  • Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep; VALIS; Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said
  • Arturo Perez-Reverte - The Club Dumas; Queen of the South
  • Theodore Sturgeon - More Than Human
  • Harlan Ellison - A Boy and His Dog; Repent Harlequin! Said The Tick-tock Man; True Love; I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
  • John Varley - Titan; The Persistence of Vision
 
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Hey, buddy! Welcome back to active duty! Good to see ya!
I just finished reading "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac this morning and I really dug (teehee) his style of writing, so I might try more of his and other Beats.
 
Hmm. You might need some "chemical fortification" if you get my drift, there, Ally!😉 Those guys did some heavyweight pharmaceuticals...

LazyDolphin: Hey, man, welcome back to BB...been a while!
 
I forgot a couple, so here's a few more:

Margaret Mitchell - I love "Gone with the Wind" (One of my favorite books, and the movie is so completely different from the book, that anyone who has seen the movie should read the book.)
Dante Alighieri - "Dante's Inferno" (so awesome. I even took an online test to see which level of Hell I was going to. Hmmm, maybe I should post that...)
William Goldman - "The Princess Bride" (Although, I love the movie just as much)



Oh, and a million brownie points to anybody who has read any of my grandfather's books. He's Odie B. Faulk. 😀
 
I don't think I've read any of his, but some of them look really interesting actually. 🙂

My favorites have to be Thomas Hardy, Arturo Perez-Reverte (1000 times better than Dan Brown imo), and James Ellroy.

I used to read Anne Rice, David Eddings, Robin McKinley, and Susan Cooper.
 
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