favorite 2 authors?

#1 · 12-07-2008 5:08pm #1

ok,so mine are Neil Gaiman and the second{very hard choice!} is clive cussler{at the mo anyway!:)}

eVeNtInE · 12-07-2008 5:12pm

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orchidsrpretty · 12-07-2008 7:53pm

It would be a very close call between john irving and irvine welsh. Of course they have extremely different styles of writing, but all their books really draw you in and you can't wait to finish them to find out what happens. My favorite Irvine Welsh book is Marabou Stork Nightmares, and my favorite John Irving would have to be The Fourth Hand.

tSubh Dearg · 12-07-2008 8:05pm

I think it would have to be Tom Robbins and probably Terry Pratchett (with Neil Gaiman a close third). Favourite of Robbins' books would be "Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates". His characters are just so rich and his use of language is amazing!

13-07-2008 2:17am

Neil Gaiman, Frank Herbert and Clive Barker for me, Can't pick two out of the three so I guess all three get a look in.

minik · 13-07-2008 8:48pm

Tough one.. Love Jeffrey Archer... Agatha Christie.. Labyrinth by Kate Moss was excellent!!! Anyone have any good book reccommendations???

*melanie* · 13-07-2008 9:10pm

minik wrote: »

Tough one.. Love Jeffrey Archer... Agatha Christie.. Labyrinth by Kate Moss was excellent!!! Anyone have any good book reccommendations???

yep...neil gaiman:neverwhere was great,but may be an aquired taste.
you have probably either already read/or despise dan brown,but if hes to your liking,id recommend angels and demons,its a great read.:)

minik · 13-07-2008 9:18pm

No thanks, that's great! Read the da vinci code alright!:) Nothing better than a good book:)

Eoin · 14-07-2008 11:54am

My favourite is definitely Michael Connelly, though I haven't enjoyed some of his non-Bosch books as much. John Connolly is up there too. They are the only authors who I would make a point of buying anyway.

*melanie* wrote:

ok,so mine are Neil Gaiman and the second{very hard choice!} is clive cussler

I really enjoyed American Gods by Neil Gaiman; one of those books where I was disappointed it was over.

I used to like Clive Cussler as a teenager, but it just got ridiculous after a while. I think I stopped reading his books after he wrote a very self-indulgent cameo for himself in one of them.

There have been a few others over the years, but I've gotten tired of most of them; e.g. Stephen King, Dean R. Koontz, James Patterson, Lee Child.

A common reason for me to stop buying a particular author is that the hero is always that little bit too perfect / suave / invincible.