Capple

Here are a few of my fav's:

Weis and Hickman
Robert Jordan
Raymond Feist (current leader)
RA Salvatore
Terry Brooks (started it all for me)
Simon R. Green (fun books)
Gearge R.R. Martin (newbie)
Tom Clancy

Startide

I like many authors' styles of writing, but the author that has the most consistent set of books I will plunk my money down on initial release is Glen Cook. Some of his books are: Sweet Silver Blues, The Dragon Never Sleeps, Passage At Arms, Silver Spike, and Cold Copper Tears.

BoatDrinks

Some of my favs are:

Michael Connelly
Tom Robbins
Jonathen Lethem
Steve Martin (yes, him)
Tami Hoag
David Halberstam
J.M. Coetzee
Philip Roth

And of course, Pappa.

[Edited by BoatDrinks on 05-07-01 at 12:56 AM]

p1forest

We share a lot of the same favorites; my favorite is George R.R. Martin.

Followed by
Orson Scott Card
LE Modesitt
Robert Jordan
Glen Cook
Raymond Feist


I've really enjoyed the whole Black Company series (except the 9th/latest, haven't read it yet). Is Silver Spike (#4) the only one of the series you've read? If so, I'd highly recommend going back and starting from the beginning.

svisscher

Stephen King
John Grisham

Penny Lane

how can anybody pick just one? Um... to name a few, William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison. All three of those have very distinctive styles. If Jeffrey Eugenides can show some more promise after "The Virgin Suicides," I'll add him on there, too.

jjjameson

George MacDonald Fraser, author of the "Flashman" novels.

"There is no folly a man will not contemplate if there is the promise of money or a woman in the end." -- General Sir Harry Flashman, V.C.

LurkerDan

He rocks. Was my favorite author as teen. Somewhere in my parents basement is a collection of over 20 of his books. He is truly amazing; his essays are just as good as his fiction. "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" gave me nightmares.

Tim O'Brien, mentioned earlier by RevLiver, is also great. Many others come to mind as well, some mentioned already. One not mentioned, who I think is incredible: Ursula Le Guin

cwilli

Ray Bradbury writes great science fiction and horror. He's probably the granddaddy of that genre.

Startide

Stephen King (7 votes)
Glen Cook (3 votes)
Robert Jordan (2 votes)
Chuck Palahniuk (2 votes)
Dean Koontz (2 votes)
Nick Hornby (2 votes)
Tom Robbins (2 votes)
Terry Brooks (2 votes)
Jim Thompson (2 votes)
R.A. Salvatore (2 votes)
Michael Crichton (2 votes)
Tom Clancy (2 votes)
Robert Heinlein (2 votes)
George R.R. Martin (2 votes)
Kurt Vonnegut (2 votes)
John Irving (2 votes)
Raymond Feist (2 votes)

Ayn Rand
Joseph Conrad
Helen Fielding
Charles Bukowski
Cormac McCarthy
Hubert Selby,Jr.
William Burroughs
Clive Barker
E.M Forster
Simon R. Green
Tony Hillerman
Rick Moody
James Crumley
Jilly Cooper
John Grisham
William Faulkner
Ralph Ellison
Toni Morrison
Isaac Asimov
Arthur Nersesian
John Steinbeck
Weis and Hickman
James Lee Burke
J.G. Ballard
Jonathan Lethem
David Foster Wallace
T.C. Boyle
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Milan Kundera
Nikos Kazantzakis
Robert R. McCammon
Harlan Ellison
F. Paul Wilson
Douglas Adams
Tim O'Brien
Piers Anthony
Michael Connolly
Jonathen Lethem
Steve Martin
Tami Hoag
David Halberstam
J.M. Coetzee
Philip Roth
C.S.Lewis
Anne Tyler
Agatha Christie
Dorothy L. Sayers
Collin Dexter
Philip K Dick
Jeanette Winterson
Orson Scott Card
LE Modesitt
Jonathan Lethem
Paul Auster
Diana Gabaldon
Michael Chabon
Charles Dickens
Terry Goodkind
Steven Brust
Martin Amis
Margaret Atwood
Irvine Welsh
Margaret Laurence
Ursula Le Guin
Alasdair MacLeod
Nick Hornby
Ray Bradbury
J.R.R.Tolkien
George MacDonald Fraser
Ernest Hemingway
Nick Hornby
Frank Herbert
P.J. O'Rourke

Startide

I've read almost all of his books, including Black Company. Silver Spike is sort of in that milieu, but it desperately needs a sequel for that poor dog. heh heh But my favorite book is The Dragon Never Sleeps. Passage At Arms is the next favorite. Then Sweet Silver Blues. I am always pleased when another one of his "metal" series comes out like Cold Copper Tears, Red Iron Nights, etc. Of all his books, the one standalone novel, The Dragon Never Sleeps, is my favourite. It is the most "epic" of all his books. The scope starts out epic, it has an epic middle, and it has an epic ending. I would like to see a movie made from it, but it would be darn expensive.

Overview of The Dragon Never Sleeps

Review of The Dragon Never Sleeps

It is very Out Of Print.<small>

[Edited by Startide on 04-25-01 at 11:30 PM]

corsairp47

Ray Bradbury and Tanith Lee, who do amazing things with words.

Heinlein and Vonnegut, who made me think out of my own little box.

Caoimhin

John Steinbeck
Harlan Ellison
William Goldman
Harry Turtledove
David Sedaris
William Butler Yeats
Charles Dickens
Ray Bradbury

I'll probably think of more as soon as I post this.

KayUK

Love horror and women sleuths at the moment, and my favourite author who combines the two is Laurell k Hamilton.
She writes horror/sci-fi/fantasy/crime/romance all in the same novel.
I know it's not great literature, but I can't go on enlarging my mind 24/7 or I'd look like a freak!
I'm also addicted to Janet Evanovich and am currently looking for a patch.

p1forest

I don't mean to hijack, but I've never read any other of his books besides the Black Company series; I think you've convinced me to try the other ones (when I can fit them in)

lostatmidnight

Some of my favorites:

J.D. Salinger
John Updike
Jay McInerney
Thomas Pynchon
J.G. Ballard
Clive Barker
Yasunari Kawabata
Bret Easton Ellis
Susan Minot

joltaddict

Vonnegut! Hands down. Harlen Ellison would be second.

voltes5

my all-time fave author is Kurt Vonnegut. I've read all of his novels and most of his short stories.

My 2nd all-time fave is John Irving and if you haven't read 'The World According to Garp' yet, you're missing a lot. I can say that that novel actually made me love reading.

Among recent authors, I like Nick Hornby based on his 2 books that i've read ('High Fidelity' & 'About a Boy').
Having read the book 'High Fidelity' made watching the movie more enjoyable for me.

Linoge

Yeah, I thought the movie sucked until I read the book, and actually caught me the message. High Fidelity is not on my **** list anymore.
As for my favorite author, it's a tie between Stephen King and Tolkien, with R.A. Salvatore a close second.

thecrazydude

Stephen King

Kelric

I can't believe no one had mentioned Neil Gaiman yet! I'm almost done with his newest book, "American Gods" and it is one of the best he's written.

I also love R.A. Salvatore, David Eddings, and Kurt Vonnegut.

Bugg

Joyce Carol Oates

also

Caitlin R. Kiernan
Russell Banks
Anne Tyler
Robert A. Heinlein
Joe R. Lansdale
Thomas Hardy
Alice Hoffman
Robert R. McCammon
Poppy Z. Brite

Richard Malloy

NABOKOV

Pedretti

While I don't have "a" favorite, Victor Hugo is certainly an author whose works I have very much enjoyed reading.