Favourite Authors

Edgar Allan Poe
Ernest Hemingway
John Steinbeck
John Grisham
Agatha Christie
Anne Rice (not so much but loved Interview of course and was enjoying Armand the Vampire before I lost it).

Some others but can't think of them right now. Lovecraft is one I have always been interested in reading but never had the time to. I seen a movie based on his story called Dagon i believe? on the sci fi channel. Was a good movie.
 
RosesofShadow said:
John Grisham
Tolkien
Tom Clancy
Dan Brown
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I like what I've read by Dan Brown but he seems like such a formula writer to me, Angels and Demons and The DaVinci Code are practically the same story with a different girl, the latter just dumbed down. I really liked Angels and Demons until the guy jumped out of the helicopter that was like...3 miles in the air, parachuted down with a tiny tarp and landed in a river right in front of hospital where paramedics just happened to be standing on a bridge watching the water lol.
 
Sabin Frost said:
I wouldn't say that so much, the society they live in is very female dominated. I find some of the characters to be very well written though they do grow in time. You find a lot of difference between the women of different walks of life, the Aiel for example are very much like Amazons, the Aes Sedai are the most powerful people in the world with the biggest political and military influence. I find all the characters fit the context well, the female character that stands out the most later into the series is Egwene, she is very well written.
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At the point I am at, all the women do is endlessly bitch or think about their cleavage. I hope they grow out of this phase.
 
cookiecutter said:
At the point I am at, all the women do is endlessly bitch or think about their cleavage. I hope they grow out of this phase.
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Haha perhaps I didn't notice it the first time I read it or just was not thinking about it, I will need to re-read them at some point but currently where the books are at I have not come across that from memory.
 
Montu Sekhmet said:
The Dark Tower series are my favorites by him.
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Aye, indeed.

I don't like to declare my loyalty to certain authors, but to certain books, because an author's work can often be inconsistent and not entirely enjoyable.

I'd put Nietzsche on this list, however, because a good majority of his writings are worth a read.

I haven't read as much as I'd like this summer, kinda disappointed. But I've got to read Les Miserables for school, which is going to be quite an effort. It's good so far, but terribly long.
 
Hatebreeder said:
But I've got to read Les Miserables for school, which is going to be quite an effort. It's good so far, but terribly long.
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What any other writer would tell by 10 pages - Hugo tells by 1000. That's his point. Plus he's extremally serious and "grown". No familiarity or stupid humor in his works. He knows how to tell his own thoughts and uses great metaphors.
 
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