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omni
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Who is YOUR favorite author?
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May 8 02:48 UTC 1994 |
Who is your favorite author and why?
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omni
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response 1 of 111:
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May 8 02:48 UTC 1994 |
Mark Twain, because of his sharp and biting wit.
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curby
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response 2 of 111:
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May 8 18:11 UTC 1994 |
George Alec Effinger, because of his messed up sense of humor.
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melinda
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response 3 of 111:
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May 9 01:15 UTC 1994 |
Now, Paul Auster, because of themes of chance and fate, as well as the
way he can fold a story into itself to explore the relationship btw
writer and reader.
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gerund
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response 4 of 111:
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May 9 05:52 UTC 1994 |
A favorite author? Oooh.... hard to say.
I guess I have a favorite poet and a favorite book and some other
favorite literary things, but I don't seem to have any one particular
I author I'd call my favorite.
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sun
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response 5 of 111:
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May 11 13:00 UTC 1994 |
Wow...I have to choose??? Hmmm...I guess Mercedes Lackey. She is
WONDERFUL!!! I have almost all of her books, and she never gets dull, or
bad. She mixes humanity, feelings, paganism, and plot in a wonderful way.
I also like Alexandre Dumas--who wrote The Three Musketteers, The Count of
Monte Christo, and The Man in the Iron Mask.
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omni
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response 6 of 111:
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May 11 21:42 UTC 1994 |
I also like J.D Salinger, John D MacDonald, John Grisham, John Stienbeck
Scott Turow among others.
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sun
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response 7 of 111:
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May 12 02:35 UTC 1994 |
I liked the FIRM, but never got into his other books...
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omni
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response 8 of 111:
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May 12 05:01 UTC 1994 |
Not to incite drift, but The Client is reading just like THE FIRM did,
but I'm not being very religous about it. I just picked up "The Pastures
of Heaven" by John Steinbeck. It's only 228 pages long, and I'll be dropping
Puddin'head Wilson soon enough so I'll keep the number at 7.
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carl
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response 9 of 111:
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May 15 12:24 UTC 1994 |
If I had to pick one favorite, I'd go with M. Scott Peck. His books
concern human growth and they have helped me to better understand
and integrate many aspects of myself.
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sac
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response 10 of 111:
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Jun 4 23:41 UTC 1994 |
Michael Crichton and Stewart Woods - they write great fiction.
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alfee
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response 11 of 111:
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Jun 5 21:45 UTC 1994 |
J. D. Salinger, Dorothy Parker, F. Scott Fitzgerald, E. M. Forster,
Barbara Kingsolver....I could really go on. Each author has a sly wit
and subtle sense of humor. The fiction is wonderful, most have short
story anthologies for when I don't have time to commit to a whole novel,
and I enjoy the subject matter--people.
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brenda
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response 12 of 111:
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Jun 7 21:26 UTC 1994 |
David Eddings, Douglas Adams, Lyndon Hardy... I like Scifi/Fantasy, and
I like the humore these authors add to their stuff
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carl
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response 13 of 111:
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Jun 7 22:15 UTC 1994 |
And I liked Gunther Grass. I've read _The_Tin_Drum_ a few times
and enjoyed it tremendously.
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wjj
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response 14 of 111:
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Jun 8 03:22 UTC 1994 |
Virginia Woolf
Tom Robbins
E.M. Forster
Salinger
Roger Zelazny
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greenops
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response 15 of 111:
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Jun 8 05:18 UTC 1994 |
Michael Ondatje
Russell Banks
Carolyn Chute
Ambrose Bierce
Larry Brown
Pinckney Benedict.............................
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wh
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response 16 of 111:
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Jun 8 08:44 UTC 1994 |
Re 11. Could you recommend something by Dorothy Parker?
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katie
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response 17 of 111:
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Jun 9 20:00 UTC 1994 |
Farroll Sams
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alfee
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response 18 of 111:
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Jun 10 03:41 UTC 1994 |
Bil--absolutely. The best way, I think, to get acquainted with Parker's
work is to read her anthology 'The Portable Dorothy Parker', edited by
Brendan Gill. Libraries and bookstores generally carry it. It is full of
short stories, poetry, and her often scathing book critiques. It's a
really good read, and you can take it in small bites that way. Let me
know what you think!
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raven
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response 19 of 111:
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Jun 10 04:40 UTC 1994 |
Italo Calvino. His work is wonderfuly dense and lyrical. He has a good
grasp and science and human emotions (a rare combo). If you want to check
out hisstuff try Invisible Cities first. One of my all time favorite books.
I'm also a big fan of Annie Dillard, William Blake, and Nelson Algren.
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greenops
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response 20 of 111:
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Jul 8 18:49 UTC 1994 |
Adding to my list, Reynolds Price. I recently finished his
recent autobio. A WHOLE NEW LIFE, and I highly recommend it.
Now I'm picking away at THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
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melinda
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response 21 of 111:
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Aug 27 12:56 UTC 1994 |
Paul Auster, Larry McMurtry, Tom Robbins, John Irving, Anita Brookner,
Anne Rice (my personal mind candy). Auster, Robbins, and Irving all have
new books out.
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mwarner
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response 22 of 111:
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Aug 27 21:36 UTC 1994 |
Has anyone read John Irving's new book yet? I enjoy his writing.
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omni1
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response 23 of 111:
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Aug 28 01:18 UTC 1994 |
Larry McMurtry has a new book as well. It's called "Pretty Boy Floyd"
and it is co-authored, although I cannot remember her name.
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grandste
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response 24 of 111:
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Aug 28 01:26 UTC 1994 |
Am reading a delightful fictionalized account of Edwardian-era Battle Creek
("The Biggest Little City in the USA") and the rule of John Harvey Kellogg, the
natural food and cereal i:help
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