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jamilichid
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Authors
There has probably been a subject about this before, but i couldnt see it on the first page so gave up  if there is one please direct me too it
Anyway, this topic is all about your favourite authors and which are the books by them you would recommend?
Mine are Dean Koontz - his best book is either The Taking or Velocity
Dave Pelzer - A child called it
And Tess Gerritsen - The Surgeon, or Vanish
Anyone else?
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the_doesman
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Location: the Netherlands
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| Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 21:19 |
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Kevin J Anderson
Timothy Zahn
Desmond Bagley
the first two for Multiple Star Wars books, Bagley for loads of other exciting books |
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Samiroquai
Joined: 13 Jul 2005
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Location: North Somerset and Manchester, both in England
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| Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 00:35 |
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Nice subject...
Jorge Luis Borges - 'Labyrinths', 'Brodie's Report' or 'The Book Of Sand' for probably the best short stories ever, ever, EVER.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 'One Hundred Years Of Solitude': best 20th century novel I've read.
Franz Kafka - 'Metamorphosis And Other Stories': the most magnificent, bizarrest and darkest stories imaginable.
Eduardo Galeano - 'Football In Sun And Shadow' - you knew there was going to be one football book in there from me, right? If only this was available in a proper English translation, and not the horrible American English version we've got to put up with instead. No offence to Americans, I'm not anti-your language at all, but it really doesn't sit right when the book in question is about football, y'know?
Roald Dahl - 'James And The Giant Peach': one of the best children's authors there has ever been. I remember having my first real sense of major personal loss when he died (I was about 9 or 10) and I realised I'd never be able to read a NEW Roald Dahl book again...
A. A. Milne - 'Winne The Pooh': Quite unquestionably the best book ever written, in any language, in the whole of human civilisation. If you disagree, meet me outside.
Mervyn Peake - The 'Gormenghast' trilogy: Franz Kafka meets George Orwell and Mary Shelley, on speed. I really love this book / these books.
Mary Shelley - 'Frankenstein' - I read the 1818 (original) version, which by most accounts is the darker, more humourous and generally better of the two editions (the 1831 version is more santised and is the one you've probably read if you're not sure which copy yours is). The definition of the word 'gothic'. Very cool indeed.
Aldous Huxley - 'Brave New World': I just finished reading 'Island', but this was my first Huxley and I prefer the story of BNW, although the writing in 'Island' is better.
I may be back with more. Be warned...
Sam
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