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Post by Whitakker on Oct 30, 2004 21:20:31 GMT -5
I like all of them, but I'll vote for Lewis. What's your fancy?
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Post by Thanatos on Oct 30, 2004 23:50:27 GMT -5
You can hardly expect to encompass all of the most well-known writers in that paltry list of names. This poll should have been devoted to a specific genre, seeing as "Other" in this case holds over 100,000 writers.
My personal favorites would be Ray Bradbury, Orson Scott Card, and George Orwell. Bradbury offers a wide range of unique fiction, Card is a mastermind who I'd consider a modern Bradbury, and Orwell I love purely for his incredible book 1984.
Come to think of it, I love Arthur C. Clarke too...and many more who are beginning to come to me. Suffice to say, the world of the literature is too large to cling long to one specific author.
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Post by Whitakker on Oct 31, 2004 18:54:41 GMT -5
Alas, its seems futile to achieve perfection. I know full well that there are too many excellent good authors to be confined within the 8 slots that are provided, I just put down the ones that came to the top of my head. I chose Lewis because he is the best Christian writer ever(next to God), and the concepts that he invoke really make you look inside yourself for answers. In case any of you were wondering, "Who is Terry Goodkind?", he is the author of the Sword of Truth series that I own. If anyone is interested, see me. They will take a while to read, as the average page count exceeds 800:o
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Post by Nicholi on Oct 31, 2004 21:01:55 GMT -5
I have to agree with Thanatos on this one. There are so many more authors I like that are absent from this list but nevertheless, I'll have to shoose Brian Jaques...
EUULIAAAAAA!!!!! Wot Wot!
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Post by Whitakker on Oct 31, 2004 22:44:05 GMT -5
and for old time's sake...............
REDWAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!;D;D;D;D;D;D
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Post by Syrant on Nov 1, 2004 18:21:46 GMT -5
I don't read enough to really have a favorite author so, If I had to pick on I would pick J.R.R. Tolkien just because I like Middle Earth stuff.
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Post by ASilentRevolution on Nov 11, 2004 9:18:05 GMT -5
I'm all for Orson Scott Card, J.K Rowling, C.S. Lewis, et cetera, et cetera. However, I'd say my favorite would have to be Robin McKinley. She weaves fairy tales like no one else, creating her own and rewriting those we all know and love.
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Post by Leif902 on Nov 27, 2004 12:49:13 GMT -5
Well... I'll have to vote Tolkien just to break the 2% barrier but I definatly think Bradbury Compares.
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Post by Rune on Jan 25, 2005 15:57:49 GMT -5
Lol Whitakker I think that it's interesting that your poll includes only your favorite authors But my favs are Michael Crichton, Dean Koontz, and Bill Myers, so I guess I'm for other Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman are good, also, at least on the Dragonlance series.
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Post by Hanson Crawford on Jan 25, 2005 22:20:56 GMT -5
What is this? Whittaker, you made a huge mistake. You forgot to include Stephen King. A writer of over 40 *novels* and 200 short stories. I mean, if you're going to include anyone, he by far deserves his right. I'm sorry guys, but Stephen King is, by far, the greatest aurthor who ever lived, no close second.
All opinions are equal. But some are more equal then others. Napolean was always right.
But, I do like a bit of the line up. Lewis was a genius. Can't say I approve of Tolkien, but he helped inspire Stephen KIng's The Dark Tower series, so I'll let it slide. (The Dark Tower is the greatest books ever, by the by. Again, no close second.) JK Rowling is very popular for someone with only 5 books out (to my knowledge) and Harry Potter is a very good series. Then Jaques is an excellent writer (especially considering the Redwall series revovles around animals, he gets props for that.). Terry Brooks has some neat stuff. (The Landover series is all I've read, and it's cool.)
Now, go read some Stephen King.
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Post by Whitakker on Jan 26, 2005 7:45:32 GMT -5
I would read King, if it weren't for the extremely disturbing material he writes. After The Shining, I got turned off of him immediately. Sorry, Hanson.
I probably should have made the question, "Which of these authors do you like the most?", since we all have such varying tastes in literature. Which is a good thing!
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Post by Arlen on Mar 12, 2005 0:14:01 GMT -5
I got two words for all of you DOCTOR AND SEUSS thats it
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Post by Rune on Mar 12, 2005 15:30:31 GMT -5
I recently finished Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. It was great. He may end up being one of my favorite authors... anyways, I think this thread should probably be redone with a poll having nearly a hundred authors haha. No offense, Whitakker, but it was poorly made, for no other reason then that there are thousands and thousands of great authors and we have a choice between very, very few.
P.S. Frank Herbert. Sorry, I just had to mention him. The Dune series is ingenious.
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Post by Whitakker on Mar 12, 2005 17:19:01 GMT -5
I know, I know. Give me a break already. I realized as soon as the first complaint came up on this site that I should've done something different. But what can you do with only 8 slots? This thread should've been called "Which author do you like the most?" So please quit complaining. No offense, though.
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Post by Rune on Mar 12, 2005 20:04:57 GMT -5
I was not complaining, Whitakker. I was just stating my distaste at only eight slots being allowed, that's all. It wasn't really directed at you. I even took an extra step to make sure that you knew it wasn't directed at you lol. It is all in humor, my friend. All in humor.
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