A Discussion Devoted To Great Writers. - Page 2

***Earniel*** · 02-24-2002, 03:18 PM

Personally I like:

JRR Tolkien
Terry Pratchett
Jules Verne

Alethes · 02-24-2002, 03:52 PM

Has no one mentioned Louisa May Alcott yet? She's a pretty good writer.

I also like C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, some of Frank Herbert's books (although his books aren't really classics), Frank Peretti (his books aren't classics either), and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Nibs · 02-24-2002, 04:24 PM

Some of my favorite authors and favored work. Mere echoes of what has already been listed:

J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings
W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge
Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

Liviaine · 02-26-2002, 09:31 PM

Tolkien, of course.

Gilbert Morris

Lori Wick

Jane Austen

Catherine Marshall

There's more.

sun-star · 02-28-2002, 06:05 PM

Tolkien
Jane Austen
Evelyn Waugh
Shakespeare
C.S. Lewis
J.K. Rowling

I can't think of any more right now.

Starr Polish · 02-28-2002, 08:36 PM

Tolkien
Shakespeare
Han Nolan - She wrote two books that really caught my attention. Dancing on the Edge is really eerie and sad, and If I Should Die Before I Wake is the story of a neo-nazi and how she gets 'transported' back in time after a nasty motorcycle accident. It sounds corny, but ti's not, and that's why she's such a good author.
Diana Gabaldon
Barbara Kingsolver - The Poisonwood Bible

emplynx · 03-26-2002, 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Matto Baggins

john steinbeck(who can argue with the grapes of wrath and of mice and men)

The Pearl and the Red Pony make it all bad!!!!

Imladris · 04-03-2002, 07:40 AM

To me it is impossible to determine the best writers of all time for they vary in time period and genre so differently.Some might like fantasy but hate crime. Some might like crime but hate sci-fi. Everyone has different tastes and I think a book is very good if a person who tends to dislike one particular book type, reads a book from that type and enjoys it.

Personally my favourite book(s) are the complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle-they're great!!

elf_princess · 04-03-2002, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by emplynx

The Pearl and the Red Pony make it all bad!!!!

EXACTLY! I loved "The Grapes of Wrath" which happens to be my 2nd favorite book... and Of Mice and Men wasn't that bad. But the Red Pony!!! Oh my goodness! what a dissapointment... I thought it was going to be a great book... and all that happens is the pony dies (i didn't mean to spoil it or anything... just don't read the book... TERRIBLE!)! when it ended I was so upset... I wasted all that time reading that book for nothing!!!

elf_princess · 04-03-2002, 11:25 PM

anyway... some of my favorite authors are...

JRR Tolkien (obviously)
Brian Jacques
Charles Dickens
Jane Austen
Ann Rinaldi
C.S. Lewis
Louisa May Alcott
Roald Dahl
Harper Lee
Louis Sacher
Eloise Jarvis McGraw
and bunches and bunches more!!

FrodoFriend · 04-05-2002, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by emplynx

The Pearl and the Red Pony make it all bad!!!!

Hmm, guess I won't read it then.

The Grapes of Wrath was great! I loved it! Couldn't put it down. Mice & Men was alright.

BeardofPants · 04-05-2002, 01:46 AM

1. JRRT (of course!)
2. Lewis Carrol
3. C.S Lewis
4 Frank Herbert
5 Philip K. Dick.

(Oh, how could I have forgotten Douglas Adams?? 6. Douglas Adams.)

Radagast The Brown · 04-05-2002, 02:11 PM

well I have two writers that I like the most:
R. Zealazny
JRR Tolkien

***IronParrot*** · 04-10-2002, 12:59 AM

Not included on my earlier list, but definitely among my all-time favourites: Douglas Adams, George Orwell, Kurt Vonnegut. The gods of twentieth-century satire.

