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 Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 3:37 pm
So I'm new... and I felt I should post something... I was thinking about talking about E. A. Poe... because I like his poetry... then I realized there are a lot of other interesting writers that don't write just poetry (I'm into story writing). I don't know if it classifies as reading when you discuss books and all... but anyways... (I realize I do the annoying three period thing a lot, I'm sorry if it annoys anyone... bad habit.) Well I guess I'll start off just listing few of my favorite authors and seeing if anyone wants to discuss them... if not... clue me in on what you normally talk about (other than critiqueing and all).
Anne Mccaffrey (the Dragonriders of Pern in particular)
Eoin Colfer
G. P. Taylor
Corneilia Funke
(I'm into fantasy and sci-fi) arrow idea
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:09 pm
HI!
Oooh Ilove the dragon riders of pern(though Iv only read one)
Im sorta new here too and still trying to figure things out as well but its pretty easy, just go and read some things and if you like it, post but I guess you could have figured that out yourself....(I do it too!).... whee
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 9:42 pm
Gav thorpe
Anne Rice
My two fav, that's it till I put out a book of my own.
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:40 pm
Writers I hold in high regard:
Joseph Heller
John Irving
E.E. Cummings (and yes, he did capitalize his own name)
Pablo Neruda
R.A. Salvatore (say what you will)
Douglas Adams
Writers I have no respect for, and refuse to discuss or acknowledge:
Dean Koontz
Tom Clancy
John Grisham
Anne Rice
Stephen King
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The Bookwyrm Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:51 am
I don't really have any authors I refuse to acknowledge, and I don't have any that I particularly worship. To have been published at all is a great accomplishment, and to have obtained popularity from the masses is even more daunting!
But, back to the subject at hand. Authors that, at the moment, I feel a penchant for are:
Richard Adams (Watership Down)
V.C. Andrews (Her "Flowers in the Attic" and "Heaven" sets)
J.K. Rowling
George Lucas (His non-Star Wars books, like Willow)
Scott Cunningham (although not a fictional writer, I love his accessable style)
Henry James (The Turn of the Screw)
Nuclear Oops, I find it very interesting that you're so dead set against that series of popular writers, but you still support R.A. Salvatore; I've never read any of his books, I have friends who have said he's sold out entirely.
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:50 pm
J.R.R Tolkien
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Brian Jacques (I met him, he's a really cool guy)
Bram Stoker
Anne Rice (I've only read a little bit by her, but it was good)
Micheal Crichton
Margeret Weis & Tracy Hickman (together, they write excellent fantasy)
Those are my main favorites. But I'm withNuclearOops...Stephen King is not as good as many people make him out to be. I've hated every book I ever read by him.
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:22 am
I love Cornelia Funke. Inkheart was quite the page turner. I couldn't keep my eyes off the book. Dragon Rider was really good too. The Theif Lord was good, but not as good as the others. Eoin COlfer Is really good too. I read all of the Artemis Fowl series. I want to read the Supernaturalist but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
I noticed Margaret Peterson Haddix hasn't been mentioned yet (I don't think anyway.)
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Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:35 am
Wow, I suddenly feel like the only person that likes Steven King... I've only read one of his books though. I also really like Brian Jacques, George Orwell, V.C. Andrews, Richard Adams heart oh, and Andrew Greeley! Tim LaHaye, John Edward, and Lynne Ewing are good too.... I don't think I hate any authors... maybe Kate Chopin a bit but that's just because she was an annoying person. She's a good writer though... yeah, it's long, sorry!
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:27 pm
Merenwen99 I love Cornelia Funke. Inkheart was quite the page turner. I couldn't keep my eyes off the book. Dragon Rider was really good too. The Theif Lord was good, but not as good as the others. Eoin COlfer Is really good too. I read all of the Artemis Fowl series. I want to read the Supernaturalist but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
I noticed Margaret Peterson Haddix hasn't been mentioned yet (I don't think anyway.) Do you know there's a fourth one in Artemis Fowl now? I went to the store and saw it and was shocked because I thought the third was the end and never heard a thing about the fourth before that. Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception I beleive it's called if you didn't hear about it yet. stare
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:39 pm
Me_Kiryne HI! Oooh Ilove the dragon riders of pern(though Iv only read one) Im sorta new here too and still trying to figure things out as well but its pretty easy, just go and read some things and if you like it, post but I guess you could have figured that out yourself....(I do it too!).... whee The Dragonriders of Pern are easily my favorite books ever (Well the ones written by Anne at least, I read the one she and her son did, it was good, but in my opinion not as good as just her writing it.) I know everyone has their own opinion and everything, but the Dragonriders in my mind top all others.
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Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 12:18 pm
Alter_Ego17 Merenwen99 I love Cornelia Funke. Inkheart was quite the page turner. I couldn't keep my eyes off the book. Dragon Rider was really good too. The Theif Lord was good, but not as good as the others. Eoin COlfer Is really good too. I read all of the Artemis Fowl series. I want to read the Supernaturalist but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
I noticed Margaret Peterson Haddix hasn't been mentioned yet (I don't think anyway.) Do you know there's a fourth one in Artemis Fowl now? I went to the store and saw it and was shocked because I thought the third was the end and never heard a thing about the fourth before that. Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception I beleive it's called if you didn't hear about it yet. stare i found out about it like a month or two before it came out my best friend's twin sister and i are like major book readers so she told me about it, she has it too stare and i want it. oh and i loved inkheart that was a good one my fav authors are: Jane Austen J.k. Rowling Tamora Pierce Anne McCaffery Lemony Snicket Eoin Coifer C.S. Lewis yeah thats bout all of them
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Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 4:03 pm
I'm surprised Neil Gaiman hasn't been mentioned yet ... American Gods was a sheer masterpiece.
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:20 pm
J.K. Rowling--Harry Potter
Rumiko Takahashi--Inu-Yasha
Nobuhiro Watsuki--Rurouni Kenshin
Stan Lee--X-Men
sweatdrop I'm such a nerd. I like all the stuff most people say is nerdy, so, yeah. I'm a nerd. But hey, big deal, right?
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:43 am
Krell Vaco Gav thorpe Anne Rice My two fav, that's it till I put out a book of my own. I like anne rice 2 along with about a million other authors!!! blaugh L.J. Smith is awesome
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 5:23 pm
Another author I really like is Amelia Atwater-Rhodes. Her stories are really interesting, in my opinion (Hawksong; In The Forests Of The Night). I also recently read a play by John Osborne called Look Back in Anger which I thought was really good.
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