Favourite Writer? (playwright poet author etc.)
- Thread starter hobartuk
- Start date
Recommended Videos
J.R.R. Tolkien for me...just the incredible scale and scope of the entire Middle-Earth books is just phenomenal; thousands of years of history, a whole load of languages, stories, poems, references throughout to other historical events.
All these things, along with the depth of detail and the way he described this world made you want to believe that it was real once.
Oh yeah, and a British poet called Benjamin Zephaniah is a pretty awesome dude...check out 'Talking Turkeys'...it's great!
All these things, along with the depth of detail and the way he described this world made you want to believe that it was real once.
Oh yeah, and a British poet called Benjamin Zephaniah is a pretty awesome dude...check out 'Talking Turkeys'...it's great!
I have many favorite writers, most for different reasons.
My ABSOLUTE favorite author is Barry Hughart, the under appreciated genius behind "The Bridge of Birds", "The Story of the Stone" and "Eight Skilled Gentlemen" a strange set of novels that fuse Chinese Fantasy, Chinese History, Sherlock Holmes mysteries and Indiana Jones style adventure. They are great reads and the fact that he isn't writing any more is very sad. But I like other writers as well.
I love David Eddings for his nice, clean prose and his witty character dialogue.
I love Phillip Pullman for his ideas and his gorgeous prose work.
I like Stephen King for various reasons, mostly because The Dark Tower rocks and he is quite a good writer if you read the right books, and ignore the endings.
I love China Meiville for his complex ideas and bravery.
I like KJ Bishop because she's a very cool lady and excellent writer with interesting ideas.
I like Guy Gavriel Kay for his historical mindset.
My ABSOLUTE favorite author is Barry Hughart, the under appreciated genius behind "The Bridge of Birds", "The Story of the Stone" and "Eight Skilled Gentlemen" a strange set of novels that fuse Chinese Fantasy, Chinese History, Sherlock Holmes mysteries and Indiana Jones style adventure. They are great reads and the fact that he isn't writing any more is very sad. But I like other writers as well.
I love David Eddings for his nice, clean prose and his witty character dialogue.
I love Phillip Pullman for his ideas and his gorgeous prose work.
I like Stephen King for various reasons, mostly because The Dark Tower rocks and he is quite a good writer if you read the right books, and ignore the endings.
I love China Meiville for his complex ideas and bravery.
I like KJ Bishop because she's a very cool lady and excellent writer with interesting ideas.
I like Guy Gavriel Kay for his historical mindset.
I've only really ever been a fan of Pullman. I don't read much nowadays, mainly because the last book I did read was God damn awful; The Larion Senators, by Robert Scott and Jay Gordon. Honestly, I read it because I had followed the trilogy through the last two books, but that 'finale' really highlights everything wrong with American literature - it has put me off fiction (and portal fantasy especially) for a good few years, me thinks.
Big fan of David Wong, mind - of John Dies At The End fame: Even so, that's a traditional portal fantasy/horror, but its done in an original and enticing way.
Other than that, I like Llearn Hearn's work - the Tales of the Otori series especially. I don't usually associate with literature orientated around fuedal Japan, because I generally think everyone else who is into that genre happen to be Anime fanboys - which they are 90% of the time. Again, her writing fell down after she chose to drag out the story past three books.
Big fan of David Wong, mind - of John Dies At The End fame: Even so, that's a traditional portal fantasy/horror, but its done in an original and enticing way.
Other than that, I like Llearn Hearn's work - the Tales of the Otori series especially. I don't usually associate with literature orientated around fuedal Japan, because I generally think everyone else who is into that genre happen to be Anime fanboys - which they are 90% of the time. Again, her writing fell down after she chose to drag out the story past three books.
Yay! Not the only Stephen King fan! Also, if you're into supernatural books, his son wrote a book called Heart-Shaped Box under the name of Joe Hill. Best debut novel I've ever read.
As far as fantasy goes, I don't read fantasy, as Robert Jordan turned me off to that. I heard Goodkind is really good though. So was J.K. Rowling, until her books turned into "Shit happens to Harry Potter. The End."
Also, Stuart Woods is a damn good suspense-action-romance...thing...author. Especially his Stone Barrington novels. First Will Lee book is pretty good, too.
As far as fantasy goes, I don't read fantasy, as Robert Jordan turned me off to that. I heard Goodkind is really good though. So was J.K. Rowling, until her books turned into "Shit happens to Harry Potter. The End."
Also, Stuart Woods is a damn good suspense-action-romance...thing...author. Especially his Stone Barrington novels. First Will Lee book is pretty good, too.
Grant Morrison,
Neil Gaimen
Terry Pratchett
Douglas Adams
Alan Moore, but that's already been said.
Neil Gaimen
Terry Pratchett
Douglas Adams
Alan Moore, but that's already been said.
Funny Fact, Joe Hill is, in fact, Stephen King's son, he writes under a pen name so he can achieve success on his own merits.thebobmaster said:
Also, I can't believe I left out Moore, Gaiman and Pratchett, so to add comic writers to the list.
Kurt Busiek, he's an amazing writer and a really cool guy.
Warren Ellis, especially Transmetropolitan and Planetary
Bill Willingham, very funny and writes excellent comics (Fables and Shadowpact).
Brian K. Vaughn, writes Y The Last Man, one of the best comics ever.
I mentioned that Joe Hill is Stephen King's son. And apparently learned quite a bit from his old man.
Chuck Palahniuk & Robert Rankin are probably my favourite though relative new comer Simon Spurrier also shows a lot of promise.
Other contemporary authors a really like include Terry Pratchett, Harry Turtledove, Ben Elton, William Gibson (particually his earlier stuff) David Mitchell.
That's just off the top of my head and I've also read alot of the classics, I read a lot and I love my books, can't stand it when people bend the spines back and stuff like that, really gets me riled (and I normally exist in a Buddha like calm)
Other contemporary authors a really like include Terry Pratchett, Harry Turtledove, Ben Elton, William Gibson (particually his earlier stuff) David Mitchell.
That's just off the top of my head and I've also read alot of the classics, I read a lot and I love my books, can't stand it when people bend the spines back and stuff like that, really gets me riled (and I normally exist in a Buddha like calm)
Terry Pratchett for a good time.
Alan Moore as my favourite comic book writer.
George Orwell for the man behind the words; a man who advocated simple words for even complex ideas, because complex words too easily hide stupid ideas.
And China Mieville for saying "screw that, I'm going to use every big word I can think of and you'll LIKE it". Oh, and for the hugely interesting fantasy he writes.
Alan Moore as my favourite comic book writer.
George Orwell for the man behind the words; a man who advocated simple words for even complex ideas, because complex words too easily hide stupid ideas.
And China Mieville for saying "screw that, I'm going to use every big word I can think of and you'll LIKE it". Oh, and for the hugely interesting fantasy he writes.
I do enjoy David Eddings as well, and I'm glad to know there are others out therePedroSteckecilo said:
I think for me, I have to separate down to particular novels because, even though I love certain authors, I don't usually like everything by one person-- also, I'm a 5th grade teacher, so its difficult for me to keep up with all the adult fiction when I read so many kids books to keep up with as well.
I highly recommend from the adult category . . .
Dark Tower-- Stephen King
Pawn of Prophecy and subsequent by David Eddings
Ender's Game by O. S. Card
Brave New World by Albus Huxley
From the kids category . . .
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
The Lightning Thief by . . .I can't remember right now
Harry Potter by everyone knows who