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JRonin Joined Sun 06/09/13 Posts: 376	Wed 07/03/13 11:12 PM
Tolkien first for he ignited my curiousity for fantasy. Alan Dean Foster and Aaron Alston, because they write awesome sci fi and space operas (especially star wars) Peter david because of his awesome and lengthy contribution to Marvel comics in the 90s. And recently im digging Mark waid because the characterization in Superman: Birthright was nothing short of inspired and 3 dimensionally excellent!

Kaleijoscope Joined Fri 10/15/10 Posts: 3319	Thu 07/04/13 01:14 AM
Authors?...them would be...roald dahl, nicholas sparks, harold robbins,sidney sheldon ,some balzac's and steinbecks...actually there are more,but these are my staples...

JRonin Joined Sun 06/09/13 Posts: 376	Thu 07/04/13 08:24 AM
Authors?...them would be...roald dahl, nicholas sparks, harold robbins,sidney sheldon ,some balzac's and steinbecks...actually there are more,but these are my staples... Nice! I forgot to mention Shel Silverstein! Great poems and insights on life.

TBRich Joined Fri 11/07/08 Posts: 8232	Thu 07/04/13 08:37 AM
Henry Miller, James Rollins, Lee Child, Jack Kerouac, Richard Brautigan's poetry

sweetestgirl11 Joined Fri 09/12/08 Posts: 30087	Thu 07/04/13 08:39 AM Edited by sweetestgirl11 on Thu 07/04/13 08:41 AM
where the sidewalk ends.......... my favorites authors are several but the ones I go back to are Mark Twain, James Michener, Anne Tyler, Willa Cather. My very favorite is Jack London. I love the poetry of robert frost. A non American I also favor Victor Hugo but have only read les misables, though I have read it 2 or 3 times. The other non American I have liked is EM Forester' s A Passage To India (the book - I have never seen the film) and it is as far as I can remember the only work of his that I have read, and Robert Louis Stevenson I also like his poetry. I also love the Fairy Tales written by the Grimms and Hans Christian Andersen, and Lewis Carroll's Alice - have read all several and several more times :)

TBRich Joined Fri 11/07/08 Posts: 8232	Thu 07/04/13 08:42 AM
where the sidewalk ends.......... my favorites authors are several but the ones I go back to are Mark Twain, James Michener, Anne Tyler, Willa Cather. My very favorite is Jack London. I love the poetry of robert frost. A non American I also favor Victor Hugo but have only read les misables, though I have read it 2 or 3 times. The other non American I have liked is EM Forester' s A Passage To India (the book - I have never seen the film) and it is as far as I can remember the only work of his that I have read, and Robert Louis Stevenson I also like his poetry. I also the Fairy Tales written by the Grimms and Hans Christian Andersen I don't think you would like these fairy tales if told to you by German mother, who only knew the original version and acted them out, as your bedtime stories- scared the crap out of me

TBRich Joined Fri 11/07/08 Posts: 8232	Thu 07/04/13 08:45 AM Edited by TBRich on Thu 07/04/13 08:46 AM
Everyone mentions Shel Silvertein, I always viewed him as part of the three: him, Tommy Unger and the guy who wrote Where the Wild Things Are (forgot his name)

sweetestgirl11 Joined Fri 09/12/08 Posts: 30087	Thu 07/04/13 08:47 AM Edited by sweetestgirl11 on Thu 07/04/13 08:48 AM
where the sidewalk ends.......... my favorites authors are several but the ones I go back to are Mark Twain, James Michener, Anne Tyler, Willa Cather. My very favorite is Jack London. I love the poetry of robert frost. A non American I also favor Victor Hugo but have only read les misables, though I have read it 2 or 3 times. The other non American I have liked is EM Forester' s A Passage To India (the book - I have never seen the film) and it is as far as I can remember the only work of his that I have read, and Robert Louis Stevenson I also like his poetry. I also the Fairy Tales written by the Grimms and Hans Christian Andersen I don't think you would like these fairy tales if told to you by German mother, who only knew the original version and acted them out, as your bedtime stories- scared the crap out of me yes when one gets away from the Disney versions and reserches/reads original texts they are the origins of horror (IMO)and far better than anything modern horror has to offer outside of Shelly or Poe heavens, Cinderella's stepsister (edit) actually sliced a chunk off of the heel of her foot to fit into the slipper with blood seeping everywhere, but I don;t think that version made it into many translations much less Disney STudios....lol so yes I know about those versions and the tales still fascinate me. I bet those stories kept you in your bed at night

