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myLot reputation of 78/100. misskatonic (2646)3 years ago

Who are your favorite writers? Why?

Mine's a tie between Stephen King, Terry Pratchett and H P Lovecraft. Stephen King is an amazing storyteller, Terry Pratchett is one the greatest satirists to have ever picked up a pen, and Lovecraft is the master of horror.

 
 
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shmeedia (621) response was accepted on 12/27/2006.
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1. myLot reputation of 67/100. juliocstryfe (1642)   3 years ago

Anne Rice
Raymond E.Feist
Neil Gaiman
Garth Ennis


myLot reputation of 78/100. misskatonic (2646)  3 years ago

Anne Rice is one of my favorites, actually. I loved her Vampire Chronicles - thought I admit I wandered away after Merrik.

For some reason, I just can't get into Neil Gaiman. I loved Sandman, but I read Neverwhere, American Gods and a bunch of his short stories, and I just couldn't get into his writing. Which makes me sad, because I'm a very big fan of his. I love his interviews and non fiction articles.


myLot reputation of 67/100. juliocstryfe (1642)  3 years ago

I wandered away after Vempira Armand...:-(


myLot reputation of 82/100. sirensanssmile (2784)  3 years ago

You stopped after Merrick? Well I think that Merrick was not very good. Blood and Gold was really, really good. I got lost in that one but I have a crush on Maurius though. Blackwood farm was pretty good as well but not as good as Blood and Gold. It has the Mayfair witches mixing with the vamires again. Blood Canticle was alright but it lacked a lot in the end. At least read Blood and Gold it holds the spirit of the first books.


myLot reputation of 82/100. sirensanssmile (2784)  3 years ago

Man I sound like a nerd.... repress and deny....


Fexbox (86)  3 years ago

I've only read Blood and Gold and Armand, out of the Anne Rice books. I started Interview, but was distracted by something and never went back. Oh, I lie. I've read a bit of Vittorio? Possibly.

I really enjoyed Blood and Gold.


myLot reputation of 78/100. misskatonic (2646)  3 years ago

I could never get through Blood and Gold. I don't even remember it anymore. I just got frustrated with the characters and pretty much everything. The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned are definitely my favorites. Interview was... well, boring.

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2. myLot reputation of 86/100. shmeedia (621)   3 years ago

ahh i was just waiting for such a topic to pop up:)


my absolute favorite is tanith lee (anne rice lovers might appreciate some of her work). she is SO prolific, and a lot of her books written in the 70's hold water even today. a lot of futuristic stuff and theologic themes, all with a fascinating imaginative way of telling stories.

i also like ito junji (who's in fact a manga artist). his stories are incredibly detailed and horrific.

others i enjoy, edogawa rampo (the japanese answer to edgar allan poe), douglas coupland, peter straub, banana yoshimoto and stephen king, though i haven't read many of his books. i really wanted to read the stand but just couldn't make a dent after getting through about 300 pages:)

but the shining is one of my all-time favorite books.


myLot reputation of 96/100. Withoutwings (4692)  3 years ago

I read the Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee. It was pretty good... I just haven't picked up anything else by her.

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3. myLot reputation of 96/100. lossforredwords (2693)   3 years ago

in abroad i think stephen king.. such a good writer when it comes to horror.. and locally i think bob ong.. i love the way he writes with such light on the character and it makes you hear your lauhgs again..

another thing i like with bob ong, is that he is not attached to the rules and principles of writing. new kind of approached


myLot reputation of 80/100. cyntrow (2693)  3 years ago

King isn't all Horror, though. Have you read any of the Gunslinger series, or the Green Mile, or any of the Bauchman books. He really is a well-rounded writer but has cast himself in the genre of horror.

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4. myLot reputation of 91/100. suniljoseph (104)   3 years ago

i like a lot of writers, like jeffery archer, john grisham, michael crichton, robert ludlum etc etc
but my all time favorites would be jeffery archer and john grisham

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5. myLot reputation of 89/100. margieanneart (16820)   3 years ago

I love a thriller. And, it must grab me at the first page. I love James Pattersen the best. Stephen King is good.

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6. myLot reputation of 82/100. sirensanssmile (2784)   3 years ago

I love H.P. Lovecraft to death. I have so many of the books. I also like Gore Vidal, Dante and a bunch of classic writers. I prefer horror but .... a books a book sometimes.

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7. Jade_Green (43)   3 years ago

I would have to say that Anne Rice is my all-time favorite author. I super love her vampire chronicles!

Sophie Kinsella is also one of my favorite authors. I loved reading her "Can You Keep A Secret?" It has lots of twists and it definitely teaches a lesson.=)

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8. frugalmoneymanager (80)   3 years ago

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9. myLot reputation of 84/100. alexdiazgranados (507)   3 years ago

My taste in favorite authors tends to shift over the years, sort of like literary tectonic movement. When I was in high school, Stephen King was my favorite writer; he could take ordinary settings (small towns in Maine, a hotel in Colorado) and make them scary as all get-out. In college, just as the Cold War was ending, I discovered Tom Clancy when I picked up The Hunt for Red October. Now I'm a fan of science-fiction/Star Wars writers Timothy Zahn and James Luceno. They can take a reader to a galaxy far, far away and yet maintain literary credibility with their prose.

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10. myLot reputation of 83/100. UPLANA (924)   3 years ago

my favourate is john grisham!

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