Favorite Writers / Books ?

[eliogabalo]

Who're your favorite writers ? And the most beautiful books you've read ?
My favorite authors are L.F. Céline, John Fante and Charles Bukowski. The most beautiful books "Mort à crédit" of L.F. Céline and "Ask the Dust" of John Fante. Another wonderful book is "Lolita"of V.Nabokov.

[Excaliborg]

favourite author is terry pratchett.

the most enchating novel i read is the emporer of scent. best of all its a true story.

other wonderous works include the adventures of tintinand the tales of asterix and obelix

[mykel73]

Terry Brooks is my favorite author.

[BlueRaven88]

i dont read anymore. last book i read was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire when i was like 11 or something. theres just no good fantasy novelists out there that can hold my attention anymore. besides, with all the time i spend on my computer id have no time to read anyway. i love technology too much to do anything as primitive as read a book

[cocklover]

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein.

[tightship]

im a sucker for fantasy

some favs are:
george rr martin - song of fire and ice series. hbo is gonna make this into a series and i cant wait. hbo does such a good job with its original programming. if you like fantasy and you have not read martin you need to.

robin hobb - assassin's apprentice through fool's fate. six book series. outstanding, outstanding series.

robert jordan - wheel of time series. probably second to only lords of rings as far as popularity goes. VAST plot and a VAST amount of characters. i think the series is up to 12 or 13 books long now. one more book to go to finish the series. unfortunately, jordan just died.

i like many others but there is 3. martin and hobb are favorites.

[wendals]

My best writer is J.R.R Tolkin. I like how much effort he put into designing the languages and the backstory to middle earth

[reddyheart]

I liking the dark tower of Stephen King and, of course, the books of Dan Brown.

Tom Clancy (Executive Orders, Rainbow Six, Teeth of the Tiger)
Carl Hiaasen (Tourist Season, Double Whammy, Native Tongue, Strip Tease, Stormy Weather, Lucky You, Basket Case, Nature Girl)
Eric Nylund (The Fall of Reach, First Strike, Ghosts of Onyx)

[giancarlo]

I also don't have much time for reading, though it's a very pleasant and relaxing activity. But hey!, we are living in the century of speed - the TV and the interent are much more effective...

[fem-fem]

Melanie Hong - "my Life as Ladyboy"
Roger Roche - "Notice from Bangkok"
Vanity - "Vanity, one women,two bodies"
Shilapaar Noortekapsa - " FemBoys" vol I and II

[kraken111]

HP LOVECRAFT - EDGAR ALLAN POE - CLIVE BARKER

[GRH]

I'm not a big fan of fiction, I find that I read philosophical works more often than not...That said...

I much prefer the stylings of Nietsche...While I don't agree with all of his assertions, his style of writing and acessibility is second to none within the world of philosophy...

I also like the works of Castaneda, Ram Dass, and others...

In terms of fiction, I have MUCH respect for Tolkien and all of his works, I own everything he has ever written. Along a similar trend, I much respect the work of C.S. Lewis and his writings.

[Big_Willie]

Originally Posted by kraken111

HP LOVECRAFT - EDGAR ALLAN POE - CLIVE BARKER

My favourites too. If I had to name one favourite book, maybe I'd say Weaveworld from Barker, a really amazing book.

But I also like other great writers, like Dean R. Koontz, Robert Merle or Umberto Eco for example.

my favorit authors are hunter s thompson, john steinbeck charles bukowski, charles dickons, fyodor dostoyefski, jack kerouack, f scot fitzgerald, george orwell william s buroughs and alot more i cant name now.

some of my favorit books are, fear and laothing in las vegas by hunter s thompson, junky by william buroughs, money by martin amis, ham on rhy by charles buckowski, great expectations by charles dickons 1984 george orwell on the road by kerouack, of mice and men and the grapes of wrath by steinbeck the cathcer in the rhy by j d salenger
and many other fine piece's of literature

[noshy]

Nick hornby:about a boy and high fidelity

[orion]

OK .. we've had favourite Television shows .. so what sort of Books do people read (when they're not watching Tele) and why do they like them ??

Supplementary to that .. do people prefer reading "the" Book .. or watching the Film or Television adaptation of the Book ?

