Who is your favourite author?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 12 May 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

wavebreaker	12 May 2002
Assuming that you read other books than tarot books ;), who are your favourite authors? Mine are Charles Dickens, Terry Pratchett and Anne Rice (especially the first few books of her vampire series and the Mayfair witches series). How about you??

Pollux	12 May 2002
- Milan Kundera - Edward Morgan Forster - Virginia Woolf - George Orwell - Italo Calvino - Daniel Pennac - Isabel Allende Actually, I have read extensily only by Calvino... but the tiny bits I had by the others were enough to fall in love. :D Soon some more, I promise! ;)

lunalafey	12 May 2002
There are books that I have read that I have no idea who wrote them. But the writing just sucked me in and I wish I knew so I could find more by them. As for the ones I know, I like Charles de Lint, Anne McCaffrey, Angus Wells, Agatha Christy, T.H. White. There's another mystery writer and I'm kicking myself because I can't think of his name(can't refer to a book because I pass them along) He writes about the tribal police in the southwest. Jim Chee is his main character. NEAT STUFF :) I remember now..Tony Hillerman.

Maan	12 May 2002
Hold on! This is a question friends of mine don't dare to ask me any more;) Maggy Furey Robert Jordan David Eddings Raymond Feist Katarine Kerr Bridget Wood Patchet Auel Agatha Christie Terry Goodkind Tad Williams Rice jV Jones Siegel Joan Grant Allende Lynn v Andrwes Pullman Rowling Anne McCaffrey Patricia McKillip Weiss and Hickman Giphart Kees van Kooten Zelazny And lot's lot's lot's more ( i had to restrain myself ;) )

wavebreaker	12 May 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Maan Hold on! This is a question friends of mine don't dare to ask me any more;) I can see why!! ;) Well, I only listed the authors that I'm a really big fan of and of whom I've read a lot of books. I could mention a lot more, but that would be a LONG list too... ;) Just a selection then: Isabel Allende, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nagib Mahfouz, Jane Austen, Redmond O'Hanlon, Bill Bryson, Donna Tartt...

Maan	12 May 2002
"Well, I only listed the authors that I'm a really big fan of and of whom I've read a lot of books. I could mention a lot more, but that would be a LONG list too... " So did i ;) From the others i listed i have read al there books! Well the ones i can get my hands on anyway;) I'm a book freak:) ( and proud of it :) )

Phoenix	12 May 2002
Patricia Cornwell Kathy Reiches Tami Hoag Michael Crichton Tess Gerritsen Iris Johansen JRR Tolkien William Shakespeare Chaucer(modern English Transaltions) As you can see, I have a very diverse taste of authors!

Rhiannon	12 May 2002
My fave kind of book is fantasy Sci Fi. For those types I highly recommend: David & Leigh Eddings, Anne McAffrey, Sheri S. Tepper, David Farland, Piers Anthony Gregory MacGuire and Alan Dean Foster. For fiction of all other kinds: Anne Rice, Clive Barker, Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson and John Saul. My fave books lately seem to be about how our actions are bringing about the end of civilization. Sounds macabre? Yeah, I guess, but they are good books. If anyone else likes this kind of thing try the Geodyssey by Piers Anthony and ANYTHING by Sheri S. Tepper (no that's not a title, all her books are about this). The one I just finished by her is called "The Family Tree" and it is very surprising! Rhiannon :)

jema	12 May 2002
oy, i am a librarian. just so you know. with that said i will only mention one author right now. (i am pretty sure i will get back to this thread later) Neil Gaiman - American Gods one of those books that lives with you a long time. Gaiman also wrote other things (the sandman series if you are into comics) Neverwhere - a fantasy taking place underneath London Stardust - an old-fashioned fairytale Good Omens is a book about anti-christ that he wrote together with Pratchett. but start off with american gods if you can.

Red raven	12 May 2002
a really good book is "Good Omens". it's a collaboration between Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. it's hilarious. Terry Pratchett is one of my absolute favourites. I really love Roald Dahl's writing too. and Robin Jarvis, though I'm not sure why.

