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Favourite Author
Who's your favourite popular author at the moment?
Mine are Dean Koontz and James Herbert.
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| October 12, 2006, 09:51 |
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Not just at the moment, but it's always been William Faulkner.
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| October 12, 2006, 09:56 |
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Dean R. Koontz! 
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| October 12, 2006, 09:59 |
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Tungmeister
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Miller Beach, Indiana, US
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Ernest Hemingway
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| October 12, 2006, 11:29 |
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I like the classic authors like Hemingway, Orwell, Tolstoy, Tolkien etc. But I was thinking more along the lines of the popular authors that have a book published every few years or so.
Chazzy, I haven't read anything by William Faulkner, what would you recommend?
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| October 12, 2006, 12:02 |
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I may not have the exact titles right...but "The Barn Burner" is very memorable to me, and there's one I can't remember the title to (Most of my favorites were his short novels)was about a little boy out hunting and killing cottonmouths, and yet another about hunting bear...
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| October 12, 2006, 12:12 |
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Thanks Chazzy, I was just reading about him on Wikipedia.
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| October 12, 2006, 12:14 |
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i read alot of horror novels i.e stephen king, james herbert, clive barker. but the author that i seem to read alot of lately is dan brown.
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| October 12, 2006, 14:31 |
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I've read a few of Dan Browns books myself, even though the "Da Vinci Code" was a complete rip off of "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" it was still a good read (film wasn't too bad either)
 
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| October 12, 2006, 15:01 |
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R.L. Stine, the one who rights "Goosebumps" got into writing adult horror a while back. I read his first attempt, "Superstitions." Two thumbs up!
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| October 12, 2006, 15:03 |
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you should read angels & demons also by dan brown, very good read, its my fav of his books.
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| October 12, 2006, 15:04 |
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I'll do that if you read some Dean Koontz... He's much better than Stephen King in my opinion. The first book of his I read was "Midnight." Scared the hell out of me! 
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| October 12, 2006, 15:07 |
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QUOTE (BritSexSlave @ October 12, 2006, 15:04)you should read angels & demons also by dan brown, very good read, its my fav of his books.
Yes, I've read that too, very good.
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| October 12, 2006, 15:08 |
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GG317
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Of all time?... Mickey Spilane. 
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| October 12, 2006, 17:34 |
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QUOTE (MoonHowler @ October 12, 2006, 15:07)I'll do that if you read some Dean Koontz... He's much better than Stephen King in my opinion. The first book of his I read was "Midnight." Scared the hell out of me!
MH, have you read Twilight Eyes, it's brilliant.
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| October 12, 2006, 17:42 |
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QUOTE (MoonHowler @ October 12, 2006, 15:07)I'll do that if you read some Dean Koontz... He's much better than Stephen King in my opinion. The first book of his I read was "Midnight." Scared the hell out of me!
ok you have got a deal, ill get a few dean koontz books, and ill let you know what i think of them, but im a big stephen king fan, so they are gonna have to be great to change my opinion.
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| October 12, 2006, 18:09 |
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GG317
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QUOTE (BritSexSlave @ October 12, 2006, 18:09) QUOTE (MoonHowler @ October 12, 2006, 15:07)I'll do that if you read some Dean Koontz... He's much better than Stephen King in my opinion. The first book of his I read was "Midnight." Scared the hell out of me!
ok you have got a deal, ill get a few dean koontz books, and ill let you know what i think of them, but im a big stephen king fan, so they are gonna have to be great to change my opinion.
Stephen King?... Nice guy . Lives near me, but can't walk across the street without getting hit by a car.... 
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| October 12, 2006, 18:17 |
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QUOTE (GentleGiant388 @ October 12, 2006, 18:17) QUOTE (BritSexSlave @ October 12, 2006, 18:09) QUOTE (MoonHowler @ October 12, 2006, 15:07)I'll do that if you read some Dean Koontz... He's much better than Stephen King in my opinion. The first book of his I read was "Midnight." Scared the hell out of me!
ok you have got a deal, ill get a few dean koontz books, and ill let you know what i think of them, but im a big stephen king fan, so they are gonna have to be great to change my opinion.
Stephen King?... Nice guy . Lives near me, but can't walk across the street without getting hit by a car....
ROFLMFAO 
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| October 12, 2006, 18:19 |
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T.S. Elliot
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| October 12, 2006, 18:24 |
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well, lets' see.... Stephen King, Robin Cook, Clive Cussler, Dean Koontz, Christopher Paolini, Mercedes Lackey, I could go on, lol, but I'll only add one more. John Saul. I used to read EVERYTHING by him, but one scared me so bad I did not sleep for a month. Never again.
Other than that, I'm always willing to try a new author!
  
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| October 12, 2006, 19:16 |
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Koontz, King, Cussler... all the biggies, Ludlum, Evanovitch, are ther really any bad authors... depends on your preference I quess... !!!!