TBRich Joined Fri 11/07/08 Posts: 8232	Thu 07/04/13 08:48 AM
where the sidewalk ends.......... my favorites authors are several but the ones I go back to are Mark Twain, James Michener, Anne Tyler, Willa Cather. My very favorite is Jack London. I love the poetry of robert frost. A non American I also favor Victor Hugo but have only read les misables, though I have read it 2 or 3 times. The other non American I have liked is EM Forester' s A Passage To India (the book - I have never seen the film) and it is as far as I can remember the only work of his that I have read, and Robert Louis Stevenson I also like his poetry. I also the Fairy Tales written by the Grimms and Hans Christian Andersen I don't think you would like these fairy tales if told to you by German mother, who only knew the original version and acted them out, as your bedtime stories- scared the crap out of me Your mother sounds awesome. She was, up to the time she caught that disease that rhymes with Cat Hit Hazy

TBRich Joined Fri 11/07/08 Posts: 8232	Thu 07/04/13 08:51 AM
where the sidewalk ends.......... my favorites authors are several but the ones I go back to are Mark Twain, James Michener, Anne Tyler, Willa Cather. My very favorite is Jack London. I love the poetry of robert frost. A non American I also favor Victor Hugo but have only read les misables, though I have read it 2 or 3 times. The other non American I have liked is EM Forester' s A Passage To India (the book - I have never seen the film) and it is as far as I can remember the only work of his that I have read, and Robert Louis Stevenson I also like his poetry. I also the Fairy Tales written by the Grimms and Hans Christian Andersen I don't think you would like these fairy tales if told to you by German mother, who only knew the original version and acted them out, as your bedtime stories- scared the crap out of me yes when one gets away from the Disney versions and reserches/reads original texts they are the origins of horror (IMO)and far better than anything modern horror has to offer outside of Shelly or Poe heavens, Cinderella's stepsister (edit) actually sliced a chunk off of the heel of her foot to fit into the slipper with blood seeping everywhere, but I don;t think that version made it into many translations much less Disney STudios....lol so yes I know about those versions and the tales still fascinate me. I bet those stories kept you in your bed at night Ah Sweetestgirl, the woods are lovely dark and deep- much like your eyes; remember, there is something that doesn't like a wall

CremeBrulee Joined Tue 11/06/12 Posts: 2726	Thu 07/04/13 08:53 AM Edited by CremeBrulee on Thu 07/04/13 09:08 AM
Daniel Eastman...the way he weaves his story along what really happened! Mariane Keyes....oh man,she cracks me up with her comedy! Anne Rice.....i really love her eroticism and horror mix. Tolkien. Rawling. Ludlum. Patricia Cornwel.

sweetestgirl11 Joined Fri 09/12/08 Posts: 30087	Thu 07/04/13 08:55 AM Edited by sweetestgirl11 on Thu 07/04/13 08:57 AM
until the last 10-20 years, women were frequently accused of being crazy when they refused to live up to the expectations of men, including male children. I still expect that continues to happen just not as often. If your mother really did go insane, that is awful. but also not her fault. and u have my sympathy A little off topic, sorry Sendak, BTW Maurice Sendak. I used to use that story all the time to use as a backdrop for art projects with preschoolers. we had a blast

TBRich Joined Fri 11/07/08 Posts: 8232	Thu 07/04/13 08:57 AM
until the last 10-20 years, women were frequently accused of being crazy when they refused to live up to the expectations of men, including male children. I still expect that continues to happen just not as often. If your mother really did go insane, that is awful. but also not her fault. and u have my sympathy A little off topic, sorry Its ok, I snuck her French Vanilla coffee and cheesecake up to the end and she was happy

