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BlessedOneJun 24, 2006 4:17am
Who is your favorite writer and why?

No-Life-KingJun 25, 2006 1:51pm
Hands down, Anne Rice. Why? Simply elegant style, gothic bite, and lovable yet confused characters. Utterly human Immortals. Delicous paradox, I know. That's what I try to capture in my works, but I've taken a new path with my latest project, which I will get to later.

jairtrejoJun 25, 2006 5:33pm
Quiet a tricky question. Probably I would answer something different each time you ask me, but right now I will narrow the list to Neal Stephenson, Ursula K. Le guin and Xavier Velasco. Stephenson writes in such a fresh, original way, allways coming up with clever sideplots, interesting themes, and cinematographic scenes. Ursula K. Le guin is quiet a "turn of the screw" for Fantasy, bringing it to a much more femenine, oriental view. And Xavier Velasco has an unique ability to create appealing characters, hes is fun like hell, and his digresions, far from being deffects, make reading him a delicious experience.
980847Jun 26, 2006 4:43am
as we are reading classics in class, my fav english books are classics. I LOVE Edgar Alan Poe, the mysterious, dark and gothic style.. and henry james.

also, I read Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky which is really great.

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SalineJun 26, 2006 6:13am
Lawrence Durrell, William Golding, Ray Bradbury - exponents of exquisite prose all.

DollytooJun 26, 2006 8:08am
What a question. Right now, I am in escape reading. Mysteries and trash.I really like Patraicia Cornwell, but I consider her work trash. (My Dr. also reads her, so I feel somewhat vindicated). I like John Grisham. I have read most of his work. His books hold my interest and are not demanding mentally. I especially liked the ________Painted House because I have often driven thru the country he was telling about. My grandparents could have been called Hill people, but I never heard that expression untill I read it. I have spent many nights with my dad,listening to Harray Carey call the plays of the St. Louis Cardinals while, he shelled peanuts and ate them sitting in the hot,stuffy living room of our St. Louis flat. I know I have read many serious books, some of great authors, but that is in the p ast, and right now I can't even thins of them. I hope you all are not going to be too intellectual

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abbynormal92243Jun 26, 2006 7:04pm
Right now it's Jodi Picoult. That woman has a way of spinning a yarn that keeps me up at night reading when I should be asleep.

I like her because her stories aren't trite, and she throws in a twist at the end that just makes sense, but you don't see it coming.

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notsharpJun 28, 2006 12:53am
kurt Vonnegut
we should all be more irreverent.

donniedarkoJun 28, 2006 7:40am
#4: What Edgar Alan Poe would you reccomend? I've only read the very famous poem "The Raven"...
#8: Kurt Vonnegut is a true literary genius. I especially love his short stories.
Personally at the moment, I'm a big fan of Ian McEwan, Just finished "Attonement" but it was "Enduring Love" that really got me hooked. His writing style is not for everyone. He leaves you to make your own emotional responses, and some people can find that a bit mechanical. I just find that as being a wonderful tool, because my emotions are probably more engaged when they aren't being led, and I can respond to the actions of the charcters without having an emotive text to cloud them in any way.
I think Michael Marshall-(Smith) writes in a very similar way, and he writes more in a science fiction direction which I like. "Spares" is superb, if anyone has read and liked Ian McEwan's style but also likes William Gibson style Sci-fi, you'd love "Spares".

vashsunglassesJun 29, 2006 8:00pm
My favorite short story by Edgar Allan Poe is: "The Cask of Amontillado". "The Pit and the Pendulum" is also quite excellent.

For poetry I would recommend "Annabelle Lee".


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