***azalea*** · 04-10-2002, 09:31 PM

Jane Austin, Arthur Conan Doyle, Douglas Adams,C.S. Lewis, L.M. Montgomery, Francis Hodgson Burnett, Charlotte Bronte.
There's a good fanasy series by Susan Cooper called The Dark is Rising. The first book is called Over Sea, Under Stone. Also, John Belliars has a couple of good fantasy books.

Imladris · 04-11-2002, 12:28 PM

I repeat my earlier reply but anyway..

A.C. Doyle (esp Sherlock Holmes)
Terry Pratchett
Wilkie Collins (esp The Moonstone)
John Steinbeck (Of Mice and Ment-the only book that's ever made me cry).
Agatha Christie-later books when Doyle isn't being imitated.
J.K. Rowling ( she may write childrens' books but they're still good)
Joseph Heller (who can argue with Catch 22?)
Those and many many, more I have enjoyed.

***azalea*** · 04-11-2002, 03:01 PM

Oh, how could I forget T.H. White, who wrote one of my fave books of all time, The Once and Future King?

I'm also a James Thurber fan.

katya · 09-03-2002, 06:51 PM

oh my gosh i love so much russian literature!
dostoyevsky is great, i love crime and punishment, though it is one of few books that literally scare me.
i love tolstoy. i have read anna karenina and some christian short stories and a lot of his philosophy as well.
those two i think are literary geniouses.
i loved dr zhivago (pasternak) and one day in the life or ivan denisovich (solzenitsyn) as well.
i guess most of my favourites are russian.
and of course tolkien. duh.

Hasty Ent · 09-03-2002, 07:50 PM

This is an impossible task -- but the writers I go back to over and over are (and what a terrifyingly motley group!)

Tolkien
Shakespeare
James Joyce
Philip K Dick
Isaac Asimov
Italo Calvino
Anthony Trollope
Dorothy Sayers
Bruce Chatwin
Paul Theroux

**crickhollow** · 09-07-2002, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by FrodoFriend
Yay! I love literature! Best authors & their best works for me would definitely be:

George Orwell - 1984
JRR Tolkien - Lord of the Rings
Charles Dickens - Hard Times
Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451
Ursula K. LeGuin - The Dispossessed
Ken Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

There are too many to go on . . .

I wouldn't call Hard Times Dickens' best work. It has been recommended that readers should start with HT simply because it has the fewest number of characters (32?)

I would venture to say that Tale of Two Cities is by far his best, though I enjoyed Our Mutual Friend, and laughed out loud in public while i was reading The Pickwick Papers.

Les Miserables is absolutely gorgeous, though I don't agree with Hugo's worldview. The Christ-figure displayed by the Bishop of Digne to Jean Val Jean, and Val Jean's later portrayal in turn to those around him is incredible.

The characterizations that Jane Austen gives makes Pride and Prejudice her best work in my book. Even Emma doesn't compare.

There are so many more...

02-24-2002, 03:52 PM	#22
Alethes Enting Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: urban Oklahoma Posts: 73	Has no one mentioned Louisa May Alcott yet? She's a pretty good writer. I also like C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, some of Frank Herbert's books (although his books aren't really classics), Frank Peretti (his books aren't classics either), and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. __________________ He who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious will have the king for his friend. -Proverbs 22:11

02-24-2002, 04:24 PM	#23
Nibs Head Hollara Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 751	Some of my favorite authors and favored work. Mere echoes of what has already been listed: J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby __________________ "People used to ring up and say 'Don't quit your day job' or 'sell your synth', but the joke's on them: we were fired and the synth is broken!" -John Flansburgh from They Might Be Giants Ever heard of Mormons? I'm one. Click here to know more about us.

02-28-2002, 06:05 PM	#25
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Tolkien Jane Austen Evelyn Waugh Shakespeare C.S. Lewis J.K. Rowling I can't think of any more right now. Last edited by sun-star : 09-05-2002 at 01:50 PM.

