Favourite Writer? (playwright poet author etc.)
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Hey-someone else out there who likes Naomi Novik..... grand. Problem with me is, I haven't read past the third book becasue this country gets literature roughly half a milennia behind the rest of the world.... and before youask, we have all read the new testament.... the reviews are still coming out.
But other than that, i read so many books that if I attempted to list the authors, we'd add another four pages.
But other than that, i read so many books that if I attempted to list the authors, we'd add another four pages.
It's being directed by John Hillcoat, best known for the "darker than dark" aussie western, The Proposition, it'll probably at least allude to baby eating and other disturbing acts, if not depict them in some manner or another.Khell_Sennet said:
Iain M Banks is probably my favorite writer at this moment, but Frank Herbert, William Gibson, Phillip K Dick, and Larry Niven are also amazing imo. I guess for guilty pleasure Stephen King.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. People may have dropped the 'Jr' these days, but I can't get out of the habit. What can I say, it's what's on my books.
Also: Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman, Oscar Wilde, and for the sake of my childhood, Garth Nix. I think Garth Nix was always below my reading level, but the creativity was brilliant.
Also: Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman, Oscar Wilde, and for the sake of my childhood, Garth Nix. I think Garth Nix was always below my reading level, but the creativity was brilliant.
H.P. Lovecraft, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Jorge Luis Borges, Douglas Adams, Albert Camus, and Thomas Ligotti.
If you haven't read Borges or Ligotti... do yourself a favour. Ligotti, in particular, has several short reads which will haunt you for the rest of your life.
If you haven't read Borges or Ligotti... do yourself a favour. Ligotti, in particular, has several short reads which will haunt you for the rest of your life.
The Russian master, the ultimate climax of all human culture and art: Fyodor Dostoevsky
This man writes books that contain 90% dialogue/monolgue and still manages to make them impossible to turn down. Sometimes it can take a day to read two three pages, or to understand them atleast.
This man writes books that contain 90% dialogue/monolgue and still manages to make them impossible to turn down. Sometimes it can take a day to read two three pages, or to understand them atleast.
As long as they keep the back story right, I'm cool with it.PedroSteckecilo said:
'The Road', like 'Children of Men' had the guts to be realistic about an apocalypse scenario. You don't need a zombie virus, you don't need vampires. If there was a major cataclysm and plants stopped growing, people would not need much to resort to extreme barbarism. Same if people stopped being able to reproduce, I liked that movie because it reminded you how thin a veil civilization really is for people.
*Michael Crighton (Sphere, Jurrasic Park, The Andromeda Strain...)
*Antony Beevor who wrote "Stalingrad" which is the best history book I have ever read.
*Phillip Pullman and Tolkien because they are both brilliant.
*Jeremy Clarkson because he is funny.
*Antony Beevor who wrote "Stalingrad" which is the best history book I have ever read.
*Phillip Pullman and Tolkien because they are both brilliant.
*Jeremy Clarkson because he is funny.
Oh Snap! Another thing I totally forgot about, excellent and original series there. Their best work in my opinion.TheNecroswanson said:
Stephen King for me any day. His books are just so good at giving me that scary chill down my spine.
My favorite author is probably George R. R. Martin. He creates amazing, complex characters that you just get so caught up with, whether you love them or hate them. His works run the gamut of popular fiction - the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series for fantasy, Tuf Voyaging and Dying of the Light for sci-fi, Fevre Dream for horror, the Armageddon Rag for modern day (with a touch of fantasy I guess), all amazing works.
Another favorite is Neil Gaiman, the master of modern day fantasy. His prose is beautifully poetic, and just so imaginative - reading him just evokes this sense of wonder like no one else can.
Another author worth mentioning is Jeff VanDerMeer - his work is just so unique. I'm having trouble in explaining it... just go out and read "City of Saints and Madmen"
Another favorite is Neil Gaiman, the master of modern day fantasy. His prose is beautifully poetic, and just so imaginative - reading him just evokes this sense of wonder like no one else can.
Another author worth mentioning is Jeff VanDerMeer - his work is just so unique. I'm having trouble in explaining it... just go out and read "City of Saints and Madmen"
For me, Philip K dick's the man in the high castle, and Eric nylund and Joseph Staten (Halo Series)