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| October 12, 2006, 20:44 |
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QUOTE (pepper @ October 12, 2006, 19:16)well, lets' see.... Stephen King, Robin Cook, Clive Cussler, Dean Koontz, Christopher Paolini, Mercedes Lackey, I could go on, lol, but I'll only add one more. John Saul. I used to read EVERYTHING by him, but one scared me so bad I did not sleep for a month. Never again.
Other than that, I'm always willing to try a new author!
pepper, look out for "Others" by James Herbert, it's very good.
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| October 13, 2006, 04:00 |
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QUOTE (kinkykev @ October 13, 2006, 04:00) QUOTE (pepper @ October 12, 2006, 19:16)well, lets' see.... Stephen King, Robin Cook, Clive Cussler, Dean Koontz, Christopher Paolini, Mercedes Lackey, I could go on, lol, but I'll only add one more. John Saul. I used to read EVERYTHING by him, but one scared me so bad I did not sleep for a month. Never again.
Other than that, I'm always willing to try a new author!
pepper, look out for "Others" by James Herbert, it's very good.
Thanks, Kev, I'll do that!
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| October 13, 2006, 05:18 |
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dean koontz, and i always have been an anne rice fan and i suppose i always will be. 
leeuh
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| October 13, 2006, 09:30 |
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QUOTE (kinkykev @ October 12, 2006, 17:42) QUOTE (MoonHowler @ October 12, 2006, 15:07)I'll do that if you read some Dean Koontz... He's much better than Stephen King in my opinion. The first book of his I read was "Midnight." Scared the hell out of me!
MH, have you read Twilight Eyes, it's brilliant.
Yes I have and you're absolutely right!
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| October 13, 2006, 09:48 |
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Strange but I took a liking to Nora Roberts/J.D.Robb.
Also have read everything by Greg Iles, Robert Crais but all time fav. is Atlas Shrugged by Ann Rand. yeh I finally posted something
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| October 13, 2006, 21:55 |
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i just finished reading "Nobody true" by james herbert, its one i would definately recomend for fans of james herbert to read.
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| October 15, 2006, 15:06 |
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Only read it recently myself, really enjoyed it!
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| October 15, 2006, 15:16 |
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I very hate dan brown, I've read all his books, so mine is a qualified hate too! it's like once you've read one of his books you've read them all, plus if you know any of the facts or science behind his books if feels like he's not even spent most of an afternoon researching them. I thought the squillion processor computer in Digital Fortress was a laugh though 
Anyway, what I do like to read is Stephen King (read almost all of his books now, even the woefully bad ones  ) and I'm getting into Dean Koontz. Jodi Picoult appeals to my girlie side (ever notice how women write men as if we have emotions and talk about colours like fuschia? is frikkin pink!!) and Terry Pratchett is good too, really, really, really good
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| October 15, 2006, 18:25 |
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John Grisham -in one way or another he weaves a usually fast paced story pitting the "little guy" against the formidable Beast, "The System" in various forms.
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| October 15, 2006, 19:37 |
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QUOTE (Tungmeister @ October 15, 2006, 19:37)John Grisham -in one way or another he weaves a usually fast paced story pitting the "little guy" against the formidable Beast, "The System" in various forms.
That reminded me that I also like Frederick Forsythe. I don't know why...
Possibly because Forsytle and Grisham both intensely research their subjects, which shows in their books
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| October 15, 2006, 19:43 |
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QUOTE (Hapataria @ October 15, 2006, 19:43) QUOTE (Tungmeister @ October 15, 2006, 19:37)John Grisham -in one way or another he weaves a usually fast paced story pitting the "little guy" against the formidable Beast, "The System" in various forms.
That reminded me that I also like Frederick Forsythe. I don't know why...
Possibly because Forsytle and Grisham both intensely research their subjects, which shows in their books
Thanks Hap- I'll have to get one of Forsythe's works. I don't think I've read anything by him.
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| October 15, 2006, 19:48 |
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QUOTE (Tungmeister @ October 15, 2006, 19:48) QUOTE (Hapataria @ October 15, 2006, 19:43) QUOTE (Tungmeister @ October 15, 2006, 19:37)John Grisham -in one way or another he weaves a usually fast paced story pitting the "little guy" against the formidable Beast, "The System" in various forms.
That reminded me that I also like Frederick Forsythe. I don't know why...
Possibly because Forsytle and Grisham both intensely research their subjects, which shows in their books
Thanks Hap- I'll have to get one of Forsythe's works. I don't think I've read anything by him.
well Forsythe is to the Military as Grisham is to the Legal System I'm sure if you read up on him you'd at least know some of the films of his work
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| October 15, 2006, 20:37 |
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If I'm lucky, I'll get the Sunday Paper from my parents. Closest to an Author I'll get these days. 
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| October 15, 2006, 22:40 |
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