Greatest Author of all time.

[Puberty]

honestly, I'm not too into books and I rarely read more than one book by any given author, but a lot of people track down every book written by their favorites. I'm looking for an author who is good enough to read all his books. any suggestions?

[Squirrel]

My favourite author ever is George Orwell, although I gave up trying to finish "Burmese Days".

[Puberty]

never heard of it. why did you give up on it?

[motorcyclemptiness]

My favorite author is Bret Easton Ellis and I recommend his whole catalog.

[Puberty]

tell me about his work

[Squirrel]

Originally posted by Puberty
never heard of it. why did you give up on it?

He used to serve in the Army when Britain was occupying India, and I found way too... of that time, I guess. It's so rooted into another place and time, neither of which I have any experience in, that I just couldn't catch onto it. It feels like a book for people who were there, basically.

[Nak Nak]

I have no one favourite author.

[Atomsk Iscariot]

Originally posted by Nak Nak
I have no one favourite author.

[Jackal]

Mine changes. And there's several categories so it would be rude and incorrect to say one is the greatest.

[jean le nègre]

virgil

[Puberty]

Originally posted by Jackal
Mine changes. And there's several categories so it would be rude and incorrect to say one is the greatest.

regardless of catagories, the authors ability to write may merrit them the greatest.

[Static Split Screen]

Originally posted by Nak Nak
I have no one favourite author.

Me neither. But check out Robin Hobb if you like sci-fi/fantasy.

[Jackal]

I love Amy Tan's books, but I wouldn't consider her the greatest writer ever. Same with Stephen King. I would recommend them because they made me want to read every one of their books.

I would pick Douglas Coupland too. He isn't as immersive as they are but I like his clean style and new, different outlook. I wait for his books to come out and buy them the first day and read them slowly to make them last. He makes me think about things I may not.

[Puberty]

Originally posted by Static Split Screen
Me neither. But check out Robin Hobb if you like sci-fi/fantasy.

I don't really, but thanks anyway. I'm sure someone else does.

actually I just realized the other day that I havn't read a full length fiction novel in at least half a year. crazy.

[El-Mañana]

Brian Jacques is a completely kick-ass artist. All of his books, and i have read all of them, kick ass. There is always a lovable main character and a hate-able villain. The only problem is that one of his series' is like 16 books long. it gets a little repetitive. But he just started a new series, the castaways of the Flying Dutchman, which is great.

[Nak Nak]

At the moment I'm on an Iain Banks kick.

[Nak Nak]

Originally posted by Nightstalker
Charles Dickens

Ray Bradbury

Stephen Hawking

The Bronte sisters

Which bronte sisters? A couple of them are awful.

[Trickster]

Originally posted by Nak Nak
Which bronte sisters? A couple of them are awful.

I'm sure you said you liked all the Bronte sisters in another thread.

[Nak Nak]

Originally posted by Richard Fish
I'm sure you said you liked all the Bronte sisters in another thread.

I like two of the bronte sisters ;)

[Trickster]

Originally posted by Nak Nak
I like two of the bronte sisters ;)
Emily and Anne?

[In Dust and Ashes]

Originally posted by Nightstalker
Charles Dickens

I could barely make it through 4 chapters of David Copperfield.

[Ghostdog]

Coetzee,
an incredibly fine writer

[kendra]

Originally posted by Jackal
I love Amy Tan's books, but I wouldn't consider her the greatest writer ever. Same with Stephen King. I would recommend them because they made me want to read every one of their books.

Same :O heh. I also covet the catalogue of Pearl S. Buck. And I have always enjoyed Orson Scott Card, even though dude himself is preachy and has to throw a Mormon in every fucking book he writes. Oh well, stickin' to whatcha know.

[kendra]

I like him a lot!

This greatest author of all time concept though, eesh :darn:

[Asher]

Steinbeck.

[Static Split Screen]

Brian Jacques is a completely kick-ass artist. All of his books, and i have read all of them, kick ass. There is always a lovable main character and a hate-able villain. The only problem is that one of his series' is like 16 books long. it gets a little repetitive. But he just started a new series, the castaways of the Flying Dutchman, which is great.

Yeah, if you're like 10. I wouldn't say books about talking animals and 10 page long descriptions of feasts constitutes the best author of all time.

