Favorite Writer

[Icaruss]

Aaron bowden-dembski.He should be chained to key board and forced to write 24/7.

 

[Agayek]

Anyone who does not respond with Jim Butcher or Patrick Rothfuss is clearly wrong and must be eliminated for the greater good of humanity.

 

[MikailCaboose]

H. P. Lovecraft holds a special place in my heart.

 

[Chronarch]

Well, my current favorite author is Conan Arthur Doyle. I rather enjoy the Sherlock Holmes series.

 

[Gladiateher]

J. R. R. TOLKIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Johnnyallstar]

I'm a big fan of George R. R. Martin.... JULY 12 BABY! IT'S ALMOST HEREEEEEEE

But outside of that, I love Heinlein, Verne, Twain, and other assorted classical authors.

 

[HapexIndustries]

I think Douglas Adams, maybe, for his quality to bullshit ratio (arguably 6:1, cause Mostly Harmless definitely wasn't very good). Because of my love for him I got into Terry Pratchett, who's ratio is nowhere near as good. I'm also partial to Stephen King, if only because The Gunslinger is my favorite book, as well as Frank Herbert (Dune), Isaac Asimov (Foundation in particular, nearly everything else in general), Dan Abnett (he turned me into a Warhammer 40000 geek, the bastard), and David Sim (who created Cerebus and blew my mind several times but kinda lost it in the 90's and never came back). Let me throw HP Lovecraft and Robert E Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian) in for good measure.

 

[linwolf]

George Orwell have written my favourite book, 1984. Stephen king have written more books I like than any other writers. And Terry Pratchett have been the most consistent good writer.

 

[kurupt87]

Iain M. Banks. Science fiction author, his series of books about The Culture is fantastic.

 

[BENZOOKA]

J.R.R. Tolkien.

Love it.

 

[HapexIndustries]

George Orwell have written my favourite book, 1984. Stephen king have written more books I like than any other writers. And Terry Pratchett have been the most consistent good writer.

Excellent taste, sir or madame.

 

[CrashBang]

I've read a lot of Dean Koontz novels so I'd say he's my favourite author in terms of being consistently awesome. Although, Philip Pullman wrote my favourite books, the His Dark Materials trilogy
Also, if we can include comic books/graphic novels then there's also Alan Moore and Mark Millar who are both genius writers. Watchmen, imo, is one of the greatest books ever written. I also love the writing style of Geoff Johns, current reigning king of DC comics

 

[Watchmacallit]

No one said Matthew Reilly? Whats wrong with you people.
Read his books. They are damn good.
Brent Weeks also does some pretty good writing.
Jeffery Archer has some good twists.

 

[Tsunimo]

I don't think I really have a favorite, but one who's books I have yet not to love is Ted Dekker. The most recent book I have read by him, Thr3e, was one of the greatest mindfuck books I have ever read(Although it could have also been the 3 hours of sleep) and also a very sad story if you think about it.
Koontz, Pullman, King and Gladwell are also up there with my top authors.

 

[Koroviev]

I have a few:

George Orwell
Haruki Murakami
Dostoevsky
John Steinbeck
Yukio Mishima
Mikhail Bulgakov
Vladimir Nabokov (when his subject is something other than himself, in which case he is insufferable; see: Speak, Memory)

 

[emeraldrafael]

My favorites are Stephen King and the late Brian Jacques.

 

[thethingthatlurks]

Kurt Vonnegut. If you dislike his works...well, he'd probably approve, but that's not really the point. If you haven't read Cat's Cradle, Breakfast of Champions, or Slaughterhouse-Five, kindly get off your computer and start reading damnit!

 

[Jamboxdotcom]

I'm a big fan of George R. R. Martin.... JULY 12 BABY! IT'S ALMOST HEREEEEEEE

respect knuckles!

yeah, GRRM all the way. there are a lot of writers i like, enjoy, and respect, but i've never read anything as complex and tightly woven as A Song of Ice and Fire.

 

[Kiefer13]

Terry Pratchett. I've yet to read anything by him that I haven't thoroughly enjoyed. And I've read the majority of the things he's written.

 

[Dango]

Robert Frost. Every poem he's ever written is pure beauty.