Favourite Authors ..
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Topic: Favourite Authors ..
Posted By: ¢¾Old¢¾Hen¢¾
Subject: Favourite Authors ..
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 09:09
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I don't know if anyone else has posted this already .. Anyone like to read crime? I love crime novels :) Don't mind a bit of romance now and then, but Crime is my thing. My fave crime authors .. Ian Rankin . Peter Robinson Not many I know .. But I haven't had much time to read lately. Ian Rankin likes Progressive rock :) and rock music. He always mentions The Stones in his novels, and Floyd. x ------------- 
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Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 12:24
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I have a weakness for spy novels myself. I read all of Tom Clancy's stuff, then found Vince Flynn 3 months ago and read 4 of his books back to back. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: ¢¾Old¢¾Hen¢¾
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 14:16
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Wow :) I haven't read any Clancy. Do you like Jeffery Archer? x -------------
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Posted By: anael
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:02
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mine is Alejandro Jodorowsky i love the work of this man  ------------- 
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Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:20
J.K ROWLING  ...yes really!  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:28
^No.. no? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:30
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Yes ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Ed_The_Dead wrote:
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:31
| Martin Cruz Smith. |
Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:31
no... noooo... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5">
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Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:36
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Well don't you like the books? I just think they are great fun to read and thats what matters...thats why i love robbie williams too ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:36
| Franz Kafka, Umberto Eco, Stanislaw Lem, Fyodor Dostoevsky and many others. |
Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:39
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Rowling is a very good writer who proves that a fertile imagination is the rarest commodity on earth today. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:40
They're not fun anymore... I don't like the fairytaleness of it all... I love fantasy, but a bit more hard edged... and with a naughty sense of humor
Thats why I love Andrzej Sapkowski (polish fantasy writer - one of the best in the world! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5">
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:40
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Herman Hesse??
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Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:43
Steppenwolf is one seriously dark book! Took me weeks to crawl out of the catacombs after reading that one. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:45
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You like Robbie Williams 'cause he's fun to read Maja? Ewww, Jeffrey Archer, eww... -------------   
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Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:51
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As my dance instructor once said: "The Man is like a book the partner must read" Apparently all my pages are blank ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5">
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:56
Yeah, but is great, Siddartha is excellent too... ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:56
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I love robbie williams because he is fun to listen to and makes me happy! So in a sense you could say that robbie williams is better than VDGG forexample! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 17:00
Now we know your jokeing My favourit authers (so far) ar Tolkien, Terry Pratchet and Anne McCaffrey ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 17:02
Well VDGG could be both better and worse than Robbie Williams depending on what criterias you where looking for! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: ¢¾Old¢¾Hen¢¾
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 17:52
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I hate Jeffery Archer .. He's a Tory knobjockey. Awww .. it's ok to love Rowling :) she's lovely.
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 17:59
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I like crime fiction as well, and in the UK I think that Rankin and Robinson (Canadian expat but his books are set in Yorkshire) are 2 of the best authors in the genre, along with Reginald Hill. I'm also a big fan of US author Lawrence Block, who is a real master craftsman and switches between hard boiled noir (the Matt Scudder series among others) and tongue in cheek capers (the Burglar series among others). He's also a true master of the short story. My taste in reading is pretty broad, though - I'm currently reading The Algebraist by Iain M Banks, with a Christopher Brookmyre next on the bedtime reading list. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 18:10
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My favorite author is Herman Melville, though currently I'm reading Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men" and am absolutely blown away by how good it is. ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
Posted By: ¢¾Old¢¾Hen¢¾
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 18:15
Yeah, Peter Robinson's are set in Yorkshire. Ian Rankin's set in Edinburgh. There were two of his novels made into episodes, one was shown a few weeks ago. It's like watching Taggart! Good to know someone likes Rankin and Robinson :) x -------------
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 19:03
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 19:19
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Yet it has been translated The Miracle, I have a copy on my computer, I'll find the link for you! http://lib.ru/BULGAKOW/master.txt - http://lib.ru/BULGAKOW/master.txt Original Russian version. http://lib.ru/BULGAKOW/master_engl.txt - http://lib.ru/BULGAKOW/master_engl.txt A 1967 translation. http://lib.ru/BULGAKOW/master97_engl.txt - http://lib.ru/BULGAKOW/master97_engl.txt I have read that this is the best translation (from 1997), but I guess it's down to opinion. It could take quite a while, I've yet to read it myself, but I plan too. I know it's illegal, so shh! I've just read Franz Kafka's "The Judgement", I love Kafka, he makes you think and I like a book that makes you think. I love "Metamorphosis" as well (also by Kafka). A true genius and fits my mood about the world precisely too! -------------
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 19:33
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Fantasy/science Fiction....yes I am a geek. Micheal Moorcock is my fav, although his early books are a bit simplistic in writing style. |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 19:41
