Subject: Who is your favourite writer?
Posted by: NimeshKumar6
Date: Jul 12 15
In this thread you can post your favourite poet/novelist.
Posted by: NimeshKumar6
Date: Jul 12 15
In this thread you can post your favourite poet/novelist.
46 replies. On page 2 of 3 pages. 1 2 3
jwl1009
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John Grisham Reply #21. Nov 16 17, 1:15 PM |
blake_aus_nsw 
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V.C Andrews. Reply #22. Dec 03 17, 5:33 AM |
TudorFan1990
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Terry Pratchett for the laughs, Jean Plaidy for the historical fiction and VC Andrews for the guilty pleasures :D Reply #23. Feb 27 18, 5:25 AM |
Memorycat65
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert B. Parker, Agatha Christie Reply #24. Feb 27 18, 6:57 AM |
Mazee1
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Jane Austen! She only published 6 books (*sobs*), but I've read them all numerous times. Reply #25. Jun 20 18, 11:13 PM |
Mixamatosis
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I forgot to mention Shakespeare (probably I was thinking about books and he wrote plays). I love Shakespeare. He wrote the finest language and really understood and conveyed the psychology of his characters. I also enjoy watching his plays. You can't beat live theatre at its best. His plays can be interpreted in different ways for different generations. They are always relevant. They are generally appealing once people get beyond the language difference from modern expression. The language is so rich, inventive, expressive and poetic. Reply #26. Jun 21 18, 2:40 AM |
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Also he was an excellent dramatist. He understood what makes good drama and understood his audience. Reply #27. Jun 21 18, 2:42 AM |
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Among my favourite authors is Stephen Saylor, an American author who writes detective novels set in Roman times. His main character is called Gordianus the Finder. I thought he had given up writing about Gordianus some years ago but I realised I was wrong when my husband found a more recent book of his in the library. There are a few writers who write detective novels set in Roman times but Stephen Saylor is probably the best. Whilst enjoying a good detective story it's interesting to learn more about Roman history which provides dramatic backgrounds to the stories. He's knowledgeable about this having studied history and classics at University and he writes well with great style. His stories and characters are gripping. Reply #28. Nov 12 18, 1:00 AM |
C30
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Terry Pratchett, John Winton & C.S. Forester Reply #29. Nov 12 18, 1:39 AM |
bluesman57
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Ray Bradbury, followed closely by Harlan Ellison. Reply #30. Dec 17 18, 5:50 PM |
marley420
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Jorge Luis Borges Reply #31. Apr 05 20, 10:02 AM |
paulmallon
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One of my favorites was Pete Hamill, who unfortunately passed away yesterday at the age of 85.He was amazing, Reply #32. Aug 06 20, 1:11 AM |
Dagny1
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I'm totally unfamiliar with him, Paul. Have to look it up. Reply #33. Aug 07 20, 6:57 AM |
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Shoot. Overdrive doesn't seem to have anything by Pete Hamill and my local library only has one - "Piecework : writings on men and women, fools and heroes, lost cities, vanished friends, small pleasures, large calamities, and how the weather was" Reply #34. Aug 07 20, 7:00 AM |
bruce3614
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John Steinbeck. I've read them all including one by his son John the 3rd "In Touch" regarding his experiences in Viet Nam. The older Brother Tom wrote a little volume of short stories. Both of the sons have passed away. Tom in the last year or two Reply #35. Sep 04 20, 6:15 PM |
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Bruce, have you read Steinbeck's 'A Russian Journal'? I picked up a used paperback of it a while back, but haven't read it yet. Reply #36. Sep 04 20, 6:52 PM |
albert11
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David Foster Wallace. Reply #37. Sep 04 20, 9:09 PM |
| paulmallon
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Dagney1 Pete Hamill was a long time journalist for the N. Y. Post newspaper. I have read 12 of his books, and rated 7 as excellent (and I'm a hard rater). They were: A Drinking Life (n/f) Snow in August-which I have read 3 times Loving Women Forever North River The Guns of Heaven Tabloid City He also penned 3 other very good n/f books; Downtown Why Sinatra Matters The Gift The Invisible City and Piecework were also good works of fiction. If you pick em' up, I hope (and expect) you' ll love 'em. Reply #38. Sep 06 20, 12:49 PM |
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Thanks for the info, Paul. I'll be on the lookout! Reply #39. Sep 06 20, 2:08 PM |
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Paul, since you mentioned reading Snow in August three times, I looked it up and it does look good. I'm putting it on my list for next time I order used books from Powells. Reply #40. Sep 06 20, 2:42 PM |
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