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« on: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 22:58:57 » |
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Just a thought about everyone's favourite writers, not narrowed down by any genre.
My favourites are:
Bill Bryson: knows how to inform and entertain in equal measure.
Nick Hornby: Not just for Fever Pitch - his novels, particulary How To Be Good, are great reads.
Kipling: A leftover from studying - very descriptivr and entertaining.
AJP Taylor - useless as a proper source these days, but one of the most entertaining historians there have been.
Thoughts anyone?
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« Reply #1 on: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 23:03:42 » |
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I'd add baldacci to that list
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 23:04:27 » |
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Kipling: A leftover from studying - very descriptivr and entertaining.
I prefer his cakes. Oh I know. Weak and obvious. I just wanted to get in there first. |
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 23:05:46 » |
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Congrats fB. Now I want to know your real answer, I'm guessing Douglas Adams?
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 23:11:12 » |
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Eric Hobsbawm. Michael Burleigh's book on The Third Reich is also a good read.
For fiction I'd go with Earl Thompson and Paddy Doyle.
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 23:17:33 » |
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Congrats fB. Now I want to know your real answer, I'm guessing Douglas Adams?
I prefer his radio/telly work. I used to read all the time when I was younger but don't really bother any more. Even something easy going like Pratchett's latest effort I've downloaded the audio book for instead of actually reading. That's how lazy I am. Well it's not just laziness, means I can do other things at the same time. I used to enjoy a bit of Robert Rankin's stuff now and again. I think the last time I was properly reading stuff was about 5 years ago when I went through a stage of stealing whatever my English degree uni mates were reading. I remember that Lolita is a bit boring, The Buddha of Suburbia was great fun, some book written about by a rape victim was a load of self pittying nonsense (which I felt bad about, I can't remember who wrote it or what it was called but it really was pretty bad), and that The Picture of Dorian Gray was pretty good. Bit of a random mix. I'm sure there were others as well. I always feel as if I should read a lot more. It's something I used to do a lot of. I just somehow lost the enjoyment along the way. |
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 23:31:27 » |
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Ive not read much this year probably only 6 books and dont really have a favourite author. Ive been thinking about reading some of the classics ,but im not really sure what they are  Im going to read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein next,I think its available free online. I quite like the idea of reading the Harry Potter books as well.Yep im pretty childish.. |
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« Reply #7 on: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 23:46:01 » |
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Iain Banks and Bernard Cornwell are two I keep coming back too.
Used to read quite a bit of Robert Rankin as well Ben. Some of it was quality.
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 23:47:46 » |
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King, Koontz and Coben
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« Reply #9 on: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 23:50:25 » |
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Like Ben and John I've read some Robert Rankin and enjoyed it. Favourite author is Bukowski though by a long way.
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« Reply #10 on: Friday, December 11, 2009, 07:03:31 » |
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The last thing I read was an Irvine Welsh book, his books have some very strong characters. And as Si mentioned Dean Koontz is quite good. I don't read as much as I used to now though, I must find the time to do so.
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« Reply #11 on: Friday, December 11, 2009, 08:04:44 » |
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i hate bill bryson for his repetative unamusing style
i like pratchett, douglas adams and will self.
thank you
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« Reply #12 on: Friday, December 11, 2009, 08:17:27 » |
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Harlan Coben, an Irish fella known only as Bateman (think he wrote Murphys Law), and Dostoyevski (yes, really...)
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« Reply #13 on: Friday, December 11, 2009, 08:32:59 » |
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Lucien - I agree with Coben
I also like Robert Jordan, Robert Harris, CJ Sansom but I'll read almost anything
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« Reply #14 on: Friday, December 11, 2009, 08:52:40 » |
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Kurt vonegut. Read something of his such as Timequake and you'll See the man throws away more brilliant ideas in a line than most authors string together in a lifetime.
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