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Lil Snap · 2 Weeks Ago

Stephen King
Michael Crichton
Tom Clancy
J.K. Rowling
Issac Asimov
Ray Bradbury

These are taking up the most space on my bookshelf at the moment.

Olivia · 2 Weeks Ago

Ray bradbury. Yes. Yes yes yes.

Jaiden · 2 Weeks Ago

William Shakespeare
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Miguel de Cervantes
Kurt Vonnegut
George Orwell
Nikolai Gogol
Franz Kafka
Albert Camus
Phillip Pullman

I do love Harry Potter as all sensible people should but wouldn't quite count J.K. Rowling as one of my favourite writers. The above are just what came instinctively.

RadGravity · 2 Weeks Ago

I really don't read enough books, so I've probably missed out on a lot of great authors.

The first one who's books I read just because of the author was Orson Scott Card. By all accounts a religious bigot, but a great author none the less.

Other favorites (that won't shock anybody) includes Douglas Adams, J. K. Rowling, J. R. R. Tolkien, Franz Kafka, Chuck Palahniuk and Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist (who you might know as the guy who wrote the book that became the movie "Let the Right One In").

I'm currently reading Party Monster (or "Disco Bloodbath" if you prefer) by James St. James who has a hilariously funny style of writing about drugs and murder. On the side I'm trying out some of H. P. Lovecraft's shorter stories. Something tells me I'll be reading a lot more of that soon. Good stuff.

Dawes · 2 Weeks Ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaiden

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I forgot about Marquez, too! What an outstanding writer. I find myself at times lamenting the fact that I can only experience his books through translation. For as beautiful as the language is when filtered that way, I couldn't even begin to imagine how beautiful it was originally!

PostTenebrasLux · 2 Weeks Ago

What if it sucks until it's translated? Could I somehow write an intolerable collection of filth that, when translated into Spanish, became lyrical and pleasant?

So far, nobody mentioned Patrick O'Brian. Any O'Brian fans around?

Maxx · 2 Weeks Ago

For mindless entertainment and escape: Edgar Rice Burroughs

For skillful use of the language and creativity: Tolkein

diapersrulez · 2 Weeks Ago

All that Milla already wrote down, and:

Robert Jordan (wheel of time series)
George R. R. Martin (song of ice and fire, dreamsongs, etc.)
Terry Pratchett (guards!guards!, monstrous regiment, etc.)

Takashi · 2 Weeks Ago

S.E. Hinton
-The Outsiders
-That Was Then, This Is Now
-Tex
(Need to see Rumble Fish, the third book related to The Outsiders)

Anthony Horowitz
-Alex Rider Series

Siege89 · 2 Weeks Ago

Terry Goodkind ~ Sword of Truth "just the books not the T.V. show"

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2 Weeks Ago	#11 (permalink)
Lil Snap ahhhhhhhhh- wait, what? Donor Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Louisiana, USA Posts: 986 Threads: 23 Gallery Uploads: 6 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 26	Stephen King Michael Crichton Tom Clancy J.K. Rowling Issac Asimov Ray Bradbury These are taking up the most space on my bookshelf at the moment.

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Olivia Representing Kazakhstan Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Utah/Idaho, USA Age: 19 Posts: 525 Threads: 9 Wiki Edits: 2 Reputation: 16	Ray bradbury. Yes. Yes yes yes.

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Jaiden Flâneur Donor Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Tralfamadore Posts: 496 Threads: 22 Wiki Edits: 1 Blog Entries: 4 Reputation: 44	William Shakespeare Gabriel Garcia Marquez Miguel de Cervantes Kurt Vonnegut George Orwell Nikolai Gogol Franz Kafka Albert Camus Phillip Pullman I do love Harry Potter as all sensible people should but wouldn't quite count J.K. Rowling as one of my favourite writers. The above are just what came instinctively.

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RadGravity min trampolin Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Vancouver, Canada Age: 22 Posts: 553 Threads: 13 Reputation: 12	I really don't read enough books, so I've probably missed out on a lot of great authors. The first one who's books I read just because of the author was Orson Scott Card. By all accounts a religious bigot, but a great author none the less. Other favorites (that won't shock anybody) includes Douglas Adams, J. K. Rowling, J. R. R. Tolkien, Franz Kafka, Chuck Palahniuk and Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist (who you might know as the guy who wrote the book that became the movie "Let the Right One In"). I'm currently reading Party Monster (or "Disco Bloodbath" if you prefer) by James St. James who has a hilariously funny style of writing about drugs and murder. On the side I'm trying out some of H. P. Lovecraft's shorter stories. Something tells me I'll be reading a lot more of that soon. Good stuff.

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PostTenebrasLux VIP Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Posts: 329 Threads: 6 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 17	What if it sucks until it's translated? Could I somehow write an intolerable collection of filth that, when translated into Spanish, became lyrical and pleasant? So far, nobody mentioned Patrick O'Brian. Any O'Brian fans around?

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Maxx Regular Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Midwest USA Posts: 229 Threads: 6 Reputation: 5	For mindless entertainment and escape: Edgar Rice Burroughs For skillful use of the language and creativity: Tolkein

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diapersrulez Regular Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Almere/Leiden, Netherlands Age: 17 Posts: 141 Threads: 1 Reputation: 1	All that Milla already wrote down, and: Robert Jordan (wheel of time series) George R. R. Martin (song of ice and fire, dreamsongs, etc.) Terry Pratchett (guards!guards!, monstrous regiment, etc.)

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Takashi Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Brandon, FL Age: 18 Posts: 2,159 Threads: 125 Gallery Uploads: 11 Blog Entries: 32 Reputation: 34	S.E. Hinton -The Outsiders -That Was Then, This Is Now -Tex (Need to see Rumble Fish, the third book related to The Outsiders) Anthony Horowitz -Alex Rider Series

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Siege89 Regular Join Date: May 2009 Location: USA Age: 22 Posts: 692 Threads: 49 Gallery Uploads: 3 Blog Entries: 22 Reputation: 9	Terry Goodkind ~ Sword of Truth "just the books not the T.V. show"