To start the ball rolling .. I'm into Thrillers, particularly with a Medical/Scientific theme (not Sci-Fi) .. I think I mentioned in another post that I enjoy reading books by an American Dr called Robin Cook ?

I also like Military themed books .. just read one called "Special Forces Pilot" .. written by an old friend of mine about his experiences as a Royal Marines helicopter pilot in the "hush-hush" part of the Falklands War

I also enjoy "Historical" books, both Fiction & Non-fiction .. in particular the Roman & Medieval periods ..

To answer my own "supplementary" .. I prefer reading the Book .. that way the characters "come alive" in my imagination .. and aren't pre-created by someone else ..

So .... over to you .....

[transjen]

I'm a big fan of TERRY BROOKS love the sword of Shannara series and i also love ANN RICE her vampire novels are great Jennifer

[SusanMichelle]

The top three favourite's are:

J.R.R. Tolkien, Terry Pratchett and third I have to say has an unfortunate name, Michael Moorcock.

[liesjeversteven]

I love all the books by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. He's just fantastic. I'm not much of an SF or fantasy fan, but I did really enjoy Isaak Asimov and Terry Pratchett.

[irishmike136]

For Sci-Fi :john ringo's "posleen war series"
Historical Fiction: Anything by Bernard Cornwell
Waiting for "Without Warning" by John Birmingham
"What would happen if America vanished?"
and anything by Harry Turtledove.
Irish

[ila]

Originally Posted by irishmike136

Historical Fiction: Anything by Bernard Cornwell

For historical fiction with a military theme I like the Sharpe series from Bernard Cornwell. I also like the Horatio Hornblower series from C.S. Forester. A third series I like are the books from Sven Hassel that give a perspective of the German army during WWII from a common soldier's perspective.

For historical fiction I like all the books from James Clavell.

[The Conquistador]

I love anything by Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov and Edgar Allen Poe. My most favorite book though, is Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. I'll read some Stephen King once in a while and my favorite book series is the Resident Evil series by S.D. Perry. Honorable mention goes to Max Brooks and the most influential zombie themed writings The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z.

[transjen]

Originally Posted by irishmike136

Historical Fiction: Anything by Bernard Cornwell
Irish

I think i read one of his novels it was about King Arthur but i can't recall the title Jennifer

[transjen]

Any LOUIS L'AMOUR fans or western fans. hello is this mic on? Jennifer

[irishmike136]

Originally Posted by transjen

I think i read one of his novels it was about King Arthur but i can't recall the title Jennifer

Maybe it was the Warlord Chronicles?

1. The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur
2. Enemy of God
3. Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur

Irish

[ila]

Originally Posted by orion

OK .. we've had favourite Television shows .. so what sort of Books do people read (when they're not watching Tele) and why do they like them ??

There is an existing thread on books and authors, right here

http://forum.transladyboy.com/showth...ighlight=books

[orion]

Ahhh .... sorry .....

[ila]

Originally Posted by orion

Ahhh .... sorry .....

It's no problem. I just thought you might like to know. It is possible to search the site using the search tool near the top right of each page.

[orion]

Thanks for the "heads up" Ila .. perhaps you'd be so kind as to move these posts to the appropriate place ?

Keeps everything nice & tidy then ...

[bigd631]

I m just curious whats everyone's favorite book is in here?

I am geek my self and my 2 favorites are The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by bigd631

I m just curious whats everyone's favorite book is in here?

I am geek my self and my 2 favorites are The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance.

You would be well rewarded reading "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy.

[bigd631]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

You would be well rewarded reading "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy.

I have it on my list to read right after I finish the new Game of Thrones. I saw the movie and loved it!

[connie]

I have a lot, many that I read and re-read again and again, the Discworld Novels, especially the Nightwatch ones, The Rings Trilogy and the Hobbit, the Silmarillian, the Chronicles of Prydain, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Zanth series, the Myth Novels and the Phule novels, Hitchhikers Guide, The Harry Potter series and oh so many others, I love to read.

[shadows]

I literally have hundreds of books. I am currently organizing and writing down all of them to prevent getting anymore doubles! I really like the "Swords" books by Fred Saberhagen.