Favourite Authors and why.

[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...