Who are your favourite authors?

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July 14, 2006 at 3:55 pm #1038529
Raj
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mine are:

Janny Wurtz
Terry Pratchett
M Z Bradley
Neil Gaiman
Du Chailly

:weee::weee::weee::weee:
July 14, 2006 at 4:06 pm #1082940
kaito
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Would have to say George Orwell personally – love his books – particularly Homage to Catalonia.
July 14, 2006 at 4:09 pm #1082935
Angel
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1 Jean M Auel
2 Stephen King
3 Dean R Koontz
4 Tolkien
July 14, 2006 at 5:02 pm #1082927
K_trina
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kaito wrote:

Would have to say George Orwell personally – love his books – particularly Homage to Catalonia.

Yes George Orwell was/is wicked.

My favourite author is Margerat Atwood, fucking legend <3.

My favourite poet is William Blake, I love his “Songs of Innocence and Experience”, they are timeless.
July 14, 2006 at 5:28 pm #1082936
Tank Girl
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Prob all spelt wrong! (for an avid reader I cant spell for shit…..)

Irvine Welsch
Iain Banks
Neil Gaimen / Dave Mckeen
Brett Easton ellis
Chuck Phallunik
and I’m sure loads that I’ve forgotten

and I try and perservere with some of te classic’s Dickens/ Hardy/ etc
July 14, 2006 at 5:47 pm #1082919
General Lighting
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I have read very little fiction TBH since the late 1980s.

Ironic as I have 2 A grades in English O levels from 1987 (yes, I did do those early) but I think the pressure of getting these and reading books just to pass exams/do essays has actually killed much of my desire to read fiction even 19 years later.

strangely enough I enjoy reading anything else though…

but if I had to choose my top author it would probably be Spike Milligan (his poems, plays, mad ramblings and his war memoirs which are IMO despite their bizzareness some of the most effective writings on World War II).
July 14, 2006 at 6:01 pm #1082923
elretardo87
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General Lighting wrote:

English O levels from 1987 (yes, I did do those early)

I wasn’t born for another two months :laugh_at:

An like you GL I tend to stay away from fiction….catching up on my Scientific American’s as my mums friend donated me three years worth.
July 14, 2006 at 7:16 pm #1082932
Raj
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..catching up on my Scientific American’s as my mums friend donated me three years worth.

when you’re finished with them may i borrow them? raaa
July 14, 2006 at 7:21 pm #1082941
Agent Subby
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In no particular order.

Irvine Welsh
Brett Easton Ellis
William Burroughs
Iain Banks
:bounce_fl :bounce_fl :bounce_fl :bounce_fl :bounce_fl
July 14, 2006 at 8:28 pm #1082924
elretardo87
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raj wrote:

when you’re finished with them may i borrow them? raaa

I may have aquired 1.5gb of back isues by monday…which I could send over.

:weee:
July 14, 2006 at 8:48 pm #1082917
JE5
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Haruki Murakami
Neal Stephenson
William Gibson
Fyodor Dostoevsky
July 14, 2006 at 9:09 pm #1082929
atm23
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I’m not really a big reader, although I do like the odd audio book for the car as well as some non fiction my faves :-

Steven Hawkins

Irvine Welsh

Douglas Adams

Iain Banks
July 14, 2006 at 9:27 pm #1082942
kimycup
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my fav authors are:
ian rankin
roald dahl
jaquline wilson
cate tiernan
July 14, 2006 at 10:41 pm #1082925
elretardo87
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kimycup wrote:

roald dahl

Mon the roald dahl…..Fantastic Mr Fox rocks.
July 14, 2006 at 11:40 pm #1082933
Raj
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elretardo87 wrote:

I may have aquired 1.5gb of back isues by monday…which I could send over.

:weee:

sounds good to me:weee:
July 14, 2006 at 11:59 pm #1082921
globalloon
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charles bukowski

and been lking Cormac McCarthy a lot
July 15, 2006 at 1:27 am #1082920
BioTech
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Although I’d like to say I read well respected and intelligent books, so that I can be down with the intellectuals here, I can’t.

My favourite authors would be:

Raymond E Feist
Michael Moorcock
David Gemmel
July 16, 2006 at 11:27 am #1082930
Tek Offensive
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jk rowling!!! nah only kidding tho i have read the first few of her books :bored_yaw

thinking about it i havent read a good book in a while now. fave book is ‘brave new world’ so whoever wrote that is my fave author
July 16, 2006 at 11:27 am #1082931
Tek Offensive
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adous huxley
July 16, 2006 at 12:34 pm #1082926
Anonymous
terry pratchett
george orwell
tom wolfe
james joyce
jean paul sartre
July 17, 2006 at 9:42 am #1082928
Andy Why
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Postmodern fiction
John Fowles and D.M. Thomas.

Academic inspiration
Michel Foucault, Roland Barthes, Antonio Gramsci, and Stuart Hall.
July 17, 2006 at 10:34 am #1082934
Raj
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BioTech wrote:

Although I’d like to say I read well respected and intelligent books, so that I can be down with the intellectuals here, I can’t.

My favourite authors would be:

Raymond E Feist
Michael Moorcock
David Gemmel

i am with you biotech :groucho::groucho:

fantasy rocks for getting your head out of the everydayraaaraaa
July 17, 2006 at 5:06 pm #1082937
Tank Girl
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Squat Monkey wrote:

jk rowling!!! nah only kidding tho i have read the first few of her books :bored_yaw

not my fav but have read and enjoyed all the happy popper books!
July 18, 2006 at 3:10 pm #1082918
JE5
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Squat Monkey wrote:

adous huxley

Forgot Huxley…
July 19, 2006 at 4:30 pm #1082938
Tank Girl
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Watchmen – alan moore
Good omens – Terry pratchett and Neil Gaimen
Sin City – Frank Miller
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