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 Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:17 pm
Who are some of your favorite authors?
I donno about you all, but I have many more than one. so post as much as you want, one author for each post blaugh You can also say why that's your fav, but you don't have to.
David & Leigh Eddings
Why? because they are funny, have good plots, and fun characters. (though I've been noticing a lot of similarities between their different characters in the various series)
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 3:56 pm
Lois McMaster Bujold.
Hilarious, She keeps you captivated till the end of the book. There are a few things in her books that could be done without, but overall, wonderful.
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:07 pm
At the moment, Terry Pratchett.
I can never stop laughing when I'm reading one of his books, and I can never put one of his books down once I start reading it. heart
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 10:02 pm
David & Leigh Eddings
Anne Bishop
Kate Forsyth
Elizabeth Haydon
Dave Duncun
Mercedes Lacky.
In that order. but I love them all.
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:59 am
Neil Gaiman for The Sandman series.
Two words: beautiful craftmanship!
although i believe that without those amazing artwork from various artist, the The Sandman would have not have the same impact - I'd have used my imagination so much more ... such lovely things...
If you haven't read it yet... you gotta read it.
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:26 am
Robert Jordan: The wheel of time novels!
Why? 'cause of his ability to create round almost-human characters, his plot driven web of intrigue, his amazing imagination in taking some classic fantasy elements turn them into something complex and original (including some philosophical elements), his success in bringing cultural models and customs into his diverse nations that are far from similar to real-life ones, etc...
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:38 am
David Gemmel: the Hawk Queen novels, the Aenir novels, etc...
Man... the guy is just good... he's got funny characters, drop-dead-serious ones, fanatic ones, and only by using the most common of civilizations as a standard reference points: the vikings... he's good at crossing worlds, timelines, plots, etc.. You can FEEL Gemmel's narrative... and you can SEE the battles or random skirmishes...
As I said... he's good...
p.s. thanks to my GF cuz she lend me the first Gemmel book I've read
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:49 am
Terry Pratchett: the Discworld Novels!!!
This guy's genius is simple... but irresistible... He's got the guts to invent a whole new dimension (for a lack of better word) and to do it so cinically! It borders in perfection... He is one of the few writers to pull the plug in Shakespeare and other classics and moreover: life itself! His parody of whatever he's got in mind next never ceases to amuse me, plus his whole characters are very well defined... you'll never find them doing something that you would've not expected them to do.
He's a hell of a laugh! I've cried while laughing at his random jokes and funny situations... sometimes I almost feel my bladder won't hold for long either!
And, he is hardly difficult not to read from cover to cover... it grabs you and expects you to finish and get another one and do the same...
A good break of 'more classic' fantasy or sci-fi... and a very worth one
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:16 am
Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs
well, although Cornwell started writing more like detective novels back with titles like southern cross and such, she excells with her famous 'forensic crime' novels with her fictitious persona of Dr. Kay Scarpetta; but so does Reichs with her own persona of Dr. Tempe Brennan. They're both very similar, throwing a bit of humour here, some sex there, nasty but very smart criminals over there and the very expected "let me solve this crime because sooner or later the baddy is coming for me due to a strange obsession with women and law and order" coupled with some nice (sometimes very predictable) plot twisters...
all in all if crime is your oyster... then this is a platefull of them...
considering they both have the same background... as Forensic Anthropologists... plus gun handling, office romance bluffs... no wonder they're alike and both a good read...
good for vacations or light bed-side reading... unless you're scared shitless of smart murderous croonies... who happen to have nice little Dr. Scarpetta or Dr. Brennan as their ultimate goal/victim... it is known to give some nightmares to the soft-hearted... but hardly books you'll find yourself putting down...
(unless you're like my GF, who found herself alone, at night, raining, and reading one of Cornwell's novels about a serial murderer/bondage/rapist at the middle of the night with me across the atlantic! so no company there...)
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:27 am
Anne Rice: random novels...
what would we do in the world without Anne Rice? I like her... but as some authors she's becoming repetitive... and her 'cool and sinful' vampires have become more of a 'homosexual craving' type of vampires... but nevertheless good reading... unless you're under 13... hehe
In my opinion it is books like 'The Servant of The Bones', or 'Violin', or 'The Mayfair Witches Trilogy' and a couple of her Vampire novels that make a difference... but books like Merrick... and some others just don't meet the cut... too loose and not much to crave for... if you know what I mean...
Either way... she led the revolution on 'erotic goth' novels more that two decades ago... damn... it's been so long... they used to be called only dark fantasy... now there's a whole 'new' genre after her... she deserves credit after all... but hard to live up to that and keep up the pace with new authors it seems...
Like Laurel K. Hamilton or Kelly Armstrong... who are ok... until... you're confronted with a bit more of a sexual fantasy by the author (like Hamilton's vampire-hunter and vampires sex-scenes) or a weird sense of overwhelming 'coolness' by being a werewolf who has no other 'special thing' but changing into wolves with the full moon (what happened to the old werewolf half-human half-wolf thingie?)... but otherwise an enjoyable read... specially Armstrong's witches series...
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:34 am
Philip Pullman: His Dark Materials
note: forget about Lyra's Oxford which is a random attempt to continue an otherwise very succesful trilogy, not worth it, in my opinion.
Weeeeell.... this books are usually found under young readers' section... but who cares... good books are good books, right?
This guy is amazing... he takes the mundane world into fantasy parallel worlds dilemma!! Very, very nicely done... I like 'The Subtle Knife' better... but the first book 'Nothern Lights' is extraordinary... and the conclusion 'The Amber Spyglass' more than good... It'll make you wanna cry, it'll make you wanna be there, it'll make you wanna swap places over and over... and you won't put them down!
Plus the guy's imagination and a resemblance of Dante's Divine Comedy is great...
I can say, without shame... the Daimonion's are great! I'm a fan! Hehehe... (the little child inside of me feels like he's just eaten a jar of cookies... ufff!)
My suggestion: read them at least once...
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:41 am
Thomas Harris: Hannibal
He's smart and he knows it! Besides the fact that the guy seem to speak many languages and his main character reflects this fact... he's good, in fact, very good... but if you've seen the movies... well, there's a lot more in the books...
Plus, I like Hannibal... he's my sort of guy... in a sort of way... good but bad with morals and honour, plus very intelligent, he knows it and he expects deference... hehe... good guy... merciless and random...
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:44 am
John Grisham: random novels
I know what you might think... lawyers as the main characters? 2+2=Booring!
But he is different... he's got good plots and a sense for thrillers... I've only read a couple of his novels but they are hard to put down and very 'ficticious in a very possible way'... hehe... can't define it better than that...
This is a good change from the usual... as much as I love fantasy and sci-fi... this guy is random but good.
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:48 am
Harlan Ellison: sci-fi at its best!
The so-called father of the 'new wave' of sci-fi, how could I forget him?
I like specially a compilation of some of his stories in: The Beast Who Shouted Love at the Heart of the World, or something like that... it's been a long time since I read him...
But he's good... I like 'A Boy and his Dog' and a couple of others the best... You'll even find a graphic novel of 'A Boy...' if you look hard enough for it...
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:51 am
Wow. Many of those authors I hadn't heard about, I'll be sure to check some of them out.
Now, since I have recently taken a childrens literature class, I'm going to give some of my favorite authors there.
Patricia Wrede
Dealing with Dragons series. A wonderful twist on the normal knights, princesses, witches, and other fantasy things. Very funny, and a good light read.
Her other books are good too, but this is the series that I fell in love with.
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