sweetestgirl11 Joined Fri 09/12/08 Posts: 30087	Thu 07/04/13 08:58 AM
where the sidewalk ends.......... my favorites authors are several but the ones I go back to are Mark Twain, James Michener, Anne Tyler, Willa Cather. My very favorite is Jack London. I love the poetry of robert frost. A non American I also favor Victor Hugo but have only read les misables, though I have read it 2 or 3 times. The other non American I have liked is EM Forester' s A Passage To India (the book - I have never seen the film) and it is as far as I can remember the only work of his that I have read, and Robert Louis Stevenson I also like his poetry. I also the Fairy Tales written by the Grimms and Hans Christian Andersen I don't think you would like these fairy tales if told to you by German mother, who only knew the original version and acted them out, as your bedtime stories- scared the crap out of me yes when one gets away from the Disney versions and reserches/reads original texts they are the origins of horror (IMO)and far better than anything modern horror has to offer outside of Shelly or Poe heavens, Cinderella's stepsister (edit) actually sliced a chunk off of the heel of her foot to fit into the slipper with blood seeping everywhere, but I don;t think that version made it into many translations much less Disney STudios....lol so yes I know about those versions and the tales still fascinate me. I bet those stories kept you in your bed at night Ah Sweetestgirl, the woods are lovely dark and deep- much like your eyes; remember, there is something that doesn't like a wall and I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleep my favorite is Death of A Hired Man...kinda reminded me of father in law (ex father in law)

sweetestgirl11 Joined Fri 09/12/08 Posts: 30087	Thu 07/04/13 08:59 AM
until the last 10-20 years, women were frequently accused of being crazy when they refused to live up to the expectations of men, including male children. I still expect that continues to happen just not as often. If your mother really did go insane, that is awful. but also not her fault. and u have my sympathy A little off topic, sorry Its ok, I snuck her French Vanilla coffee and cheesecake up to the end and she was happy awesome!

Torgo70 Joined Fri 06/27/08 Posts: 27387	Thu 07/04/13 09:17 AM Edited by Torgo70 on Thu 07/04/13 09:48 AM
Stephen King (And yes, he writes more than just horror, besides The Green Mile and Rita Hayworth And The Shawshank Redemption, King wrote 11/22/63. Which I think is his "Great American Novel") HP Lovecraft (Very few writers can get under my skin like Lovecraft.) John Irving (My favorite book of his is The Hotel New Hampshire) Robert R McCammon (Has written some fantastic genre books including Wolf's Hour, Stinger, his epic post-apocalyptic Swan Song. And my favorite book of all time Boy's Life.) Ray Bradbury (My favorite short story writer.) JRR Tolkien (Like many, as a kid he was my introduction to modern fantasy.) H Beam Piper (Introduced me to science fiction with his Fuzzy Series.) Edgar Rice Burroughs (Though I read many of his Tarzan books growing up, it's mainly his Barsoom aka John Carter series, and Pellucidar series.) Douglas Adams (Besides his more well know Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy books, he also wrote the underrated Dirk Gently series.) Edit: Forgot Larry McMurtry (Never been big on western novels, but his Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call series is fantastic, especially Lonesome Dove.)

krupa Joined Thu 07/03/08 Posts: 18651	Thu 07/04/13 09:41 AM
Sun Tzu.....Art of war Barry Sadler...Casca:The Eternal Mercenary (a series) I have read a lot. I have read most of the authors posted here. Just my opinion......ain't nothing better than Casca.....and Art of war.

oldhippie1952 Joined Mon 03/14/11 Posts: 22693	Thu 07/04/13 09:44 AM
Tolkien, Heinlein, La'mour, Clarke and I forgot who wrote 'Magician:Apprentice" but I enjoy his book trilogy as well.

ViaMusica Joined Sat 03/09/13 Posts: 3341	Thu 07/04/13 02:09 PM
Robert Heinlein Iain M. Banks Spider Robinson Harry Turtledove Greg Bear Larry Niven Diane Duane C.J. Cherryh James P. Hogan, but I really only liked his old stuff from the 70s and 80s. He pretty much went off the deep end after that. Pearl S. Buck Gore Vidal James Michener Diana Gabaldon, for the depth of her historical research

sweetestgirl11 Joined Fri 09/12/08 Posts: 30087	Thu 07/04/13 02:17 PM
krupa raises a good point. not sure my favorites are always actually the finest works of "art" actually. just love the stories and I forgot Hemingway probably the finest work of art I've read is either Hugo or Shelley's Frankenstein. I found it difficult and very sad but certainly one of the finest turns of the human hand to a pen ever written.