books

I don't have any one favorite author or book, I read so many that I really can't choose just one favorite. But those authors that I do read I think I would enjoy their company tremendously, just for the sake of talking about their books. I read mostly fiction and science fiction so that should tell you something.

My favourite writer is Emile Zola. I am very curious about what makes people tick and the different kinds of lifes people live. The darker the better, the twists within relationships between different people and tormented souls are very interesting.

His novel L'Assommior, about the impoverished working class and Therese Raquin are the best novels I have read. I would have loved to have known this man. His writings are so passionate and thought provoking you feel as if you are there. I have never met a man that is so tuned in to what people are like, I would love to meet someone with such knowledge and passion!!

If you ever get the chance read some of his work.

On the more modern writer it has to be John Irving, another writer who shows the darker side of human nature!!

Whenever I read a book I love, its clings to me. If i get an opportunity to meet the author during the period, it would be awesome.
I would love to meet the authors -
Ayn Rand, Khushwant Singh, Salman Rushdie, Jhumpa Lahiri ..
As far as favorite book goes, I love many books .. Faountainhead to Opal Mehta .. Shame and shalimaar the clown to A suitable boy!

When I was in hs and college my favs of the classics were Edgar Allen Poe,Pearl S.Buck,John Stienbeck..Stienbeck can take you right there ..I mean while reading about the USA during the depression,droughts,I would find myself tasting the dust and hearing the wind blow,the cry of hungry babies in the night and the grief of tears shed for a loved one dying before their time..He could take one page, fill it so full of expression.
Thanks for bringing it up Jimbo..I had forgotten how much I enjoyed Stienbeck...I guess I'll have to read him again..
Today my favs are Sara Donadi,Jean Auel,Diana Gabaldon,Pat Conroy,Margaret Coel..

This is definitely an original discussion Jimbo. I don't have a favorite book but I do have a favorite author. I love Dean Koontz. His books are so involving. Also, most of his books are based in Southern California, so for me it is even more interesting because I can relate with the descriptions of the places he is talking about. I even know where they are and have been to some of those places myself.

I don't know that, if I knew him, we would be friends. A mind that can come up with some of the strange things he does, somewhat scares me. I don't think he is a bad person by any means, just a little odd. Good post though. Thanks.

I don't have just one favorite author. I like Francesca Lia Block. she has such a way with words. She makes normal every day things seem magical. I think that I would like spending time with her. She describes beautiful places, interesting people, and lovely food combinations. I'd love for her to show me around California... the way she sees it.
I also like Laurell K. Hamilton but I don't know if we would really get along in person. She is into fairies and vampires and that's cool... but I don't know if that is enough.
I also like Christopher Moore and I find him to be incredibly funny. I think we would have an amusing time.
Finally I like Jane Austen and Sylvia Plath, but I think that they are both so tragic in their own ways.

Jeffrey Archer my favorite author.the fist book of his which i read was "Honour among thieves".i fell in love with the book and the author the moment i started reading the book.it was fast paced,really gripping and exciting.i was never engrossed in a book like that before.i was captivated by the suthors style and the way he let things flow.all his books are really good.this person ni reality would certainly be a mysterious person to meet and he would be as exciting as his books to i guess.

this is one of my favorite book! i got the book from our highschool library and i kept it! (stolen book.. hehe...) i just want to get a remembrance of some sort. i kept it at home and never read it. but i got curious one night and read it and i m glad i did because i enjoyed the story. A friend borrowed my stolen copy and didn't return it. i guess that's karma.

One of my favourite books is James Herbert's The Rats, it was one of the first books I remember reading for pleasure and ever since I have had a thing for Herbert's books and similar books/authors. I don't know about having anything in common but I think I would like to spend time with him and have the chance to find out more about where he gets his ideas from, I would also like to hear his views on what he would consider to be a good age to start reading his books.

The Catcher in the Rye is one of my favorite books too. If I ever have another son, I've been thinking I would name him Holden. I really couldn't say that I would have liked J.D. Salinger as a person or not, though. But if I were to guess, I'd say I would probably get along with him just fine, seeing as I try to be a friendly person to everyone.

Other favorite books of mine are Stephen King's Dark Tower series, The Stand, and IT. I believe I would definitely like Stephen King as a person. He's got such a great imagination that I think it would certainly be very interesting to know Stephen King personally.