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I have all (except one set) of the R.A. Salvatore Drizzt books to plow through... I like my Fan-Fi too Gdub. I really wish they'd write more novels based in the Planescape world, it's the best fantasy world ever created in my opinion and Sigil is full of great characters too. There is room for so much depth. For anyone who's interested, check this out (and yes, it's legal!): http://www.deathstar.org/%7Ekrlipka/ps/fiction/archive/firedust.html - http://www.deathstar.org/~krlipka/ps/fiction/archive/fired ust.html Or if you prefer it in PDF format: http://www.deathstar.org/%7Ekrlipka/ps/fiction/archive/fireprint.pdf - http://www.deathstar.org/~krlipka/ps/fiction/archive/firep rint.pdf A great read if I say so myself. -------------
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Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 19:57
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I am a long time Fan/Fi reader and my favourites include: Tolkein, Asimov, McCaffrey, Moorcock, Zelezany, Frank Herbert, Storm Constantine among others. I am currently reading mystery/thriller books and have really got into Andy McNab (he of Bravo Two Zero fame), Matthew Reilly - a very talented Australian author, and Lee Child - my favourite American crime writer. All the above are highly recommended. ------------- 
"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence" - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Chicapah
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 10:48
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I went through a phase of reading nothing but Thomas Hardy about ten years ago and have never forgotten the wonderful insights he gave me to the unfathomable female mind. I still don't know how he did that (being a man, that is). And Jude the Obscure just may be the saddest book ever written with the possible exception of Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. ------------- "Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 11:09
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When it comes down to SF Stanislaw Lem is the man (though he doesn't like his books to be refered to as SF, and some of his work indeed doesn't have anything to do with SF, like "Imaginary Magnitude" or "A Perfect Vacuum"; yet they are nevertheless "typically Lem"). I especially love his Ijon Tichy books. And of course "Memoirs Found in a Bathtub". Some of his best books, like for example "Wizja Lokalna" ("Inspection at the Scene of the Crime"), have not been translated into English yet (but the whole Corpus Lem is available in German).
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 14:18
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I've been meaning to look into Lem, I guess I'll have to find his books on sale online, I don't I can pick his books up in my local bookstore. Any ideas where to start off Friede? Welcome back by the way! -------------
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 15:25
| ^I guess Solaris is Lem's best-known book and it's also very good, so maybe you'd like to start with that one. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 16:31
The 1967 translation of Bulgakow doesn't have the complete text. The reason for that is that the Russian edition itself was not complete at that time. And it is an excellent book. German composer York Höller made an opera out of it; Jean and I saw it once. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 17:06
What are his best works? -------------  
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Posted By: ¢¾Old¢¾Hen¢¾
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 17:17
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haha!! -------------
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 17:25
As I said, unfortunately a lot of his books have not been translated into English (but as far as I know they have all been translated into German). A good start is "Memoirs Found in a Bathtub"; really weird and creepy reading. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 17:38
Having read a lot of Michael Moorcock, I recommend the Elric of Melnibone series. That's his best work and best character, imo. ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 17:54
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I prefer the "Dancers at the End of Time" series of Moorcock. The Elric saga was the basis for the Hawkwind albums "Chronicle of the Black Sword" and "Live Chronicles"; "Live Chronicles" features Moorcock as narrator. The "Chronicles" tour was one of the most lavish stage shows of Hawkwind, with swordfights on stage and the likes.
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 18:21
Yes, It's incredible! Great that it has been translated (at least partially...  ) to English. Read it!  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 18:24
I already did, years ago, and it is a great book. Incredibly funny. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 18:33
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The 1997 version, as far as I know, is completely translated into English, it's only the 1967 version that's not. All versions are listed above. I'm not sure which year that Russian version I linked above is though. A lot of the Russian puns were missed in the 1967 translation as well I believe, but I could be wrong about this, lots of Russian words can mean different things and the translation are harder because of this. I will read it one day, I have a huge list of reads. I need to complete Borges' - The Garden of Forking Paths. -------------
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 18:38
Yeah And very wise, too. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 18:46
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Bob Ong (local), Max Lucado, Charles Swindoll to name a few... ------------- 
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Posted By: darren
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 02:01
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Crime fiction? You got to read Kinky Friedman. He's an ex-country and western singer turned novelist who writes about a guy named Kinky Friedman who is an ex-country and western singer turned private investigator. He's got a unique way with words. "I had a bad experience with drugs once, it lasted just over ten years." "I was woken up that morning by the cat doing tai chi excercises on my scrotum."
------------- "they locked up a man who wanted to rule the world. the fools they locked up the wrong man." - Leonard Cohen |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 04:52
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Excellent book, yeah! |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 05:56
Yep, although I think that his more recent books have been a little disappointing. The first 6 (handily published in 2 omnibus editions in the UK) are all excellent and laugh out loud funny. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 11:08
Sean Hutson  ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 11:31
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Just ordered lots of Jorge Luis Borges, I'm looking forward to them immensely. I've always liked Charles Dickens myself, his characterisation and plotlines always intrique me. -------------
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 20:08
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Bill Bryson- Travel/Comedy ------------- |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 26 2006 at 01:08
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Bryson is great! So far, I've read A Short History of Nearly Everything, and In a Sunburned Country. Really terrific, funny, informative, thought-provoking & massively ENTERTAINING stuff! In a similar vein, ever try Redmond O'Hanlon? Into the heart of Borneo was "un-put-downable" (as they say), and I'm in the middle of his latest, Trawler, right now -- very good!
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