Favourite Authors and why.

[Tonberry_Kid]

What are your favourite authors? Why are they your favourite authors? What is your favourite genre of books?

I'd say my favourite author is probably Sara Douglass because of the awesome saga, The Wayfarer Redemption. Other others I like are any of the authors of the Dragon Lance chronicles. And as for genre, medieval FTW.

[Lightknight924]

I'd have to say JRR Tolkien for the creation of The Lord Of The Rings

I really like epical tales of kingdoms. Hence be why I write Flasion.

[esupin]

I like Agatha Christie because her detictive stories are better than Doyle's (sorry, Sherlock), and Ray Bradbury because he is a sci fi/short story master. I would recommend the Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451 if you haven't already read it in school.

[Tonberry_Kid]

I've heard Fahrenheit 451 was a good book. I never get around to reading it though.

[ayanepuck]

First of all....Fahrenheit 451 is probably one of the worst books of all time. Ray Bradbury has written maybe 2 books (or short stories) that I would call somewhat entertaining. Other than that....yikes.

As far as favorite authors....I would have to say when it comes to poetry, Charles Bukowski or Sylvia Plath; short stories: Edgar Allan Poe or Kate Chopin, or Jonathan Swift; full-length novels, I would have to say J.K. Rowling, Chuck Palahniuk, Elmore Leonard, Charles Dickens; songs: Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell; Movies: Charlie Kaufman, (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation) Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez and Roger Avary.
That is all, I think. =)

[ImEric12]

Douglas Adams all the way. Hitchhiker's Guide is amazing.

[MalReynolds]

Stephen King, early Crichton, early Harris...

Mal

[FoJaR]

my favorite author/writer is easily hunter s. thompson.

frank herbert comes in second, and third goes to donald barthelme, who writes some mean short stories.

[MrGiggles]

Michael Chrichton (sp?)
Douglas Adams, for The Restaraunt (sp? =( again) at the End of the Universe
Jon Stewart. His TV awesomeness leftovers flow into his book.

[Grandiagod]

Douglas Adams, Chuck Palahnuick, Orson Scott Card and if I'm feeling silly Robert Hamburger.

[jewpinthethird]

Philip K. Dick because I really enjoyed Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.


Haruki Murakami because he is the Japanese Philip K. Dick

Ray Bradbury because I enjoyed The Martian Chronicles

J.K. Rowling...come on, the Harry Potter series. However, if she were to write a book that didnt have anything to do with Harry Potter, I probably wouldnt read it.

[Chromer]

Stephen King solely for It and The Dark Tower series.

Orson Scott Card for Ender's Game.

E.L. Konigsburg for The View From Saturday.

Agatha Christie for And Then There Were None.

J.K. Rowling for the Harry Potter series.

[Tonberry_Kid]

Oh yea, I completely forgot about J.K. Rowling. She's a good author.

And I agree with you Jewpin, if she were to right another book, I wouldn't bother.

[xiron]

Chuch Palahniuk. Fight Club is practicaly required reading for my circle of friends.
Neil Gaiman. Killer graphic novels. Killer non-grapic novels.
Ray Bradbury. Cool guy.
Neal Stephenson. Snow Crash is one of my top 3 books.
George Orwell. 1984 is the ****.

[The_Q]

I'd have to say JRR Tolkien for the creation of The Lord Of The Rings

I despise him for the same reason. He wrote the damn series. Don't get me wrong, it's a great concept and a wonderful, rich world with an amazing history and spellbinding storyline. He just sucks at writing. Let's face it, only the people who really got sucked in kept reading past Elrond's Council.

My personal favorites include John Adams and Steven E. Landsburg because they opened my eyes to a whole new world.

Douglas Adams has an amazing sense of humor and horrible attention span.

Orson Scott Card for his Homecoming series.

Q

[nickadeemus]

<3 Kurt Vonnegut. His writing usually flows with how I like to think when I read, and he's crazy funny.

[blahblah18]

Even though i've only read catch-22, its so good and so well written that I can still say Joseph Heller has to be up there.
JK Rowling is not a good writer.

Zelazny is a good writer.

Tom Wolfe is a good writer.

Joyce, Oscar Wilde... those are who you shoudl read

[purplepopcorn]

Douglas Adams. A genius in his own right but still an insane bastard, questioning around him, and still being funny at the same time. My absolute favorite book is The Salmon of Doubt, a collection of his writings before he died.

Farenheight 451 is an example of how censorship could get out of control. Good stuff.

One of the most powerful books out there is The Selfish Gene by Richard Hawkins. It explains and absolutely dissects all religions, leaving a void of science and atheism. If you aren't ready to fully embrace the science of our creation and existence, you shouldn't read it.

[whiteflame]

Mal. Why you ask? Well I like his writing style. [ps you didn't say published author]

[mead1]

Stephen King

Neil Gaiman

Whoever wrote A Clockwork Orange

[ayanepuck]

my favorite author/writer is easily hunter s. thompson.

frank herbert comes in second, and third goes to donald barthelme, who writes some mean short stories.
I can't believe I forgot about him. He was amazing. I would disagree though, with Jewpin and whoever else said this....I like J.K. Rowling's writing style along with the Harry Potter story. She is very detailed and inventive. How creative does someone have to be to come up with a story like Harry Potter? It is an amazing series....and I can't wait until she writes something else....but that is just me. I am a nerd.

And I also have to disagree about Stephen King. IT and Carrie and possibly even Stand by Me were great books and deserve him recognition over the Dark Tower series. I couldn't even get through the first one. Bored me to tears.

And Anthony Burgess wrote A Clockwork Orange

[Mindfields]

I honestly think that Michael Shaara might be the best just for writing The Killer Angels. I haven't even finished reading it and I think it is wonderful.

[MonkeyFoo]

Hands down, Robert Hamburger. The most intellectual writing I've ever seen, you might have trouble getting through it.

[FluorescentArmy]

My favorite author would have to be, Eoin Colfer. I just like the style of writing. There are occasional fragments but those fragments serve a purpose. They are there to make sure you get the point of what is happening. Oh, and by the way, Eoin Colfer wrote the Artemis Fowl series.

I also like the author of, "The Chariots of the Gods?"
I just completely agree with everything he says. It is like he knows how everything happens. I

I have some other ones, I gotta find them though..

[CypherToorima]

Out of everything said, I would have to disagree most with ayanepuck. I couldn't stand Kate Chopin's The Awakening. And "Story of an hour" (I think I'm thinking of the right one. A short story. I'm sure you know which one I'm talking about) was a pointless waste of time.

I loved (and am still loving) the Dark Tower Series. It took me awhile to get past the first third of The Gunslinger, but after that, I couldn't stop.

So put Stephen King up there with favorite authors (atleast with the Dark Tower Series, I haven't read many other books by King), along with J.K Rowling.

I also enjoyed Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 quite a bit.

Terry Brooks for the Shanara series.

And Mal for his short stories.

[dag12]

Charles Dickens... Don't know why I like him
Nancy Farmer... Great fantasy writer
T.A. Barron... Merlin Series are great
Ray Bradbury... For the Illustrated Man
J.D. Salinger... For Catcher in the Rye
Lewis Thomas... For The Medusa and the Snail
Harper Lee... For To Kill a Mockingbird
Michael Crichton... Great Scifi Writer
Isaac Asimov... Great Science Fiction Writer
and many others...