Do they have to write fiction? Fiction: Rumer Godden Nonfiction: Calvin Trillin Henry Mitchell Of course, I love dozens and dozens of others, but these stay at the top of the list. ChickenFreak
Robert D. Ballard has excellent stories.....that's cuz they're nonfiction and he has good stories to tell. He did after all discover the Titanic at the bottom of the ocean.
Ayn Rand. No question about it. Her books are thought-provoking enough to turn your views of society and morality upside-down, but at the same time they're just wonderfully written books with great stories. The characters are a little extreme, but I understand perfectly why she made them that way.
lets see.. Viktor Hugo (notre dame..) he actually made me empathise with the 'bad guy' and feel sorry for his death (ya, I'm a Dom Claude fan.. na, there you know it^^ I'm guilty!..) Viktor Hugo -again..( l'homme qui rit ) who doesn't love Gwynplaine??-aka Firmin de ClanCharly -I could cuddle m to smitherines.. evil aristocrats who mock him!! bad bad bad!!! Dante Alighieri(Divina Commedia) stacked with metaphores and, loved his somewhat humoristic approach. I read it just when I felt just like the writer when he wrote it the whole lost on my way to personal heaven etc.. Poppy Z Brite (exquisite corpse) her book was so well written it made me hurl.. Yvonne Kroonenbergh she makes mincemeat out of the male species.. funny though-- and yah she's straight ^^ I laughed my socks of..
I couldn't stand her Atlas Shrugged. It was full of logically fallacious arguments: straw-man misrepresentations of the meaning of charity and liberalism and an overly literalistic interpretation of the meaning of equal rights, and hero-worship of big business. Never mind that the sort of laissez faire that she promotes is what lead to children working in coal mines just a few decades before she wrote Atlas Shrugged. She's on my "worst authors" list. I'm actually a fan of his, but I find he's hit and miss. Some of his books are great, and I love his characterizations, but he's often wordy and sometimes his books meander to nowhere. Still, I'm working on reading, or listening on audio, every Stephen King. I should finish some time this year. I currently have Bag of Bones on audio from the library, and I bought the paperbacks of Rose Madder and the Regulators. I also have another paperback from the library: the screenplay to Storm of the Century, which I've already started reading. After those I'll only have about three or four more to have read them all. Charlie
Wow.. this is going to be hard, but let's see. Meg Cabot- The Mediator series, Queen of Babble Zoe Rice- Pick me up (I think its the only book she ever wrote) Sophie Kinsella- Can you keep a secret, Remember Me?
My Favourite Authour I am 13 years old and my favourite books are A Sires of Unfortunate Events by Daniel Handler They are such good books because you don’t want to put them down , I love the language , I have learnt many new words from them! I have just signed up so it would be great if I could make a new friend and share ideas and such like.
Diana Wynne Jones. I've yet to read any other "page turner". Her writing style is so fluid and easy to read. On top of that, I simply love her characters and plots.
Well I can´t really name only one. My favourites are: Tolkien, Cristopher Paolini and Stephen King. I started recently reading a book from Alex Bell. I think the book is pretty good. It´s called "The Ninth Circle" and it´s his first published novel.
Just because I'm a fellow Lovecraft fan I've gave you some rep. Italio Calvino is a writer I've discovered lately, and am fast becoming a fan.
Here are some of my inspirations.... Don Winslow, Tim Willocks, Daniel Woodrell, Cormac McCarthy, Peter Straub, James Ellory, Edward Bunker, Nick Stone, Dennis Lehane, George Pelecanos, Clive Barker and John Connolly... and strangely, don't know if anyone else has something similar but, Nick Cave is a huuuuge inspiration to me too, his music often sounds like passages from books and poems so he's always been an all time favourite for me.
Clive Barker is easily my favorite. I just love his way with words, even when he's writing about the most horrific things it still manages to be beautiful and compelling. Also have a love of Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, JRR Tolkien, George Orwell, Ray Bradbury, Aldous Huxley, Kurt Vonnegut, Ian Fleming, Lewis Carroll, Tad Williams, and Arthur C. Clarke.
Can't pick just one! Roald Dahl Amy Tan JK Rowling Isobelle Carmody Joanne Harris Jodi Piccoult I am guaranteed to love any of the work of these authors ETA: and Chuck Palahniuk! How could I forget Chuck?!?
