Your favorite author?

[Giest4life]

I''m a fickle reader. Very fickle. Currently, my favorite author is Steven Erikson of the Malazan Book of the Fallen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malazan_Book_of_the_Fallen] fame.

 

[willofbob]

Hmm, probably David Eddings, author of the fantasy series the Belgariad. Was the first set of books I actually read that I could sit through (close second being Harry Potter) mainly due to the fact that before my dad lent me the David Eddings books I didn't have access to fantasy novels.

Anyways, great series of books, simply love them.

Hell. Yes.

Unfortunately for me, David Eddings is actually second in my favorite authors list; the leader is Terry Pratchett for his Discworld series. Kind of like literary Monty Python, but he usually does have an underlying meaning in his books. If you like laughing and thinking while you ready, Terry Pratchett is for you.

If you like someone who hits all the cliches of fantasy-setting novels and does so gleefully and unashamedly, check out David Eddings.

Both authors are amazing.

Sir Terrance Pratchett is a literary genius.

 

[Arsen]

Howard Phillips Lovecraft.

Horror. Detective Fiction. Alien Creatures. Supernatural Metaphysics. Demonic Creatures. Epic Adventures. Fantasy. Science Fiction. Cosmic Horror.

The man's legacy is still without true credit.
And NO. I don't give a damn how racist he was. Look up his life story then you'll realize how horrible he had it.

 

[LiberalSquirrel]

Probably Oscar Wilde. Though... I love Christopher Marlowe. And Shakespeare. [/old school]

I'm an English major, what do you expect?

 

[Just_A_Glitch]

I love Chuck Pahalniuk.

Choke, Rant, Invisible Monsters... I love all his work. Its a perfect mix of nihilism and optimism. Yes, I know those should go hand in hand with each other, but damn does he make it work.

 

[BrailleOperatic]

Right now I'm rocking it out to the literary stylings of George R.R. Martin. I freaking love Song of Ice and Fire. Tyrion's my homeboy.

 

[wilson_ty]

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Roadside Picnic, which the movie Stalker and the STALKER games are loosely based off of)

 

[Android2137]

Lloyd Alexander, but I do admit that he uses the same type of characters over and over...

 

[TheAceTheOne]

Jim Butcher, by far...Author of the Dresden Files and the Codex Alera. I'm not going to recommend him because if you pick up one of his books then his writing speaks for itself.

Seconded. I *will* reccommend him, though. 100%.

Some of the best writing I've ever read.

Same goes for Terry Pratchett.

 

[Azahul]

I have 2. Darren Shan because I love the way he writes and I love all of his books. He creates such good characters and I love the twists in his books, the end of the Demonata series was brilliant and that entire series made you want to keep reading on and on and on. I also love every other book he has written.

Urgh, I hated the end of the Demonata series. Felt like a massive cop-out. Doesn't help that I'd just finished the last book in the Keys to the Kingdom series as well, which has an almost identical ending. All I could think was "Does nobody have their characters live with failure anymore?"

My favourite author is incredibly tricky. I love and adore Terry Pratchett, I've read every book in the Discworld series (bar I Shall Wear Midnight, haven't gotten around to that one yet), and own the entire City Watch series. I'd have to say that the character of Sir Samuel Vimes is easily my favourite character in any form of literature or other media ever.
On the other hand, the Anno Dracula series by Kim Newman is amazing. The Bloody Red Baron in particular just blew me away. The first book's premise being "What if Dracula won, married Queen Victoria, and turned a big chunk of England's population into vampires? And what if some crazed lunatic called Jack the Ripper then started killing vampire prostitutes?". And then the second, The Bloody Red Baronm, largely revolves around the exploits of the Red Baron Mannfred von Richtofen, who in this setting is a vampire capable of shapeshifting into a massive bat-thing and tackling planes in mid-air.
That series is just fantastic. If you know your Victorian literature and vampire movies, you can find dozens of little references that just help to complete the world. A hopping Chinese vampire, the Diogenes Club, characters like Doctors Moreau and Jekyll performing autopsies on the Ripper's victims, Count Orlock being put in charge of the Tower of London, Edgar Allan Poe being drafted to write the Red Baron's biography, the list just goes on and on and on. They're not the main focus of the setting, but they make for fascinating little touches that help weave the main plots into this strange world full of the supernatural. I love them, but they took forever for me to hunt down. They are coming back into print, however, and Kim Newman is writing a fourth book, which has me very excited.

 

[redisforever]

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (Roadside Picnic, which the movie Stalker and the STALKER games are loosely based off of)

I started reading the translated version of Roadside Picnic, but I gave up. Nothing to do with the quality, I was just scared shitless. As far as I got though, very good.

 

[TheNaut131]

Dr.Seuss
Nuff said.

Dayum Straight. "Adults are just obsolete children and to hell with them!"

OT: Stephen King...his characters can be a bit shallow but I think that adds to it. They're all just very emotional pawns in a fucked up game!

That or Helen Fox, since she wrote the first ever book I truly appreciated.

Though, I've been in need of a few more books. I recently found Barnes and Nobles ( A bit late to the party, I know) And let's just say I'm a happy person Plus I found a few books that contained collections of work from the likes of Edgar Allen Poe, HP Lovercraft, H.G. Wells, etc.

 

[IDTheftVictim]

Yahtzee Croshaw

If he ever writes another book

 

[XzarTheMad]

Neil Gaiman, for his themes and style of writing. He has inspired me greatly through everything that I've read. I just wish that the films he helped with generally weren't so bad.

A few others of notice: JK Rowling, Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker's), William Gibson (Neuromancer), Jonathan L. Howard (Johannes Cabal), Margeret Weiss & Tracy Hickman (Death's Gate Cycle, Dragonlance)

Then there are some native ones, but there's no point in listing them.

 

[Qtoy]

Mmmm, that's a tough one.

I like Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow books, but I kinda left the series at that point. They still were very good.

FUDGE! I just got ninja'd.
And yeah, I've pretty much not continued past that, although I did read "Ender in Exile" and "The Polish Boy", and they were both excellent. I'd recommend them.

 

[Podunk]

Richard K. Morgan, for Altered Carbon and the rest of the Takeshi Kovacs series, as well as his gay fantasy novel The Steel Remains. It's crazy, and very different than the rest of his books.