For philosophy and characterization, Dostoevsky is my favorite. But I like Proust for his stylistic ability and description.
I can't remember who I stated last time... But a few recent favourites are: Kafka, Camus, Kierkegaard, Vonnegut and Bradbury.
1.George R.R. Martin 2.R.A. Salvatore 3. Jacqueline Carey 4. Robert Jordan (RIP) 5. Ursula Leguin As you can see I'm a fantasy nerd .
I like: - Kurt Vonnegut - Joseph Heller - Haruki Murakami - Ray Bradbury - Margaret Atwood - Dave Eggers If I had to choose one that I could not live without, I believe it's a pretty fair competition between Vonnegut and Murakami.
George R. R. Martin J.R.R. Tolkein J.K. Rowling Robert Jordan Neil Gaiman Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (they write together)
Ooh, this is a toughy. Lets see. #1. Christopher Moore - I definately love to follow his style of formating and the fact that he can give so many characters such destinct personalities is amazing. #2. Lynne Ewing - Though her style of writing is, in my opinion, rather poor, I fell in love with how cliche the characters and plots of her Daughters of the Moon books felt. The little girl in me fell in love to be specific. #3. Scott Westerfeld - Though I've only read Uglies, Pretties, and Specials I can say that I may very well be in love with his writing. For one thing, I've never read anything so unique before. And that in itself is a challenge for me. And I love challenges.
I'm not sure if I'm replied to this thread already, but my favorite author for years has been Stephen King. I appreciate a good horror story, though I'm going to distance myself from the Fangoria crowds and ravenous fans of gore and gratuitous bloodletting. It's the stories I like. But, this year I've been reading Clive Barker tales, and I'm quickly being converted to a Barker mark. While King has written a few stories I could never get into, what few books of Barker's I have read, I have enjoyed thoroughly.
I have a few that have provided me with lots of inspiration and authors that I will always read. J.R.R. Tolkien Terry Brooks Terry Goodkind J.K. Rowling
Bring. It. ON. My superhero writer's can beat yours lol. This is a list of my favs I have almost every book written by Salvator and Crichton. Drizzt Do'Urden will P'own you lol. Margaret Weis R. A. Salvator Ed Greenwood Terry Goodkind Piers Anthony Michael Crichton Stephen King Robert Jordan Lillias ROCKS cause she chose king Salvator. Now I must go look up George R. R. Martin
for me... J.R.R. Tolkien Robin Hobb Joanne Harris (especially 4 runemarks my fav book at mo) C. S. Lewis (for doin narnia which is written beautifully) Christopher Paolini (for publishing so young)
Kafka has been my all times favorite writer and I have never been tired of reading him despite the fact that I can understand little. He is really magnanimous and inventive. I think he presented life as it is not polishing or ornamenting it the way most writers. He puts things naturally as they occur to us with no opinionated thoughts at all.
My all time favorite author is Terry Brooks. I have other authors that i really enjoy, though. Tamora Pierce Stephanie Meyer Terry Goodkind Laurell K. Hamilton to name a few
Oh my gosh like I agree with a lot of these authors.: Robert Jordan-'cries' Stephenie Meyer-"Edward Cullen darn it, why aren't you real" Tamora Pierce-Beware fighting a crow Terry Goodkind-"The Seeker is a law unto himself."-not sure completly correct.
Oops. Can't forget Richard E. Feist or R. A. Salvatore. So in love with Drizzt. -Wulfgar angers me! Go Cattie-brie!
Clive Cussler-his works inspired me to write within the adventure genre and is basically the perfect combination of all my other favorite authors. James Rollins-I enjoy his novels for both their action and the scientific/historical content. Matthew Reilly-Regardless of his lack of character development an poor dialogue, he dominates the action genre. His latest novel Six Sacred Stones showed SOME traces of maturity as he explored the historical deduction in the search for the artifacts that the story centered around. Stephen Hunter-I loved POINT OF IMPACT and the Bobby Lee Swagger books for their mystery and action elements. Vince Flynn-Mitch Rapp is a great character and every story remains plausible while still serving as a form of escapism.
I remember reading the Dark Elf Trilogy when I was ten or so and being so fascinated with Drizzt and the entire Forgotten Realms universe. Took me a few weeks to finish it, but I did it.
Have you read the other serieses about Drizzt? If you haven't you should and if you like them you might want to try reading Elaine Cunningham's Shadows in the Starlight trilogy. Is also about Forgotten Realms, but about Liriel Baenre--Drow.
Joseph Heller Douglas Adams Tom Stoppard Uh, whoever wrote "John Dies At The End" ... and probably several more.
I have a list of really favorite authors, but they're all so great I have no particular order. Here's my top ten chronologically and the work I love them best for: 1) Aeschylus [The Oresteia] 2) Dante [The Divine Comedy] 3) Shakespeare [All the Tragedies, excluding Timon of Athens] 4) Daniel Defoe [Robinson Crusoe] 5) Victor Hugo [The Hunchback of Notre Dame] 7) Fyodor Dostoevsky [Crime and Punishment] 8) Joseph Conrad [Heart of Darkness] 9) T.S. Eliot [The Waste Land] 10) Thomas Pynchon [V.]
Anne Bishop. I absolutely love her writing style. She got me into fantasy books in the first place, so I owe a lot to her.
Robert Jordan Shakespeare Robert E.Feist Terry Goodkind R.A. Salvatore Not Necessarily in that Order...As Robert Jordan would somehow be so high in my Post it would not Exist...seriously...
