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Erja_Perttu said:
if ya like Douglas Adams, defiantly read Harry Harrison and to a lesser extent Robert Lynn Asprin
Harry Harrison has some good books that fit the bill like "Bill, the Galactic Hero" series, it is outrageous. must read if you liked Douglas Adams!
Asprin is kinda a mix between Douglas Adams and Piers Anthony. more pun and stuff then surreal.
everyone has a little win waiting to be let out tho 
and never forget the ex pro wrestler receptionist Esperanza....
you know Erja Perttu I think that you might want to look in to "Harlan Coben" novels also, they are odd and great reads.
and never forget the ex pro wrestler receptionist Esperanza....
Erja_Perttu said:
you know Erja Perttu I think that you might want to look in to "Harlan Coben" novels also, they are odd and great reads.
James Patterson.
I have yet to find a book of his i didn't like. I think part of it is just its good font size and spacing, along with its 2-5 page chapters that really makes it easy to read and keep my attention. Plus Murder, Superpowers, and Mutations are a fun subject.
I have yet to find a book of his i didn't like. I think part of it is just its good font size and spacing, along with its 2-5 page chapters that really makes it easy to read and keep my attention. Plus Murder, Superpowers, and Mutations are a fun subject.
I... don't see Neil Gaiman on here yet. That makes me so very sad. Between American Gods, Good Omens, and the fantastic Sandman series, he's definitely one of my favorite authors.
But I'm an English major and a literature geek. So my favorite authors are rather numerous. And, also because of the aforementioned "literature geekiness," well... of course I like pre-20th century literature. Like... Canterbury Tales? Awesome. Shakespeare? Major fan. I'm currently working on tracking down a Spanish-language copy of Don Quijote as well.
But I'm an English major and a literature geek. So my favorite authors are rather numerous. And, also because of the aforementioned "literature geekiness," well... of course I like pre-20th century literature. Like... Canterbury Tales? Awesome. Shakespeare? Major fan. I'm currently working on tracking down a Spanish-language copy of Don Quijote as well.
J. R. R. Tolkien, I love just about anything to do with Eä, to be honest.
Next up is probably... Not sure, I'll say Karen Traviss though, the Republic Commando novels.... /drool
Next up is probably... Not sure, I'll say Karen Traviss though, the Republic Commando novels.... /drool
The ones I really like and admire only need last names, Dickens, Roth, Carver, Hemingway, Bukowski, Pynchon, Wodehouse, and yes Shakespeare. I'm also fond of Southern Gothic stuff like Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor.
I have two books that I cannot separate as the finest books I have read, one written by a prolific author and one by someone who never wrote again. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the first and if you ever meet my daughter Scout you might guess the second.
Wow lots of Americans there...how did that happen.
Pre-20th century books? Apart from Twain, Dickens and Shakespeare I'm also fond of Voltaire, and yet another American, Poe.
I have two books that I cannot separate as the finest books I have read, one written by a prolific author and one by someone who never wrote again. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the first and if you ever meet my daughter Scout you might guess the second.
Wow lots of Americans there...how did that happen.
Pre-20th century books? Apart from Twain, Dickens and Shakespeare I'm also fond of Voltaire, and yet another American, Poe.
Heller, Vonnegut, and Pynchon for fiction.SckizoBoy said:
With non-fiction, It varies, but I do like Anothy Beevor (Stalingrad, D-day)
Not especially; I think that Huck Finn is the only book that I like from pre-20th century I like. I'm not much of a fiction guy and non-fiction stuff is constantly updated. I'm sure Fagles translations of the classics and gibbons' "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" are things I'd like if I read them.SckizoBoy said:
Big fan of mysteries. Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett are my favorites, and Raymond Chandler is pretty solid too. Agatha Christie is trash.
Aside from that, I like Kurt Vonnegut, Flannery O'Connor, Poe, Joseph Conrad, Hemingway as more classic writers, and for current writers, I like Chuck Klosterman.
As for pre 20th century writing, there's a great deal of 19th century fiction that I like, and I've read some older works on government and philosophy that I enjoyed as well.
Aside from that, I like Kurt Vonnegut, Flannery O'Connor, Poe, Joseph Conrad, Hemingway as more classic writers, and for current writers, I like Chuck Klosterman.
As for pre 20th century writing, there's a great deal of 19th century fiction that I like, and I've read some older works on government and philosophy that I enjoyed as well.
I don't get much of a chance to read outside of school, especially recently, but based on my favourite books, Aldous Huxley (Brave New World) and William Shakespeare (The Tempest, King Lear, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Winter's Tale). When I was younger I enjoyed D.J. Hachale's Pendragon series, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series and C.S. Lewis' Narnia series. Arthur Miller's play, "The Crucible" was also fantastic. I've read some J.R.R. Tolkien too, but I have only read "Roverandom" and "The Silmarillion". I'll eventually get to LotR, but so far his work seems interesting if excessively grandiose.
Also this.Shuguard said:
Random memory... my old man has Gibbons' Decline & Fall, but as a complete kook, and former lab technician, he accumulated a lot of labels one of which he put on the outer plastic cover of that book, so now it reads: Decline & Fall of the Poison Empire...sextus the crazy said:
I'm a little ambivalent about James Patterson, though he is definitely not 'juvenile'. I've only read his crime novels (the Alex Cross series) and they're quite graphic in their gore.bobstone said:
RIP David Gemmell... he wasn't even that old... the ending of Troy was missing something... :/Rawne1980 said:
OT: Huh... ehm... Raymond E Feist, GP Taylor, Dan Abnett (much like the good Rawne... -_- ), Cornelius Ryan (sure I've only read two books by the guy and he's not technically fiction, but it's still good stuff) & David Gemmell (Rigante, Macedon & Troy, all great yarns).
Pre C20... Alexandre Dumas pere... heh... Polybius (seriously, Livy, Plutarch and Pliny are kinda up themselves... though again, not fiction, but enjoyable nonetheless, however, if someone can rediscover Plutarch's 'Lives of' in their entirety, I may reassess my opinion of him), Dickens, HG Wells (seriously?! only one mention of the daddy of sci-fi?!) and Thucydides (haven't read enough of Xenophon's stuff to really have an opinion, though the Anabasis was OK enough).