Favorite author: Who's yours? - Page 3

Dawes · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by PostTenebrasLux

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?

A good question! Something I haven't honestly considered. Yet, I think that a shitty piece in its native language will always be a shitty piece when translated. You can't polish a turd, as they say!

PrisonerOfSociety · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by Dawes

You can't polish a turd, as they say!

You may want to take that back... YouTube - Mythbusters Polishing a Turd

Now for the authors, well I have quite a few favorites but I'll just stick to the most well known ones.

Alexandre Dumas
Charles Dickens
Daniel Defoe
Ernest Hemingway
H.G. Wells
Jack London
J.R.R. Tolkien
Mark Twain
Robert Louis Stevenson
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Tom Clancy

tk7432 · 1 Week Ago

I do not read excessively as I hope I could but David Sedaris is not bad.

speedcat · 1 Week Ago

Piers Anthony
Christopher Paolini
Jonathan Stroud.
Eoin Colfer

Grapejuice · 1 Week Ago

Holy hell, I forgot about Eoin Colfer.
iirc, Artemis Fowl series? I bought Time Paradox in the first few days of its release. God I loved that series.

Mink · 1 Week Ago

I'm disappointed in the lack of Vonnegut in this thread!

My turn:

- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- George Orwell

I could list more, but these two are the only authors that while reading their books I had to look away and just say "holy shit."

Dreamaker · 1 Week Ago

Douglas Adams - H2G2 and Dirk Gently
Jonathon Stround - The Bartimaeus Trilogy
Frank Herbert - Dune
Terry Pratchett - Discworld series

h3g3l · 1 Week Ago

If I had to pick one and only one, I'd likely go with James Burke. Though not his later stuff (like Circles), as it crosses the line for me that divides subdued incredulity and flaunting a corpus of research.

Asher · 1 Week Ago

I'm surprised I didn't see more Russian authors on here... :O

Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Crime and Punishment anyone?

John Steinbeck - ...brilliant; East of Eden and Of Mice and Men were great

Franz Kafka -absolutely brilliant for his time...really

Hermann Hesse - Siddhartha is the bomb, as are all of his other works.

Aldous Huxley - Brave New World stands out...

Edgar Allan Poe - Good lord; there was something wrong with this man haha

Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5 and Cat's Cradle were fantastic

Ken Kesey - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - enough said.

J.K. Rowling - c'mon, who doesn't like Harry Potter

Ernest Hemingway - ...um, yea; he's good

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tk7432 Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: In my hood Age: 17 Posts: 842 Threads: 34 Wiki Edits: 2 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 6	I do not read excessively as I hope I could but David Sedaris is not bad.

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Mink Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: FL Age: 17 Posts: 1,284 Threads: 33 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 30	I'm disappointed in the lack of Vonnegut in this thread! My turn: - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - George Orwell I could list more, but these two are the only authors that while reading their books I had to look away and just say "holy shit."

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Dreamaker Clever Title Pending Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ireland Age: 16 Posts: 766 Threads: 55 Gallery Uploads: 12 Wiki Edits: 40 Blog Entries: 42 Reputation: 17	Douglas Adams - H2G2 and Dirk Gently Jonathon Stround - The Bartimaeus Trilogy Frank Herbert - Dune Terry Pratchett - Discworld series

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h3g3l The Beast Under Your Bed Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Posts: 1,777 Threads: 30 Gallery Uploads: 8 Wiki Edits: 33 Blog Entries: 2 Reputation: 99	If I had to pick one and only one, I'd likely go with James Burke. Though not his later stuff (like Circles), as it crosses the line for me that divides subdued incredulity and flaunting a corpus of research.

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Asher ...Wish You Were Here... Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Las Vegas, NV Age: 18 Posts: 572 Threads: 5 Wiki Edits: 1 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 17	I'm surprised I didn't see more Russian authors on here... :O Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Crime and Punishment anyone? John Steinbeck - ...brilliant; East of Eden and Of Mice and Men were great Franz Kafka -absolutely brilliant for his time...really Hermann Hesse - Siddhartha is the bomb, as are all of his other works. Aldous Huxley - Brave New World stands out... Edgar Allan Poe - Good lord; there was something wrong with this man haha Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse 5 and Cat's Cradle were fantastic Ken Kesey - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - enough said. J.K. Rowling - c'mon, who doesn't like Harry Potter Ernest Hemingway - ...um, yea; he's good