crimson676
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Post by crimson676 on Jan 18, 2012 10:32:36 GMT -5
Everyone has an author that they relate too, gets absorbed into their stories or just plain admires. Id like to know which one (or ones) you like the best. I must say that a couple of mine are, Stephen King, Micheal Crichton, and for sure, H.P. Lovecraft
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Post by bkdargavell on Jan 18, 2012 12:02:27 GMT -5
Ellen Hopkins, I admire her ability to write complete books in poem form.
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Post by Steve on Jan 19, 2012 9:56:50 GMT -5
These are some of my favorites: G.K. Chesterton, Mark Twain, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Ernest Hemingway, Charles Dickens, St. Augustine, St. Paul, George Orwell, Frank Herbert, Jules Verne, and some others
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Post by kip on Jan 19, 2012 10:34:55 GMT -5
If I had to choose from all the authors I know, For fiction I'd choose either Robert Heinlein (Stranger in a Strange Land, Time Enough for Love, Starship Troopers{not, I hasten to add, the movie}, Glory Road) or Terry Pratchett (Small Gods; Soul Music, The Wee Free Men). Honorable Mention: Zane Grey.
For Poetry, Rudyard Kipling (Never give your heart to a Dog) or T.S. Elliot (Lovesong of J. Alfred Proofrock, Richard Cory, McCavity the Cat). Honorable Mention: Edgar Allen Poe
Non-fiction- Barbara Tuchman (First Salute) or Isaac Asimov (almost anything he wrote).
Thomas Jefferson and John Locke. Saint Thomas Aquinas.
Me...(Children of the Realm). Makes me tear up every time I read it.
Micheal Crichton, and for sure, H.P. Lovecraft. Yeah!
Mark Twain, J.R.R. Tolkien. Ohh, Yeah.
And Sylvia Plath! "Daddy, Daddy, you bastard. I'm Through."
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crimson676
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Post by crimson676 on Jan 19, 2012 16:23:50 GMT -5
oh yeah I almost forgot about J.R.R. Tolkien! Cant forget the lord of the rings! Im really excited about the new hobbit movie, it was one of the first books Id ever read
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Post by anne on Jan 19, 2012 16:27:59 GMT -5
An author that really influence me was Anne McAffrey. She was the first adult science fiction I read. J.R.R. Tolkien was also a favorite of mine. I read the entire Lord of the Rings series at least three time, and the first book about 5 times. I think that's the only series that I've read multiple times. Although I read Megan Whalen Turner when I was 15 or so, I really admired her Thief series. Although its a children's series, each book is self contained. The first one (The Thief) has the greatest twist to a story that I've ever read. It only takes a couple hours to read, but it's really amazing! If you have time you should definitely read it! Most recently I read the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. I admired his character developement. It was to the point where I felt that his characters were real people. When he died and Brandon Sanderson took over, my favorite character (Matt) was unfortunately not portrayed accurately. Because of that I've sworn to never write anything longer than a trilogy.
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Post by stevie1der on Jan 20, 2012 20:06:45 GMT -5
I've heard of Robert Jordan vaguely. But I guess I'm more familiar with Robert Jordan from "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
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Post by anne on Jan 20, 2012 21:32:10 GMT -5
oh yeah I almost forgot about J.R.R. Tolkien! Cant forget the lord of the rings! Im really excited about the new hobbit movie, it was one of the first books Id ever read I'm really excited about the movie too! I can't wait to see it.
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Post by shelby on Jan 26, 2012 6:59:03 GMT -5
I like Tolkien a lot too. Can't deny that. My favourites are William Faulkner, Ayn Rand, William Somerset Maugham, Joyce Carol Oates, Ivan Turgenev, Colleen McCullough (you might remember her for the Thorn Birds), Anne Rice, Alice Walker, Pearl S. Buck, Toni Morrison, Franz Kafka...too many! Poets: Dickinson, Plath, Poe, Basho, Frost, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Lord Byron, both the Brownings, Edwin Arlington Robinson...also too many.
Kip...I think Edwin Arlington Robinson wrote "Richard Cory."
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Post by kip on Jan 26, 2012 7:21:20 GMT -5
You're correct, of course. So we add him to the list.
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Post by shelby on Jan 26, 2012 9:32:00 GMT -5
T.S. Eliot is the bomb-diggity too. I wonder how confused he'd be if someone described his work as "bomb-diggity, with verse that's slammin'."
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