Emily	12 May 2002
Some of my favourites are:- Diana Gabaldon Anne Rice Richard Laymon Anne McCaffrey Jackie collins Sue Grafton Jean M Auel(sp) (Cave Bear books) But I'm reading all the time and sometimes I only read one or two books by a particular author and I forget their names but I usually remember the book title lol :)

RedWood	12 May 2002
So mannnnnnnnnnny..Here are a few.. Mercedes Lackey Andre Norton Specially the Elvenbane K. Applegate- Everworld series Agatha Christy Janet Evonaivich Louis L'amour ( I used to wish I was a Sackett :kind of still do:) David and Leigh Eddings Susan Cooper Dean Koontz Jane Austen Zane Grey

Melvis	12 May 2002
A dangerous question to ask! My favorite authors with my favorite books by them are: Stephen King - The Dead Zone Clive Barker - Imagica Peter Straub - Mystery Susan Isaacs - After All These Years Jean Auel - The Mammoth Hunters Diana Gabaldon - Dragonfly in Amber Barbara Kingsolver - The Bean Trees Jon Hassler - Staggerford James Herriot - All those animal stories are so wonderful! Jostein Gaarder - The Solitaire Mystery Gregory MacGuire - Wicked Michael Crichton - Jurassic Park Arthur C. Clarke - the Rama series Isaac Asimov - the Foundation series Harlan Ellison - I've just read stories from "The Essential Ellison" and I can't really remember their titles, but this is one unique and creative author! I think he wrote the original story that the first Star Trek pilot episode was based on, just so you know where he's coming from. I'm sure there's more, but we only have so much space on the forum! Peace, and happy reading! Melvis :TSTRE

Geenius at Wrok	12 May 2002
Ian McDonald. Neal Stephenson. Rex Stout. Christopher Alexander. Jane Jacobs. James Howard Kunstler. Shakespeare.

Kiama	13 May 2002
Shakespeare Terry Pratchett (I only JUST discoveed his books, and now I'm reading in a frenzy! The first one I read was his most recent one, not out in USA yet: The Last Hero. Its amazing! I'm in the middle of Reaper Man, and Feet of Clay right now aswell...) Douglas Adams: Another one I didn't discover until recently. When I did discover his Hitchikers Guide series though, I read all of the first 4 books in about 2 weeks! Catherine Cookson: Now, here is a lady who knows how to write. Excellent. Poets: William Butler Yeats Pam Ayres Kiama

wavebreaker	13 May 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Kiama Terry Pratchett (I only JUST discoveed his books, and now I'm reading in a frenzy! The first one I read was his most recent one, not out in USA yet: The Last Hero. Its amazing! I'm in the middle of Reaper Man, and Feet of Clay right now aswell...) My favourite is The Last Continent, about the land of XXXX. I bought it and read it while I was travelling around Australia, very appropriate... ;)

slinky_jo	13 May 2002
OH JEMA! My new favourite friend!!! ;) :D Neil Gaiman is my FAVE FAVE FAVE author! I LOVE the Sandman (spunky! ;) ) and his novels are sooooooo cool! "Neverwhere" is my fave novel. I urge everyone to read this! Or else Slinky will make her way into your homes and put it on your bookshelves, like a demented xmas elf! hee hee :D I also love Aussie horror author Kim Wilkins - very gothic novels, a lot of them based around past lives, ghosts, etc. Groovy, baby! I have loved "The Talisman" by Stephen King/Peter Straub since I was 12 - this a another good adult fairy tale. There are too many other awesome authors and books in this world, I would turn my brains inside out trying to read them all! I had a list of books I was meant to read before I died (!!), but threw it away, cos I kept finding/buying/reading books not on this list - it drove me crazeeeeeeeeee!!!!! OH - "Vivia" by Tanith Lee is also vvvvvvvvvvv good, esp if you are into erotic vamps a la Ms Rice

Umbrae	13 May 2002
OMG!! Good Omens! Nobody has heard of Good Omens! It is brilliant!

amyel	13 May 2002
Hmmm...I tend to go for a variety of books (much like my musical tastes). I'd have say, some authors I am rarely disappointed in are "the Jane's" as I affectioanetly call them - Jane Hamilton & Jane Urqhart, Anne Rice, the Bronte sisters, and Marion Zimmer-Bradley.

cricket	13 May 2002
*gasp!!!* There's another Louis L'Amour fan out there! :D My favorite of his was probably the Haunted Mesa... just because it's oddball for him... Robert R. McCammon (even though he quit writing) Wilbur Smith Jack London Plenty more... Sheesh... I've forgotten most of them. *L* Used to go through a book every day or two.

RedWood	13 May 2002
Cricket...You know that I think is one of his I haven't read..I love the sackets! Now I need to get ot the library to check out Haunted Mesa.

cricket	14 May 2002
Quote: Originally posted by RedWood Cricket...You know that I think is one of his I haven't read.. No! How dare you not know about that one! hehe... kidding... He's only written literally hundreds of books (and is still going strong). A lot of the places her writes about actually exist, too.

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