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 Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:27 pm
aniluv Alrighty then! *cracks knuckles* Here we go: 1. Dan Brown (I love "Angels and Demons" ) 2 Kelley Armstrong (I am currently reading "Bitten" and already I am hooked on her writing style! ^_^ ) 3. J.K. Rowling (It's nice to have good-ole fantasy with plot twists and stuff in there. I don't care what others say I like them. And the whole people dieing thing? It's a war....people die.......end of story......she kills off Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, or Lupin though and I'm gonna jump her! *pets Lupin* ) 4. Tamora Pierce (She's awesome....nuff said. XD ) 5. Betty Cavana (Way old school but still an awesome author.) 6. Jim Butcher (I adore the "Harry Dresden Files" ) 7. Terry Pratchett (That man is an absolute GENIUS at comedic fantasy. XD ) 8. Peter Dickinson (His book "The Ropemaker" is superb! ) And there are many others I'm sure but.....I can't remember them all. sweatdrop wow your favorit writer has a long name! biggrin
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:35 am
Christopher Paolini (wrote Eragon and Eldest)
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:58 pm
I believe I also said Christopher Paolini on my other account (WhiteStream) before, but I've changed it to Cornelia Funke. I can't wait to read the sequel to Inkspell! xd ^_^
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:37 pm
Christopher moore!... you all should read him. his book are on the comedy side.. not quite serous but very much entertaining with interesting story lines.. just check him out..
hes written:
the Stupidest Angel
Dirty Job
Lamb
Fluke
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
coyote blue
practical demonkeeping
and those are just the books ive read from him.
there are about 2 or three more that im going to get.
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:04 pm
brabra07 Christopher moore!... you all should read him. his book are on the comedy side.. not quite serous but very much entertaining with interesting story lines.. just check him out.. hes written: the Stupidest Angel
Dirty Job
Lamb
Fluke
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
coyote blue
practical demonkeepingand those are just the books ive read from him.
there are about 2 or three more that im going to get. Oh, I *love* Christopher Moore. My favortie by him is Bloodsucking fiends and he just released the sequel to it "you suck" That and I love the character of HP in Practical Demonkeeping. Because everuone should love a Lovecraftian diner.
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:20 pm
Hmm... This Christopher Moore person sounds interesting. Is he very satirical? I could always use more well-written satire in my life....
-LD
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:02 pm
Partially. sardonic is a better description. He tends to take common myths and fantasy subjects (vampires, demons, stuff you'd see in schlock horror or fantasy movies) and then twist it in humorous ways. His writing style has a very dry wit running through it, the actual prose is darn funny, and he references the genre.
In a way he isn't so much making fun of society, as much as he is making fun of the genre. It's like comedy done about a respected subject - I would guess he likes fantasy/myth and respects it, but he has to poke fun at it too.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:12 pm
YourAzureGoddess brabra07 Christopher moore!... you all should read him. his book are on the comedy side.. not quite serous but very much entertaining with interesting story lines.. just check him out.. hes written: the Stupidest Angel
Dirty Job
Lamb
Fluke
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
coyote blue
practical demonkeepingand those are just the books ive read from him.
there are about 2 or three more that im going to get. Oh, I *love* Christopher Moore. My favortie by him is Bloodsucking fiends and he just released the sequel to it "you suck" That and I love the character of HP in Practical Demonkeeping. Because everuone should love a Lovecraftian diner.
