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Old Feb 07, 2006, 07:32 AM // 07:32   #1
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basically just say if you have afavorite author and what book he is famous fo. Mine is R.A. Salvatore the Drizzt books are friggin great and the witch king ones with Artemis Entreri
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Old Feb 07, 2006, 07:42 AM // 07:42   #2
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Orson Scott Card, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, John Steinbeck, George Martin, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mark Twain, Douglas Adams, Edgar Allen Poe, Frank Herbert, H.P. Lovecraft, Emiliy Dickinson, Augustine of Hippo, and Jerry Holkins.

Do not make me choose.

EDIT: The guy below me made me remember Asimov. How I forgot him, I have no idea....
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Old Feb 07, 2006, 07:49 AM // 07:49   #3
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I might be able to narrow it down a little more than above poster.

I pretty much only desire to read Robert Jordan's works, but other favorites include:

Orson Scott Card
Piers Anthony (funny stuff)
Isaac Asimov
Fred Saberhagen
Arthur C. Clarke

and many more...
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Old Feb 07, 2006, 01:12 PM // 13:12   #4
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hands down, Tom Clancy
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Old Feb 07, 2006, 01:27 PM // 13:27   #5
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Mark Z. Danielewski, George Orwell, Koji Suzuki, John Twelve Hawks.

For plays, Shakespeare.
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Old Feb 07, 2006, 01:35 PM // 13:35   #6
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That is a tough one. I like so many.

David Ambrose
Bill Bryson
Tom Clancy
Margarette Atwood
Robert Heinlein
Isaac Asimov
Arthur C Clark
Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes)

I am sure I forgot many...
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Old Feb 07, 2006, 02:36 PM // 14:36   #7
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the guy who wrote the The Da Vinci Code.. and back in the day R.L Stein
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Old Feb 07, 2006, 02:46 PM // 14:46   #8
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Tolkien(Hobbits!), Terry Goodkind(Battle Rage ftw :P), Timothy Zahn(Who doesn't like a Cobra?), Orson Scott Card(Bean!), Frank Herbert(Dune Ftw)

Umm.. and misc Star Wars authors.

I have more, but can't think straight right now.
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Old Feb 07, 2006, 03:21 PM // 15:21   #9
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Stephen King

Dark Tower series rocks
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Old Feb 07, 2006, 03:29 PM // 15:29   #10
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I like most of the ones already mentioned, but my absolute favorite is Agatha Christie.

And Then There Were None.

I just bought the game too and my vid card went out before I got a chance to play it.
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Old Feb 07, 2006, 03:32 PM // 15:32   #11
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nobody has mentioned so far

C. J. Cherryh
Raymond E Feist
Piers Anthony
Terry Pratchett. (diskworld)
turtledove
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Old Feb 07, 2006, 03:33 PM // 15:33   #12
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Umberto Eco
Margaret Atwood
A. S. Byatt
George Eliot

To name but a few...
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Old Feb 07, 2006, 07:18 PM // 19:18   #13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Loviatar

nobody has mentioned so far

C. J. Cherryh
Raymond E Feist
Piers Anthony
Terry Pratchett. (diskworld)
turtledove
AND
LAUREL K HAMILTON S ANITA BLAKE VAMPIRE HUNTER SERIES
Hey there, I mentioned Piers Anthony.
And I forgot to mentione Robert Heinlen as well
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Old Feb 07, 2006, 07:29 PM // 19:29   #14
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My favourite author? er... it would be
Aristophanes (Greek comic playwright - filled with belly laughs)
Homer ("As Dawn appeared, fresh and rosey-fingered")
Virgil (very emotional and strangely relevant) "i sing of arms and of the man"
and Koushun Takami (because of Battle Royale)
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Old Feb 07, 2006, 07:56 PM // 19:56   #15
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Dante Alighieri
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Old Feb 07, 2006, 10:29 PM // 22:29   #16
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My favorite? Douglas Adams without a doubt(can't believe no one mentioned him yet)

Honorable mentions are Piers Anthony (Xanth Rocks and Incarnations was incredible)
Robert Aspirin (Spellsinger series), other than them I have way too many authors I enjoy.
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Old Feb 07, 2006, 10:31 PM // 22:31   #17
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Douglas Adams.. "Ah, the long dark tea time of the soul." It's not a book, it's a qoute. LOVED the entire Hitchhikers' series, but mostly Resturant At The End Of The Universe and Mostly Harmless.

I'm starting to get into Stephan King, too - so far, The Talisman, Dreamcatcher and The Stand have made their way into my favourites.
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Old Feb 07, 2006, 10:35 PM // 22:35   #18
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My top 5.

1. George R.R. Martin. A song of ice and fire blew me away. I love it.

2. Robert Jordan. Wheel of time, need I say more? Woot for Mat! :P

3. Terry Goodkind. The Sword of Truth series..more like a tv series but still good.

4. Douglas Adams. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Genious.

5. Stephen King. The talisman, The Stand, The Shining, Thinner, etc.. the list goes on.

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Old Feb 07, 2006, 11:53 PM // 23:53   #19
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Robert Jordan
Douglas Adams
And Tom Clancy (Rainbow Six and Red Storm Rising)
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Neal Stephenson : Snowcrash, Cryptonomicon.

Orson Scott Card: Enders Series..

Stephen King: Read every last.. word.. of everything. His humour is elite.
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