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Offline Delfos

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Re: Best-Loved Authors
« Reply #15 on: August 31, 2007, 12:46:31 PM »
well you have Nietzsche for that
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Re: Best-Loved Authors
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2007, 01:43:07 AM »
Quote from: Allama on August 28, 2007, 05:27:50 PM
The title says it all.

I must confess Orson Scott Card to have created the worlds and characters I have come to love and empathize with most of all.  His writing combines intellectual musings with sincere emotional depth and a true understanding of the nature (and potential) of humankind.

How am I supposed to follow up a description of Card's works after that?

Douglas Adams and Phillip Pullman seconded.  James Gleick (Faster) is another amazing writer.

I don't know what you're talking about, Akka-Wakka...Harry Potter 4 is the third-best in the series (behind 7 and 6, in that order), and 5 is a solid 4th.

I suppose writers/authors of music don't count?
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"I believe every single person is extraordinary. The tragedy is that we
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Offline Delfos

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Re: Best-Loved Authors
« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2007, 09:20:14 AM »
huh the 1st was the greatest, i think i only read until the 4th book
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Re: Best-Loved Authors
« Reply #18 on: September 01, 2007, 02:13:04 PM »
Quote from: Trey on September 01, 2007, 01:43:07 AM
I suppose writers/authors of music don't count?

We could always make a separate music board.
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Re: Best-Loved Authors
« Reply #19 on: September 01, 2007, 09:20:50 PM »
Quote from: Delfos on September 01, 2007, 09:20:14 AM
huh the 1st was the greatest, i think i only read until the 4th book

I just re-read the series...J.K. Rowling's writing has greatly improved since the 1st book.  And you need to read the last three.

A board for best lyrics?  We have that already.  But for the best writers of music...hmm...
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"I believe every single person is extraordinary. The tragedy is that we
have a society where too many people never get to fulfill that
extraordinary potential. My view – the liberal view – is that
government’s job is to help them to do it. Not to tell people how to
live their lives. But to make their choices possible, to release their
potential, no matter who they are. The way to do that is to take power away from those who hoard it. To challenge vested interests. To break down privilege. To clear out the bottlenecks in our society that block opportunity and block progress. And so give everyone a chance to live the life they want." - Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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Re: Best-Loved Authors
« Reply #20 on: September 04, 2007, 05:59:39 AM »
Terry Pratchett.
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Offline Dysanii

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Re: Best-Loved Authors
« Reply #21 on: September 04, 2007, 04:12:29 PM »
Ian McEwan, Philip Dick and Danny Wallace (ooooh, might as well throw Dave Gorman in for kicks.)
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Re: Best-Loved Authors
« Reply #22 on: September 06, 2007, 08:53:40 PM »
well...Jack Kerouac with On The Road....Ken Kesey of course... George Orwell...Ernest Hemingway, E.A.Poe, Gogol, Nietzsche....and some Romanina writers which i think it would be unnecessary to post...
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Re: Best-Loved Authors
« Reply #23 on: September 06, 2007, 09:18:03 PM »
does Nietzsche sound convincing to you?
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Re: Best-Loved Authors
« Reply #24 on: September 10, 2007, 07:22:36 PM »
I would have to say that Ian Fleming is by far my favourite author. His authoritative and journalistic style of writing is very refreshing to read. Obviously his most famous works are the James Bond series of books.
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« Reply #25 on: September 11, 2007, 08:23:41 PM »
Quote from: New Callande on September 10, 2007, 07:22:36 PM
I would have to say that Ian Fleming is by far my favourite author. His authoritative and journalistic style of writing is very refreshing to read. Obviously his most famous works are the James Bond series of books.

Ian Fleming, huh...good choice!
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"I believe every single person is extraordinary. The tragedy is that we
have a society where too many people never get to fulfill that
extraordinary potential. My view – the liberal view – is that
government’s job is to help them to do it. Not to tell people how to
live their lives. But to make their choices possible, to release their
potential, no matter who they are. The way to do that is to take power away from those who hoard it. To challenge vested interests. To break down privilege. To clear out the bottlenecks in our society that block opportunity and block progress. And so give everyone a chance to live the life they want." - Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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Re: Best-Loved Authors
« Reply #26 on: September 14, 2007, 08:25:18 PM »
Harper Lee, Michael Crighton, Ian McEwan, Douglas Adams, Monica Ali.

I do read and enjoy the Harry Potter books to an extent. But I find it quite boring and tedious at times, the writing can be over-descriptive and take a long time for anything to actually happen.
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Re: Best-Loved Authors
« Reply #27 on: September 15, 2007, 03:16:30 AM »
Quote from: Collatica on September 14, 2007, 08:25:18 PM
But I find it quite boring and tedious at times, the writing can be over-descriptive and take a long time for anything to actually happen.

Speaking of that, I should mention Robert Jordan (whose books I do enjoy, despite their slowness)
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Re: Best-Loved Authors
« Reply #28 on: September 15, 2007, 09:27:28 PM »
Isaac Asimov, Ursula le Guin, Charles Stross and Andreas Eschbach are my favorite authors... Nietsche is not bad, but hard to read.
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Re: Best-Loved Authors
« Reply #29 on: September 15, 2007, 10:26:03 PM »
Hard to read the repetitive whining? lol sure is, but you can skip the parts he repeats. Even more interesting is trying to understand what he says, or what the nazi wanted him to say. Do not have compassion, do not be merciful, that's for the weak...yeah?
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