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:41 pm
YourAzureGoddess Partially. sardonic is a better description. He tends to take common myths and fantasy subjects (vampires, demons, stuff you'd see in schlock horror or fantasy movies) and then twist it in humorous ways. His writing style has a very dry wit running through it, the actual prose is darn funny, and he references the genre. In a way he isn't so much making fun of society, as much as he is making fun of the genre. It's like comedy done about a respected subject - I would guess he likes fantasy/myth and respects it, but he has to poke fun at it too. *Coughs* that is satire.... But he does sound interesting. I always like good humor writing, being a satirist myself. I love the word "satirist." Ahem, back to the point of the thread.. I myself have several authors that I could consider favorites: -Terry Pratchett (For his flawlessly flawed Discworld) -Orson Scott Card (For his marvelous storytelling) -Robert Jordan (For drawing me into a serious fantasy world for the first time since Dragonriders and LOTR) -J.R.R. Tolkien (Partially for LOTR, but mostly for the Hobbit, my absolute favorite fantasy novel) -Justin Stroud (For his Bartimaeus Trilogy; I respect an author that can wrap humor and action into his stories successfully)
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:23 pm
dragoniix YourAzureGoddess Partially. sardonic is a better description. He tends to take common myths and fantasy subjects (vampires, demons, stuff you'd see in schlock horror or fantasy movies) and then twist it in humorous ways. His writing style has a very dry wit running through it, the actual prose is darn funny, and he references the genre. In a way he isn't so much making fun of society, as much as he is making fun of the genre. It's like comedy done about a respected subject - I would guess he likes fantasy/myth and respects it, but he has to poke fun at it too. *Coughs* that is satire.... Not to start a bees nest or anything but satire most technically ridicules the society in which the author is a pat of, not the genre where it originates. That's why I made a distinction. Mr. Moore is not a satirist such as Swift in that he doesn't make many real world parallels, rather he sticks with literary references. If you define satire as just ridiculing something then hey cool, I'll go with that too. anyways, he's still a good read.
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 3:13 pm
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:00 pm
YourAzureGoddess dragoniix YourAzureGoddess Partially. sardonic is a better description. He tends to take common myths and fantasy subjects (vampires, demons, stuff you'd see in schlock horror or fantasy movies) and then twist it in humorous ways. His writing style has a very dry wit running through it, the actual prose is darn funny, and he references the genre. In a way he isn't so much making fun of society, as much as he is making fun of the genre. It's like comedy done about a respected subject - I would guess he likes fantasy/myth and respects it, but he has to poke fun at it too. *Coughs* that is satire.... Not to start a bees nest or anything but satire most technically ridicules the society in which the author is a pat of, not the genre where it originates. That's why I made a distinction. Mr. Moore is not a satirist such as Swift in that he doesn't make many real world parallels, rather he sticks with literary references. If you define satire as just ridiculing something then hey cool, I'll go with that too. anyways, he's still a good read. No bees nests here. But generally like to think of satire as being broader than just society. I like to think of satire as the sort of writing that mocks something else; it can convey insults toward the subject in a harsh or funny way. So when you describe Moore's writing to be sardonic (which is another word I love), it sounds satirical to me.
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:20 pm
SI!! She is awesome! I love her Wild Magic quartet with Daine. 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:40 pm
dragoniix YourAzureGoddess dragoniix YourAzureGoddess Partially. sardonic is a better description. He tends to take common myths and fantasy subjects (vampires, demons, stuff you'd see in schlock horror or fantasy movies) and then twist it in humorous ways. His writing style has a very dry wit running through it, the actual prose is darn funny, and he references the genre. In a way he isn't so much making fun of society, as much as he is making fun of the genre. It's like comedy done about a respected subject - I would guess he likes fantasy/myth and respects it, but he has to poke fun at it too. *Coughs* that is satire.... Not to start a bees nest or anything but satire most technically ridicules the society in which the author is a pat of, not the genre where it originates. That's why I made a distinction. Mr. Moore is not a satirist such as Swift in that he doesn't make many real world parallels, rather he sticks with literary references. If you define satire as just ridiculing something then hey cool, I'll go with that too. anyways, he's still a good read. No bees nests here. But generally like to think of satire as being broader than just society. I like to think of satire as the sort of writing that mocks something else; it can convey insults toward the subject in a harsh or funny way. So when you describe Moore's writing to be sardonic (which is another word I love), it sounds satirical to me. I'm going to jump in here, and say that, satire is one of those words that has a deep rift between definition and connotation. So, of course, different people are going to see satire a little differently. For instance, I see satire as a humor directed at/coming from the criticism of an event, and pushing fun at a certain individual, group, or genre (as in this case). So, shows like The Simpsons and Family Guy fall under satire. No bees' nest here, just a bit of a statement/opinion. Oh, and I just found out that the word "satire" actually derives from the Latin word(s) "satira, or satura lanx, a 'dish of fruits' resembling the colourful mockings or figuratively a 'medley'." (Wikipedia) I always thought it derived from the satyr of Ancient Greece. Well, I was only a peninsula off! Ha! Vale, -LD
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:47 am
Mine is Steve Voake! But no-one has ever heard of him!  He wrote:   Still has no-one heard of him?
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