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Post by Zeph on Jan 20, 2002 14:32:01 GMT -5
Any genre, lets throw it wide open here. My favorite is Richard Bach, author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Illusions, and There's no such place as far away. He writes about life and a view of God that is a little differant. I know at least one person here that is A V.C. Andrews Fan, Which is cool(I will let that person identify themself if they want). NO MAKING FUN OF ANYONES FAVORITE AUTHOR will be tolerated!!!!! I will post more about Bach soon but I wanted to get this started.
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Post by Elric3960 on Jan 20, 2002 15:43:35 GMT -5
In fiction, it's a three-way tie but only two of the authors are still alive as far as I know. The late Dr. A, Kurt Vonnegut and Michael Moorc*ck. Figures that I would like an author who could be censored on this BBS!
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Post by StolenThunder on Jan 21, 2002 13:36:47 GMT -5
Hmm. I have a few. But in the Science Fiction realm, I would have to pick Phillip K thingy [Yes, his name is censored too, Elric], and Iain M. Banks.
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Post by Elric3960 on Jan 21, 2002 14:37:23 GMT -5
^^Not the kind of intercultural exchange you had in mind, eh ST?LOL
Have you seen any adaptations of...ahem...Phillip's work on film? I thought The Director's cut of Blade Runner came fairly close, albeit they made Roy Batty a noble, tragic villain and the movie character Leon was closer to the original Batty in the book.
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Post by Technomage on Jan 22, 2002 2:35:06 GMT -5
Actually, I'm a sci-fi purist and I don't normally read other genres. So my favourite authors are: Arthur C. Clarke Isaac Asimov James P. Hogan Robert L. Forward Robert Heinlein
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Post by StolenThunder on Jan 22, 2002 14:03:07 GMT -5
Have you seen any adaptations of...ahem...Phillip's work on film? I thought The Director's cut of Blade Runner came fairly close, albeit they made Roy Batty a noble, tragic villain and the movie character Leon was closer to the original Batty in the book. To be honest, I have never read "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?" The film was good though. I seem to have stayed away from the stuff that was highly publicised. UBIK is my favourite of his, though Dr Bloodmoney, Martian Time-Slip, and all of the rest of his books that I have read have all been of the higest calibre. I just finished reading The Man in the High Castle. Yet another excellent novel.
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Post by Ana Ng on Jan 30, 2002 17:34:37 GMT -5
I'm not into Sci-Fi literature, for the most part (although I have read many a Trek novel in my day, and of the authors I read who wrote *those* books, Peter David was my favorite).
My favorite author in general though, that's a tough one. I love Pearl Buck, Jane Austen, Kathy Acker, and Margaret Atwood equally.
My favorite book, however, is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Best thing to ever come out of the state of Alabama!
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Post by Zeph on Jan 31, 2002 2:39:14 GMT -5
Thats the spirit Ana, I didn' want to limit this just to Sci fi books on this thread, This is more let me get to know you thread that deals with book which I belive belongs here. I read pearl Bucks "The Pearl" in high school, and found it quite enjoyable. As for Harper Lee I had to read "mockingbird", let me explain My Ex wife was A english teacher and a lit teacher(My spelling and grammer drove her nuts)..She taught to kill a mockingbird in a Lit class and she reread it every year she taught it. One year she asked me to read it for a different view on it for a test she was going to give, she gave ma a copy and I really never touched it for a few days. So in frustration she rented the movie and made me watch it..Needless to say I read the book over a two day period. Once my eyes were opened to what a great story it really is. of course her favorite playwright was Tennesse Williams who I hated Hey I could write a star trek epp like that...Its hot, life is miserable...and I have a mental defect that makes me the tragic centerpiece.
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Post by Ana Ng on Jan 31, 2002 2:50:24 GMT -5
I read pearl Bucks "The Pearl" in high school, and found it quite enjoyable. Actually, I think you might be thinking of John Steinbeck's "The Pearl".. and boy.. I could write an essay on how much I can't stand John Steinbeck.. Maybe you're thinking of "The Good Earth"? That's on almost every high school reading list. I'm glad you read it. It's really a wonderful story, and the movie is one of the few film adaptations that really get it right. As for Tennessee Williams.. do you know of the theory that Tennessee Williams actually wrote To Kill a Mockingbird instead of Harper Lee?
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Post by Zeph on Jan 31, 2002 3:20:25 GMT -5
sorry Ana your right it is stienblech as far as Mockingbird goes I cant imagine williams writing something that good.
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Post by StolenThunder on Jan 31, 2002 16:48:28 GMT -5
Hmm. For GCSE English, we're currently ploughing through Thomas Hardy's "The Mayor of Casterbridge"...
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Post by Elric3960 on Feb 1, 2002 3:41:20 GMT -5
I've struggled for years trying to read Steinbeck(LOVED the "steinblech" pun, Zeph! LOL)! Haven't been successful yet!
I liked a couple of Tennessee William's plays but I agree that he's an acquired taste and some may not feel he's worth the effort.
I've had better luck reading George Macdonald Fraser's "Flashman series." Fraser made Harry a far more interesting character than Thomas Hughes did in "Tom Brown's School Days." They tried to make a movie adaptation of the second book of the series, "Royal Flash" with Malcolm McDowell as the Likeable Cad. He was great but the movie left a great deal to be desired.
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Post by Dohlman on Feb 1, 2002 18:38:53 GMT -5
I did, too! LOL. I had to read 3 Steinblech novels in schools, The Pearl, Grapes of Wrath, and Of Mice and Men. I hated them all. Sorry, Zeph.
My favorite authors would have to be Isaac Asimov, Mark Twain, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, and of course, Shakespeare.
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Post by Qab on Feb 1, 2002 22:06:12 GMT -5
Well, I will read just about anything by Tom Clancy ;D and I also enjoy Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody series of mysteries set in Egypt. If it has to do with Arthurian legend I will at least attempt it (though I quit Stephen Lawhead's series about 20 pages into the first book). My favorite Trek authors are the two ladies that write as L. A. Graf, and Garfield and Judith Reeves-Stevens. Some other faves are Edward Rutherfurd and Margaret George (can you see I like big, heavy books? ;D) I guess the common denominator in all my favorites is that the authors do an exhaustive amount of research so that all the details in their stories are authentic and believable.
I've also read the Rama books by Arthur C. Clarke (with Gentry Lee), most of the Mary Stewart books and everything by Margaret Atwood.
Elric, try reading Steinbeck's The Short Reign of Pippin IV. It's really quite funny; even funnier if you have spent time in France or know any French people. ;D I have a hardcover copy I got from my Great-Aunt's estate (she was a HS English teacher).
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Post by Ana Ng on Feb 1, 2002 22:12:54 GMT -5
heh, yes, I concur, "Steinblech" is a very appropriate moniker. Talk about repetitive muck. Every one of his is books is like, "Oh, we're poor, we're suffering, did we mention that we're poor?" By the time they wanted me to read the third Steinbeck book in high school, I put my foot down and told my English teacher I would not comply. Why did we have to read so much Steinbeck, anyway, when there is an abundance of talented authors we never read in school? Sure, I got a bad score on the test, but it was a moral victory!
As for Tennessee Williams, I am firmly of the opinion that plays were meant to be seen, not read. Thus, I *love* the film adaptation of "The Glass Menagerie" starring John Malkovich. It's really quite excellent.
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