Bring back any author you like back to life?

[Mouse One]

Douglas Adams. No one else. i need more dirk gently. i need more hitchhiker. but there will be never more of it...except the horrible-to-average eoin colfer fanfiction.

This, a thousand times this! Douglas Adams is a god and he died way to soon.

Have we all said Douglas Adams enough? No, we have not. And doggone it, he admitted that he needed to add one more book to the Hitchhiker's series. Mostly Harmless was written during a down period in his life, and he wanted to write a more upbeat ending.

 

[Hermia]

C.S. Lewis. I loved reading the chronicles of Narnia as a child. He has some interesting views on religion and philosophy too. I would love to get into a very deep discussion with him on these subjects.

 

[luckybreak]

Alexandre Dumas. That arrogant prick and master story teller, I would love to unleash him on an unsuspecting modern world. Shit he'd be the most popular author in the world in a heart flash ... beat.

And Plato, that guy's got some explaining to do about Atlantis. Just clear that metaphor right up please.

Which Alexandre Dumas, The father or the son. They both wrote. I have not read any of the sons stuff, I think he was a playwright, but still.

 

[Spectrum_Prez]

To add to the chorus: Douglas Adams. Not only was the Hitchhiker's series incomplete, his nonfiction stuff on technology was hilarious. If you've read Salmon of Doubt, you know what I'm talking about. He could have had a long second career blogging, we can now only imagine his fascination with what the internet has become.

Also, he's the only person who could potentially have got me to sign up for a twitter account, just to follow his assuredly awesome tweets. Search your feelings, you know it to be true.

RIP you hoopy frood.

 

[Reyalsfeihc]

Paul, from the Bible. I`d really like to speak with him not only about the historical background of his life and what he experienced but talk about Jesus.

 

[zpm4737]

Kurt Vonnegut. He lived a couple towns over, but died a few years before I even heard of him. Would love to have gotten just to chat with him for a single morning even if it was about nothing.

This (except for the whole few towns away thing). That's a conversation I'd never forget. Humorous and thought provoking. If not Vonnegut, than I'd say Isaac Asimov, but I'm certain his sideburns will be bringing him back to life any day now.

 

[Turigamot]

You have advance technology that can bring a dead author back to life, who would it be?

I've really enjoyed many Lovecraft tales so it would be him

Totally agree. Though he was an irritable, racist douche, he still wrote awesomely.

 

[Stoike]

Robert Jorden he left us too soon

I agree so much

 

[brunothepig]

Douglas Adams. There should have been a poll, Douglas Adams or not Douglas Adams. I'm curious as to what the results would have been. But yeah, absolutely Douglas Adams.

 

[Vuavu]

David Gemmell hands down. I have almost his entire collection and I know that once I have completed it, I'll wish there was more

 

[KingmanHighborn]

H.G. Wells hands down.

 

[EdwardOrchard]

George R R Martin.

...I'm assuming that by resurrecting a still living author, you actually just clone them. Then, we'll have two Georges, and with both of them working on Songs, maybe we'll see the end of the series in this lifetime.

 

[mikev7.0]

C.S. Lewis. I loved reading the chronicles of Narnia as a child. He has some interesting views on religion and philosophy too. I would love to get into a very deep discussion with him on these subjects.

That would also just be fitting don't you think?

For my own pick, it's just too easy, Albert Einstein.

Why helloooo there Grand Unified Theory!

 

[Jodah]

Frank Herbert. I would like to talk to him about the...difference from the first 2 Dune books and those that followed. For me they got way too preachy. Also I would like to compliment him on his epic beard.

 

[ioxles]

Alexandre Dumas. That arrogant prick and master story teller, I would love to unleash him on an unsuspecting modern world. Shit he'd be the most popular author in the world in a heart flash ... beat.

And Plato, that guy's got some explaining to do about Atlantis. Just clear that metaphor right up please.

Which Alexandre Dumas, The father or the son. They both wrote. I have not read any of the sons stuff, I think he was a playwright, but still.

The Father.

 

[ecoho]

Robert Jorden he left us too soon

I second that. I randomly heard that one day after having stopped reading his wheel of time series for a while. That really sucks.

well at least his last book will be published and the series finished this year and whats more by a good author and a huge fan

 

[MagicMouse]

Robert Jorden he left us too soon

I would say "Ninja'd", but I think that "Aiel'd" would be more appropriate. =P

He only had two more books to go, WHY GOD WHY?!?!