Your favorite author?
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I have three favorite authors: Karen Traviss for the Republic Commando series, Michael Stackpole mainly for the X-Wing series, and R. A. Salvatore for the Legend of Drizzt series.
It depends how I'm feeling and what I'm reading, Terry Pratchett is in top position at the moment but James Herriot's in the running...
However, for my favourite EVER character, Pratchett's Death gets no competition.
However, for my favourite EVER character, Pratchett's Death gets no competition.
Love most of Eddings' work as well but his last series "The Dreamers" was just poor and had one of the worst endings to a series I've ever read.If you haven't read it yet I'd actually recommend skipping it as it'll just taint your opinion of himChaos James said:
At the moment I'd say it's between George R.R. Martin and Robert Jordan for me
Terry Pratchett, by far. I just adore his writing style and how his books are both insightful and hilarious.
I also respect him greatly for keeping writing, even though he's got Alzheimer. And he made a friggin' sword for himself after having been knighted. Best author ever.
I also respect him greatly for keeping writing, even though he's got Alzheimer. And he made a friggin' sword for himself after having been knighted. Best author ever.
The X labs in Shadow of Chernobyl actually scared me at the time, mainly because there was a half-invisible zombie that showed up as a silhouette attacking me while I was looting lockers. The ones in Call of Pripyat didn't scare me that much though.redisforever said:
Most definitely Kurt Vonnegut, I'd read Cat's Cradle or Slaughter House 5 over and over, but I have done the same with From A Buick 8 by Stephen King so I guess it's a tie.
OH-HOHO! But I *didn't* recommend him, I said that people should read one of his books and see for themselves - YOU CAN STILL GO FOR IT!!DJDarque said:
I like Terry Pratchett very, very much.
However, I sometimes feel his latest books have been slightly less... good? It's as if he's lost some of the subtlety he was so good at.
Next is Douglas Adams and Tolkien. Also good are Garth Nix, Eoin Colfer and Anthony Horowitz.
However, I sometimes feel his latest books have been slightly less... good? It's as if he's lost some of the subtlety he was so good at.
Next is Douglas Adams and Tolkien. Also good are Garth Nix, Eoin Colfer and Anthony Horowitz.
For horror I love me some lovecraft, my personal favorite is his short story The Rats in the Walls, I'm sure you can find it online, check it out. Also, Stephan Kings Dark Tower series was really good.
As far as sci-fi goes I love Dune but Frank Heberts son kind of ruined the series, Orson Scott Card is good as long as you read the begginings of series, they usually kind of fall apart later on (plus Card is a total dick).
However my all time favorite autor has to be Douglas Adams, I still find his books hilarious no matter how many times I have read them, not even just the Hitchhiker series either, the Dirk Gently books are often even more random and crazy.
As far as sci-fi goes I love Dune but Frank Heberts son kind of ruined the series, Orson Scott Card is good as long as you read the begginings of series, they usually kind of fall apart later on (plus Card is a total dick).
However my all time favorite autor has to be Douglas Adams, I still find his books hilarious no matter how many times I have read them, not even just the Hitchhiker series either, the Dirk Gently books are often even more random and crazy.
If you haven't yet, I'd suggest Rob Grant, and Doug Naylor. (Listed as Grant Naylor on their books.) Specifically the Red Dwarf series. Although I enjoy Douglas Adams, well I mainly enjoy LDTTftS, and DGHDA, and not so much HHGttG. Red Dwarf is in the same style as Hitchhikers.redisforever said:
As for my favourite author, I can't choose one:
Orson Scott Card
Chuck Palahniuk (have read everything he's ever publicly written)
Scott Douglas (Inspiration to me)
Weis and Hickman