Who is your favourite author????

[jazzlawson]

hi all...

I'm here starting this thread to call your posts as to who do you think is a perfect writer and why do you consider his so??wat according to you make him stand distinct from the crowd....

[Roland]

Hello Jazzlawson

this kind of goes hand in hand with this thread...

http://www.titanquest.net/forums/boo...rite-book.html

And you never mentioned who you're favorite is?

[jiaco]

Actually I think this thread is much harder.

I have so many favorite books and trilogies and such but to pinpoint a single author as my favorite is near impossible.

(maybe the OP has the same problem)

If I have to pick one: Dr. Seuss

[Roland]

Good point jiaco

Ok, mine is Steven Erikson (no surprise to some)

Author of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, a 10 book truly Epic Dark Fantasy series now on book 8 currently.

If I had to pick one author to hold me over the rest of my days it would be him and this series!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Erikson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malazan_Book_of_the_Fallen

[jazzlawson]

Originally Posted by Roland

Hello Jazzlawson

this kind of goes hand in hand with this thread...

http://www.titanquest.net/forums/boo...rite-book.html

And you never mentioned who you're favorite is?

hi there.. thanks for posting...

My favourite author is Paulo Coelho.. I love his alchemist..

[MDWhip]

Douglas Adams RIP

[FlamingPhoenix]

Alan Dean Foster

His writing is the most original I have ever seen. Every books I have read of his has been interesting and different.

Edit:
ALAN DEAN FOSTER

[veggieboy]

This thread should be in the Book section :O-

I like Poe, J.K. Rolling, Stephen King, Karen Marie Moning, and Cate Tiernan.

Edit: Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Suess) and Shel Silverstein.

[Runefang]

R.A. Salvatore

[Tigrul]

This is a rather difficult topic, many authors have great insight to offer and the answers might change over time. Mine, for instance, will probably be different in 1 year from now. (my world view has changed a lot in the past months, I now stand in awe at the greatness of reality, whereas as recently as a year ago I was perfectly happy with a normal life)

Anyway, I like the books of James Clavell which are centred around Asia. I have grown up with "Tai-pan" in that it helped me be more mature. When I say that James Clavell is my favourite author, I refer to how I felt about his books which I've read a few years ago, perhaps I'd feel differently now. But one thing is certain: even if I wouldn't consider his books "deep" nowadays anymore, I still consider them fascinating, full of interesting details and great at showing complex insights in the cultures of the Far East. "Tai-pan" and "The noble house" painted a great picture of the Chinese culture and judging the difference between the two books, one can even sense the changes in the culture over a century. (I don't remember if it's more or less than a century between the two books, but I remember that it's close to it) It is also interesting to note how the author describes the melting pot of cultural values which is Hong-Kong and how a newly arrived English culture interacts with the millenia of Chinese tradition embedded in the lands. "Gai-jin" presents the conflict between the Western culture (or, by comparison, lack-thereof ) and the traditionally rich Nihon, in a period of decline of the latter culture, through the perspective of the Struan family, which is the centre of both "Tai-pan" and "The noble house".

"Shogun" is an incredibly fascinating book, with great descriptions of the Nihon culture of the XVI-XVII centuries. It shows a world full of symbols, a people with many faces and hearts and the conflict between the ideas of a barbarian (such as all Europeans were called by the Nihon, and for good reason) and the wisdom and traditions of a very complex people. This was my favourite of his books and the thing I liked the most is the fact that great parts of the story are based on actual events, as spectacular as they may seem in the book.

I am looking forward to reading "The Whirlwind" and "King Rat", the subjects of which I didn't like in the past and which I'm now expecting in their English version.