[Static Split Screen]

though don't get me wrong, i enjoyed his books for a bit of light, fun reading.

[Narcissistic Nihilist]

There are many great authors but Milan Kundera is a cut above.

[Nick K]

my favorite novelist is Cormac McCarthy.

[Kinbote]

Speaking of middlebrow!

[Noshus Klam]

My favourite author ever is George Orwell, although I gave up trying to finish "Burmese Days".

Apparently I'm the only one who really liked this book. The ending is absolutely devastating.

[Squirrel]

Now I might have to try it again. :(

[Barbarian Love Elephant]

I'd say do it!

it's my fav of orwells tho i've only read

1984
animal farm
shooting an elephant

[aria]

Tom Green - Hollywood Causes Cancer

[Noshus Klam]

I'd say do it!

it's my fav of orwells tho i've only read

1984
animal farm
shooting an elephant

Read Keep the Aspidistra Flying.

Burmese Days is also my favorite Orwell book.

[Dovecoat]

Oscar Wilde is my love of loves, and Anton Chekhov was my very first love of loves. Both are absolutely *perfect*

I'm also quite partial to Arthur Rimbaud, Lewis Carroll, Christina Rossetti, Tennessee Williams, and Antoine de Saint-Exupery if only for "The Little Prince". Some others, too.

[Squirrel]

I'd say do it!

it's my fav of orwells tho i've only read

1984
animal farm
shooting an elephant

Read Keep the Aspidistra Flying.

Burmese Days is also my favorite Orwell book.

I have to give a shout out to Homage To Catalonia too. Actually, it's top 5 time...

- 1984
- Animal Farm
- Homage To Catalonia
- Down & Out In Paris & London
- I have only read 4, I should have thought this through :ok:

[Noshus Klam]

I've read...

1984
Animal Farm
Burmese Days
Down & Out in Paris & London
Homage to Catalonia
Keep the Aspidistra Flying

I need to read,

Coming Up for Air
The Clergyman's Daughter

[Barbarian Love Elephant]

ive got down and out kicking about but no desire to read it

[Eye]

Keep the Apidistra Flying is a very depressing book. What made it more depressing was the fact that the summer I was reading it I had moved into a new student house that was specifically built to house students. Yet the landlord saw fit to use it as boarding house for part of the summer, including a very strange cast of characters:

-A man in his 70s who lugged his luggage around him like the place was the YMCA. Even when going to the bathroom, which 5 ft across the hall, he would take his entire set of luggage across with him. It was like he was a hobo
-A 60 year-old creepy man who literally was a redneck, has perpetually sunburned looking. It's no wonder, because even when the census people came around, he was sitting there just in shorts he obviously got from Salvation Army outside. Leaving both front doors wide open, two tvs on, smoking into the house, stealing bowls,etc
-A guy from Mexico is late 30s/early 40s. Closest thing to an actual student that summer, as he was attempting to take a general practioner's exam in Canada after being licensed to do plastic surgery in Mexico

So the situation was a little close to home I guess lol.

Oh I own the a book called the Complete Novels of George Orwell, and book of selected Essays, and Homage to Catalonia:

So I have read:
1984
Animal Farm
Burmese Days
A Clergyman's Daughter
Coming Up for Air
Keep the Aspidistra Flying

The George Orwell Essays book includes among others:
My Country Right or Left
Decline of An English Murder
Shooting an Elephant
Notes on Nationalism
A Hanging
Antisemitism in Britain

and many others

and Homage to Catalonia is the latest book I have read from George Orwell.

[Squirrel]

the Complete Novels of George Orwell

I have that too!

[weepingwillowly]

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[Paige]

I don't know if he is the greatest author of all time but... I really like John Updikes short stories- he is an amazing writer

[Pink_ribbon_scars]

Isabel Allende is my all-time favorite writer.

House of the Spirits, Paula, and Zorro are all great reads. :]

[Barbarian Love Elephant]

Coetzee,
an incredibly fine writer

I read foe which i thought eh,what would you recommend>

[AvaAdore]

Aristotle

[Pulseczar]

I notice the Orwell lovefest that's going on. nice, He's my favourite too. love almost everything he wrote.