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Not in any particular order:
Dean Koontz Greg Isles Philippa Gregory Elizabeth Chadwick Tolkien George R.R. Martin (if he makes a good comeback and finishes this series) Jim Butcher I'm sure I'm forgetting some |
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02-15-2012, 12:48 PM | #21 |
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Aeschylus - The Oresteia freakin' rocks! William Shakespeare - Goes without saying Jonathan Swift - Vicious vicious sense of humor; a Tale of a Tub and Gulliver's travels are his masterpieces. Franz Kafka - The Trial and the Metamorphosis completely changed my life--but not into bug! Marcel Proust - In Search of Lost Time is incomparable James Joyce - Ulysses was magnificent, and Finnegans Wake…there is nothing in the world like Finnegans Wake. It will continue to both confound and excite people for all eternity, i think. William S. Burroughs - Naked Lunch is just beautiful madness Harold Pinter - This is the man who first showed me how great theater could really be; Old Times is my favorite play, but I love all of his work. Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Kafka's Latin bastard son, his works are beautiful and moving and profound. One Hundred Years of Solitude is my favorite. Jorge Luis Borges - The master of short masterpieces. Labyrinths is a great collection. Samuel R. Delany - Anyone who can write a book like Dahlgren is a genius in my mind. Clive Barker - Such a stunning imagination and a brilliant storyteller. Loved Imajica and the Books of Blood. And last but not least: Federico Garcia Lorca - My favorite poet. I've never encountered any poet who could so utterly and beautifully describe Longing and Desire and Death ("No one understood the perfume of the dark magnolia of your womb…" "Through the Arch of Elvira, i want to see you go, to feel your thighs, and break into tears" "…her thighs eluded me like startled fish…" "…tomorrow, loves will become stones, and Time a breeze that drowses in the branches…" "I will leave my mouth between your legs, my soul in photographs and lilies, and in the dark wake of your footsteps…") |
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I have my favourites for different types of books:
China Mieville Neil Gaiman Barbara Vine Neal Stephenson Robert McCammon Peter Straub Elizabeth Hand Connie Willis And because I love supporting indies, here's a few authors that are on my must read list: David Michael Glen Krisch Gary A Ballard Thomas Brookside |
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I've just discovered the Icelandic crime writer Arnaldur Indridason. He's quite somber but very clever, and you'll be up half the night finishing one of his books!
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02-15-2012, 05:56 PM | #27 |
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Louis L'Amour
Robert Heinlein Rex Stout Andre Norton David Drake David Weber Eric Flint William Colt MacDonald Alistair MacLean Bernard Cornwell Michael McGarrity WEB Griffin (The Corp) Larry Niven Jerry Pournelle and others I can not think of right at this moment. Apache |
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Since you also like SF, you should read The Phoenix Guards by Steven Brust (and the sequel 500 Years After). Brust is definitely on my favorite author list.
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