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09-08-2005, 03:09 PM
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Writing Machine
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Location: Everett, Washington
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Who is your favorite Author(s)?
Who are you favorite authors? You know, the one's you love to read? And out of those, which one's inspire you to write?
For me, I love Dickens (Hard Times is my favorite book) Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane, Ridley Pearson (Lou Boldt/Daphne Matthews Series) Laural K. Hamilton, Raymond Feist, Terry Brooks.
And pretty much all them I apperciate and look at to see how they develop their plot structure, storyline, and characterization.
Anyway, have fun with this.
timothy
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09-08-2005, 03:25 PM
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Profound Writer
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Umberto Eco, Italo Calvino, and JG Ballard. Notable mention to Kazuo Ishiguro and, as of this week, Alan Hollinghurst.
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09-08-2005, 11:24 PM
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Prolific Writer
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It all depends on the Genre...
If I want to learn, I read Jared Diamond or McCullough.
If I want to think deeply about something, I read William Hazlitt or Plato.
If I want to read a short story with lots of morals, I read Nicholas Sparks.
But usually, I read anything I can get my hands on (with the exception of those cheap romance novels, I can't stand that smut). Austin, DeFoe, Wells, Fitzgerald, Bronte (both of them), Dostoevsky, Dickens, Hemingway, Bradbury, Auel, I could go on forever... but there are so many good books, and so little time.
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09-09-2005, 11:21 AM
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Wordsmith
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too many to list... from homer on... and in just about any genre but romance...
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09-09-2005, 01:57 PM
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Mentor
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Australia
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No respect for the romance writer. Hee hee.
Piers Anthony, Anne McCaffrey, David Eddings, Sara Douglas, lots more I can't think of without my bookshelf beside me.
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09-09-2005, 02:06 PM
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Prolific Writer
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My fav. authors are: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Anne McCaffrey, Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, and Michael Stackpole.
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09-09-2005, 03:54 PM
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Profound Writer
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Originally Posted by JustifiedResponse
It all depends on the Genre...
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Oh, to have a world where you call a book a book; taking each one on the merit of its story, words, and themes, and try, for once, not to bracket them. |
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09-09-2005, 11:38 PM
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Writing Machine
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Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Orwell, Agatha Christie, Augusten Burroughs, Frank McCourt, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Poe...so so many...
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09-09-2005, 11:47 PM
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Wordsmith
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Robert E. Howard, Brian Lumley, James Axler, Stephen King, Tolkien, H.P. Lovecraft.
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09-09-2005, 11:49 PM
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Michael Crichton, George R. R. Martin, George Orwell, Robert Heinlein, Kurt Vonnegut, and Douglas Adams.
Depends on my mood more than anything, though.
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09-09-2005, 11:49 PM
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Wordsmith
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Doh, how could I forget Martin?!!!11!one!
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09-09-2005, 11:51 PM
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pliable
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I was wondering why you hadn't posted him. I seem to recall that you're eagerly anticipating the new one like I am...
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09-09-2005, 11:53 PM
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Wordsmith
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Yeah, I still think he is going to die before they are all written. He is not very young, and is pretty heavy.
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09-09-2005, 11:54 PM
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pliable
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We'll have to keep him on life support until he finishes. I would hate to see some other author write the rest of the series like Frank Herbert's son did with the Dune series...
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09-09-2005, 11:56 PM
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Wordsmith
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Yeah, the Deathlands and Outlanders series took serious dives after ghostwriters started working on them.
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