02-28-2002, 08:36 PM	#26
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Tolkien Shakespeare Han Nolan - She wrote two books that really caught my attention. Dancing on the Edge is really eerie and sad, and If I Should Die Before I Wake is the story of a neo-nazi and how she gets 'transported' back in time after a nasty motorcycle accident. It sounds corny, but ti's not, and that's why she's such a good author. Diana Gabaldon Barbara Kingsolver - The Poisonwood Bible __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

04-03-2002, 07:40 AM	#28
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	To me it is impossible to determine the best writers of all time for they vary in time period and genre so differently.Some might like fantasy but hate crime. Some might like crime but hate sci-fi. Everyone has different tastes and I think a book is very good if a person who tends to dislike one particular book type, reads a book from that type and enjoys it. Personally my favourite book(s) are the complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle-they're great!! __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

02-24-2002, 03:18 PM	#21
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Personally I like: JRR Tolkien Terry Pratchett Jules Verne

02-26-2002, 09:31 PM	#24
Liviaine Elven Warrior Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ithilien Posts: 203	Tolkien, of course. Gilbert Morris Lori Wick Jane Austen Catherine Marshall There's more.

04-03-2002, 11:25 PM	#30
elf_princess Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: la dee da Posts: 275	anyway... some of my favorite authors are... JRR Tolkien (obviously) Brian Jacques Charles Dickens Jane Austen Ann Rinaldi C.S. Lewis Louisa May Alcott Roald Dahl Harper Lee Louis Sacher Eloise Jarvis McGraw and bunches and bunches more!!

04-05-2002, 01:46 AM	#32
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	1. JRRT (of course!) 2. Lewis Carrol 3. C.S Lewis 4 Frank Herbert 5 Philip K. Dick. (Oh, how could I have forgotten Douglas Adams?? 6. Douglas Adams.) __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords Last edited by BeardofPants : 04-10-2002 at 01:19 AM.

04-05-2002, 02:11 PM	#33
Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	well I have two writers that I like the most: R. Zealazny JRR Tolkien __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

04-10-2002, 12:59 AM	#34
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04-10-2002, 09:31 PM	#35
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Jane Austin, Arthur Conan Doyle, Douglas Adams,C.S. Lewis, L.M. Montgomery, Francis Hodgson Burnett, Charlotte Bronte. There's a good fanasy series by Susan Cooper called The Dark is Rising. The first book is called Over Sea, Under Stone. Also, John Belliars has a couple of good fantasy books.

04-11-2002, 12:28 PM	#36
Imladris Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 146	I repeat my earlier reply but anyway.. A.C. Doyle (esp Sherlock Holmes) Terry Pratchett Wilkie Collins (esp The Moonstone) John Steinbeck (Of Mice and Ment-the only book that's ever made me cry). Agatha Christie-later books when Doyle isn't being imitated. J.K. Rowling ( she may write childrens' books but they're still good) Joseph Heller (who can argue with Catch 22?) Those and many many, more I have enjoyed. __________________ "A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

04-11-2002, 03:01 PM	#37
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Oh, how could I forget T.H. White, who wrote one of my fave books of all time, The Once and Future King? I'm also a James Thurber fan.

09-03-2002, 06:51 PM	#38
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	oh my gosh i love so much russian literature! dostoyevsky is great, i love crime and punishment, though it is one of few books that literally scare me. i love tolstoy. i have read anna karenina and some christian short stories and a lot of his philosophy as well. those two i think are literary geniouses. i loved dr zhivago (pasternak) and one day in the life or ivan denisovich (solzenitsyn) as well. i guess most of my favourites are russian. and of course tolkien. duh.

09-03-2002, 07:50 PM	#39
Hasty Ent Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 516	This is an impossible task -- but the writers I go back to over and over are (and what a terrifyingly motley group!) Tolkien Shakespeare James Joyce Philip K Dick Isaac Asimov Italo Calvino Anthony Trollope Dorothy Sayers Bruce Chatwin Paul Theroux

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