Wow, difficult choice. I've always loved Pratchett, Tolkien and Heinlein, but these days my favourite would have to be Iain M. Banks, with Stephen Baxter and Peter F. Hamilton not far behind. Go the Brits!
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Some here, although July 12th isn't the only big day for GRRM fans, in 22 days we get the HBO series, and boy am I excited for that.Johnnyallstar said:
Also Brian Jacques Q_Q
I know it's an unpopular opinion, but Tolkien sucks as far as story and characters, his achievement was the world which he created.
Charles Bukowski.
Neil Stephenson.
Thomas Pynchon (I love Mason & Dixon)
T.S. Eliot
And indeed there will be time
To wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?"
Time to turn back and descend the stair,
With a bald spot in the middle of my hair-
(They will say: "How his hair is growing thin!")
My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin,
My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin-
(They will say: "But how his arms and legs are thin!")
Do I dare
Disturb the universe?
In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
Neil Stephenson.
Thomas Pynchon (I love Mason & Dixon)
T.S. Eliot
And indeed there will be time
To wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?"
Time to turn back and descend the stair,
With a bald spot in the middle of my hair-
(They will say: "How his hair is growing thin!")
My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin,
My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin-
(They will say: "But how his arms and legs are thin!")
Do I dare
Disturb the universe?
In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
Additional bump fisterryJamboxdotcom said:
July 12 is the day!
But additionally, haruki murakami is a personal favorite of mine, and that won't change,
As I can't chose only one I will name a few I love to read.
Isaac Asimov - Foundation and MANY other incredible novels and short stories.
J.R.R. Tolkien - Brilliant, much too deep to describe here, I like his novels as much as I like Asimov's
H.P Lovecraft - I love the way he wrote those stories, the level of (schizophrenic) detail the stories have and the structure he used is marvelous: something happens/happened -> starts to create the universe thrugh historic facts and events -> repeats the same structure over and over, putting some important events in the middle, this happens untill the experience gets vivid -> Bam! The End. His stories are truly terrorizing in some cases.
Arthur C. Clarke - Have only read a little of what he wrote but he's still one of my favourites.
J.K Rowling - The HP series is very well written, maybe it's a bit too equalized for the masses but it is actually very good.
Isaac Asimov - Foundation and MANY other incredible novels and short stories.
J.R.R. Tolkien - Brilliant, much too deep to describe here, I like his novels as much as I like Asimov's
H.P Lovecraft - I love the way he wrote those stories, the level of (schizophrenic) detail the stories have and the structure he used is marvelous: something happens/happened -> starts to create the universe thrugh historic facts and events -> repeats the same structure over and over, putting some important events in the middle, this happens untill the experience gets vivid -> Bam! The End. His stories are truly terrorizing in some cases.
Arthur C. Clarke - Have only read a little of what he wrote but he's still one of my favourites.
J.K Rowling - The HP series is very well written, maybe it's a bit too equalized for the masses but it is actually very good.