Members JaredVR Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 Who are everyone's favorite authors/books? I think mine are between kerouac, Borges, Vonnegut, and Bradbury. Disclaimer: If this was already a thread do not blame me, I searched and found nothing, but as we all know the search function leaves much to be desired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bennintexas Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 i know nothing about educated reading, amazing authors, literature etc, so i wont really name drop but i just finished "alas, babylon" by pat frank and loved it. i love post-apocalyptic stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SharkMinusBear Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 Authors.... in no particular order Robert Heinlein, Vernor Vinge, Phillip K Dick, George RR Martin, Neal Stephenson, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, Brandon Sanderson, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke Last book I finished was Anathem by Neal Stephenson and it was amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Teranishi Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 god damnit this thread rules already Vonnegut, Hesse, Frank Herbert, Asmiov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MilkWasABadChoice Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 I really need to broaden my horizens, because as of now all my favorite writers are American from the past 200 years.Salinger, Twain, Vonnegut, Bukowski right now. I have a couple books on the shelf I should start, "Midnight's Children", "the Fountainhead", "American God's", "Siddartha", and "Gravity's Rainbow". Damn my laziness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaredVR Posted October 2, 2009 Author Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 Vonnegut, Hesse, Frank Herbert, Asmiov Siddhartha by Hesse is probably in my top 10 of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MilkWasABadChoice Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 I'm assuming that should be my next read? (Read above post, haha) Doesn't look like it'll be to long of one, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MilkWasABadChoice Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 {censored} it, like it or not I classify Charlie Kaufman as an author, and he's my favorite . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nomenclature Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 Neil Gaiman - Good Omens | American Gods | NeverwhereIrvine Welsh - Trainspotting | FilthMax Brooks - The Zombie Survival Guide | World War ZBruce Campbell - If Chins Could KillDouglas Adams, William Gibson, Lovecraft, Burroughs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members who235 Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole is one of my favorite books ever. For some reason, The Count of Monte Cristo is still one of my favorites. I think it must be my inner 14 year old crying for adventure. My outer 32 year old doesn't give a {censored} anymore. I also love me some Vonnegut. I really dig Elmore Leonard. It might not be the most cerebral {censored} in the world, but I'm not sure he's not the best dialog writer that ever lived. He's a {censored}ing blast to read. Lately I've been reading a lot of old science fiction and crime fiction short stories. Short stories are a lost art and I wish someone would bring them back. Also, I really like Richard Russo. Every one of his books is like a Springsteen album. Loser in a loser town type stuff. I like it a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaredVR Posted October 2, 2009 Author Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 I'm assuming that should be my next read? (Read above post, haha) Doesn't look like it'll be to long of one, as well. Haha yea do it. It's short and super enlightening (no pun intended). Just a great book, period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members silver-seven Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 Kurt Vonnegut, John Steinbeck, Albert Camus, Tom Robbins, Chuck Palahinuk, Charles Bukowski, and Christopher Moore just to name a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members p4vl Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 Bukowski-Factotum, Women, most of his books of poetryDostoyevsky-Notes from UndergroundDouglas Adams-Whole Hitchhiker and Dirk Gently series (even funnier on audiobook) Burroughs-Naked Lunch (It's cliche, but the whole bit about the Guy Who Taught his Asshole to Talk is really really good). Side note: Watch A Thanksgiving Prayer on Thanksgiving every year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I31hQ8TrT5M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoredGuitarist7 Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 My favorite book of all time is Otis Spofford. I remember reading that over and over again when I was a kid... Nostalgia'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Teranishi Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 adding Robbins, Camus, and Kafka to the listforgetting your favorite books is hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AnderMocs Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 I'm not a high brow lit kind of guy. Something I'd like to move into. My favorite writers, being the guys that i set out to read everything they wrote. Dan Brown Bill Bryson Henry Rollins Neil Peart Craig Thompson (wrote a graphic novel, still one of the best narratives ever) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members silver-seven Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 Man I can't believe how many of these books I've read. It's like looking on my book shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoredGuitarist7 Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 Oh, I also really liked The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night Time...I just finished reading The Awakening by Kate Chopin. I didn't really like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members .homewrecker. Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 adding Robbins, Camus, and Kafka to the listforgetting your favorite books is hilarious Absurdist! Camus, Kafka, Poe, Lovercraft and Danielewski for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Lou-Dog Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 Steinbeck, Kerouac, Huxley, Isherwood, Shakespeare, Dickens, Burrows, Ginsberg, Bob Dylan (he counts!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members .homewrecker. Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 Oh, I also really liked The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night Time... This was such a fantastic book, having taken a few education classes and worked with children with Autism it's amazing how accurate it seems, as one can only imagine how the Autistic mind works. Read it in one sitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members placebo62 Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 murakami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members who235 Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 Danielewski I've only ever read House of Leaves. Is any of his other work as good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Teranishi Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 FORGOT MURAKAMII SHOULD STOP POSTING Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Invader.CC Posted October 2, 2009 Members Share Posted October 2, 2009 David Gemmel..Morningstar Harry Turtledove..Wisdom of the Fox series J.R Tolkien Lord of the Rings Ayn Ryand Atlas Shrugged Hemingway Farewell to Arms Harper Lee To kill a Mockingbird Edgar Alan Poe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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