EWolfe Posted May 22, 2006 Author Share Posted May 22, 2006 Books = nest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Gene Wolfe RA Lafferty John Steinbeck Robert Anton Wilson Charles Dickens Tove Jansson Charles Bukowski A. and B. Strugatskii Ursula leGuin JL Borges Haruki Murakami Wu Ming/Luther Blissett Raymond Chandler Bruce Sterling Heraclitus Ed McBain Roger Zelazny  no particular order should be implied in the list above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klar404 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 (edited) Richard Brautigan Revenge of the Lawn Italio Calvino Cosmicomics Louis-Ferdinand Céline Journey to the end of the Night Bruce Chatwin Patagonia Knut Hamsun Hunger Par Lagerkvist Barabbas George Orwell Down and out in Paris and London John Steinbeck East of Eden  special note goes out to the best of craigslist.... Edited May 22, 2006 by klar404 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 If I don't say something soon all my favorite authors will already be noted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 I'm not good at lists but here's a couple nobody's brought up. Â Gabriel Garcia Marquez VS Naipaul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 I'm not good at lists but here's a couple nobody's brought up. Gabriel Garcia Marquez VS Naipaul  Zimzam has Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tread_tramp Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Ed Abbbey C S Lewis J R R Tolkein Gary Snyder Annie Dillard Graham Greene Shunryu Suzuki Joseph Conrad Thomas Merton Jack Kerouc Martin Heidegger Shusaku Endo Kenneth Rexroth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TREETOAD Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Patrick O'brien is a master and a commander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted May 24, 2006 Author Share Posted May 24, 2006 If I don't say something soon all my favorite authors will already be noted.  So..........  I'm not good at lists but here's a couple nobody's brought up. Gabriel Garcia Marquez VS Naipaul   Zimzam has Gabriel Garcia Marquez   The more mentions the better, actually.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Here's a couple more, file them under "new american fabulists"  Tim Powers - Declare James Blaylock - The Last Coin Connie Willis - Lincoln's Dreams  And, to mention a token canadian, I have a weakness for Douglas Coupland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Gene Wolfe RA Lafferty John Steinbeck Robert Anton Wilson Charles Dickens Tove Jansson Charles Bukowski A. and B. Strugatskii Ursula leGuin JL Borges Haruki Murakami Wu Ming/Luther Blissett Raymond Chandler Bruce Sterling Heraclitus Ed McBain Roger Zelazny  no particular order should be implied in the list above. Cool, you're into Science Fiction in a big way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_forester Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Henry Fielding Raymond Chandler and of course Jorge Luis Borges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Dostoyevski Melville O. Henry Hemingway Conrad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kix Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 I used to read all that good literary stuff, especially the top notch stuff like Cnnrad, Melville, Mann, etc.. but my internet induced A.D.D. has gotten so bad I can barely finish a sentence anym Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Dostoyevski Melville O. Henry Hemingway Conrad Mountainqueer Handbook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Dostoyevski Melville O. Henry Hemingway Conrad Mountainqueer Handbook  you're obsessed with homosexuality... that speaks volumes, Rudy. pun intended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 you're obsessed with homosexuality... Â I am too. Hot lesbians are cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_forester Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 I used to read all that good literary stuff, especially the top notch stuff like Cnnrad, Melville, Mann, etc.. but my internet induced A.D.D. has gotten so bad I can barely finish a sentence anym  I konw what you mea  LET'S RIDE BIKES!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 I think I can explain it in one word KK: wrestler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 My favorite authors are your avatars--at least, I read this board enough to think this may be possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 I don't know how to read, only how to write. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 That makes you Mr. Write. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 I think I can explain it in one word KK: wrestler don't make me dump you on yer head... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Peter Beard Isak Dinesen Jaroslav Hasek James Hilton (only Lost Horizon) Mikhail Bulgakov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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