Your fav writer..

[unclescott58]

I have always really liked Edgar Allen Poe. He had a way of giving you the idea of what was happening, without all the blood and guts detail of today's writers. Also, this is probably very cliche, but, I love Mark Twain's work too.

Tough to argue with either choice. I'm not a big fan of horror over all. But I like the 19th century horror writers. Poe, Shelly, and Stoker. And again I love Twain. I'm always surprised how up to date his writing can still feel. He wrote to a human condition that most of us can still relate to.

One writer I have not seen come up is Alexander Dumas. The Count of Monte Cristo is still one of my all time favorite books. Yet I don't like his most famous book, the Three Musketeers. And I don't know why.

[花火]

I have always really liked Edgar Allen Poe. He had a way of giving you the idea of what was happening, without all the blood and guts detail of today's writers. Also, this is probably very cliche, but, I love Mark Twain's work too.

I had a really interesting memory on this writer. Month ago when I read this writer from my textbook first time, I did some search on the internet.

As I looked the photo, I just felt like I've seen this writer somewhere but I can't remember... though I never heard of this great writer, never read any of his masterpiece...

And finally I figured out I've seen this writer in Southpark S17.04 as he be considered as he leader of Goth (I don't know, only in the movie..)

My textbook's selection of his works, one of them is Annabel Lee. I have to admit that i never read a poem with subject like this, you know some poems for love, for peace or for anything but for kind of horror..

I like it, really made me wonder...

Edited May 27, 2016 by 花火

[ChrisBcritter]

When I'm at the library I'm usually working my way through Mark Twain's short story collection; somebody took it out so I'm now working my way through Ian Fleming's James Bond novels. And as I mentioned on the other book thread, I've read all of James Ellroy's books and now I'm waiting for the sequel to Perfidia.

[CometMan]

I had a really interesting memory on this writer. Month ago when I read this writer from my textbook first time, I did some search on the internet.

As I looked the photo, I just felt like I've seen this writer somewhere but I can't remember... though I never heard of this great writer, never read any of his masterpiece...

And finally I figured out I've seen this writer in Southpark S17.04 as he be considered as he leader of Goth (I don't know, only in the movie..)

My textbook's selection of his works, one of them is Annabel Lee. I have to admit that i never read a poem with subject like this, you know some poems for love, for peace or for anything but for kind of horror..

I like it, really made me wonder...

Yes, it is very strange how they manage to co-mingle something like classic literature with an animated cartoon these days, Nie! I know that Poe was featured in at least one episode of the Simpsons also. Anyways I hope that you continue to have an interest in literature, good luck with your schooling, and also keep showing  us your wonderful models!

[花火]

Yes, it is very strange how they manage to co-mingle something like classic literature with an animated cartoon these days, Nie! I know that Poe was featured in at least one episode of the Simpsons also. Anyways I hope that you continue to have an interest in literature, good luck with your schooling, and also keep showing  us your wonderful models!

well, yeeeeeeeeeees sir !!

[unclescott58]

Poe's the Raven ranks #1 as my all time favorite poem.

[Snake45]

My textbook's selection of his works, one of them is Annabel Lee. I have to admit that i never read a poem with subject like this, you know some poems for love, for peace or for anything but for kind of horror..

I like it, really made me wonder...

Wasn't that poem quoted in the Clint Eastwood thriller Play Misty for Me? Sticks in my mind for some reason....

[Deathgoblin]

Favorite authors: Lawrence Watt-Evans, Christopher Moore, Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle, Piers Anthony (his older stuff), Tanya Huff

[Mike_G]

I mostly read technical literature these days, but I used to enjoy Bradbury, Heinlein, Poe, Hunter Thompson, Richard Brautigan, and Rick Siemen (aka "Super Hunky")

 

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Poe's the Raven ranks #1 as my all time favorite poem.

Nevermore...

 

Edited May 31, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy

[unclescott58]

Never more. Waka, waka, waka. Never more.

[Ace-Garageguy]

My new favorite automotive writer: Sam Smith at Road and Track. In the same league as the old classics like Bedard, Van Valkenburgh, McCluggage, Purdy...

Edited May 31, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy

[Mike C]

Well, I am a fan of Sci-Fi. My current favorite living writer is a Brit. Peter F. Hamilton. I really enjoyed Pandora's Star/Judas Unchained. I read them and years later listened to them on audio. A favorte from the past is Isaac Assimov.

[lizardlust]

Always enjoyed Joseph Wambaugh's writings, as well as Carl Hiassen's fairly accurate portrayals of all of my fellow deranged Florida citizens....

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[dshue76]

Stephen King. I also read a lot of old classics. For technical writing I like really old stuff, Andre-Jacob Roubo’s “L’Art du menuisier” (The Art of the Joiner). And Fred T Hodgson, he did a lot of trade books at the turn of the century. 

Edited June 3, 2016 by dshue76

[unclescott58]

And Fred T Hodgson, he did a lot of trade books at the turn of the century. 

The turn of which century?

[unclescott58]

20th. 

Into the 20th from the 19th? Or from the 20th into the 21st? Just saying the 20th doesn't clear it up to me. And I'm not trying to be an ass here. I really don't know.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Into the 20th from the 19th? Or from the 20th into the 21st? Just saying the 20th doesn't clear it up to me. And I'm not trying to be an ass here. I really don't know.

Hodgson lived from 1836 to 1919. Does that help?   

[unclescott58]

Hodgson lived from 1836 to 1919. Does that help?   

Yes. Thank you.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Yes. Thank you.

His books were published in the early 1900s. Some good stuff that holds true pretty much forever.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Just happened to pick up Michael Gruber's "The Return" on the $5 shelf and B&N. Guy can write escapist action fiction with some real intelligence and style...unlike a lot of practitioners of the genre. Need to buy his other stuff now, see if it's as good.

[Rob Hall]

Favorite is probably Michael Connelly...love contemporary crime fiction.   Also a fan of the work of John Sanford, Robert Crais, Steve Martini, James Patterson, James Ellroy, Lee Child, Robert Ludlum, John LeCarre.   Also like a lot of Nordic crime fiction writers--Steig Larsson, Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell, Kjell Ericcson, etc. 

Edited June 25, 2016 by Rob Hall

[Danny Lectro]

I can't say I have a favorite, there are different authors I enjoy for different reasons.

I grew up reading Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke.  I was introduced to Stephen KIng's "The Gunslinger" in college, and became a big fan.  I started going through King's influences, and discovered Edgar Allen Poe, HP Lovecraft and Robert W. Chambers.  Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Barsoom" stories have been a fun diversion.  I've liked the works I've read by Charles Stross, and intend to pick up more.

I'm currently enjoying novels by James S.A. Corey and Dan Simmons, and comics / graphic novels by Alan Moore and J. Michael Straczynski.