Favorite Authors

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<p>This is an excuse for me to rant on how much I love Haruki Murakami. :slight_smile: Seriously: Everybody needs to read at least one of his books before dying. </p>

<p>What are your favorite authors?</p>

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<p>I would love it if you listed some of your favorite books by him.</p>

<p>As a kid, I liked Avi.
Right now, although I donā€™t read very often, I like Chaim Potok, Janet Evanovich, JK Rowling =) , and some othersā€¦ However, Iā€™ve been reading more of non-fiction than fiction lately.</p>

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<p>I just got done with ā€œKafka on the Shore.ā€ Really good. My favorite so far would have to be ā€œThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle,ā€ however. But itā€™s only by a close margin with the other books. I reccomend everything, really. </p>

<p>Kudos to Avi! And JK Rowling = who doesnā€™t? :)</p>

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<p>Jean-Louis Kerouaaaaac. Weā€™re one in the same, he and I. Minus the drugs and booze, of course. </p>

<p>I also love Ernest Hemingway (who wouldā€™ve guessed?), John Steinbeck, Chaim Potok, W. Somerset Maugham, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, D.H. Lawrence, Franz Kafka, Herman Hesse, Gertrude Stein, Richard Wright, Samuel Beckett, and Jean-Paul Sartre. </p>

<p>It seems like a long list, but itā€™s really not, because Iā€™ve read alot of books.</p>

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<p>Kafka on the Shore is awesome; Iā€™m about 2/3 through it.</p>

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<p>hemingway: haha. Power to Chaim Potok! Such an amazing guy. The Chosen was amazingā€¦I do have to read the rest of that series though.</p>

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<p>JK Rowling and ā€¦ no, thatā€™s it.</p>

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<p>George Orwell. It doesnā€™t get better than George Orwell.</p>

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<p>Yes it does. His name is Aldous Huxley.</p>

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Huxley and Orwell are two sides of the same coin.</p>

<p>Orwell is the superior side ;-)</p>

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<p>Eh. I like Huxleyā€™s sutlety. Orwell is fun to read, but he almost bashes you over the head with his ideas. Ultimately I like Huxley more.</p>

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<p>Ayn Rand, J.R.R. Tolkien, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Orson Scott Card, and Oscar Wilde.</p>

<p>Hm, as a matter of fact, I donā€™t like Rowling.</p>

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<p>I think I will always have a soft spot for Edgar Allen Poeā€¦not exactly a novelist or author by definition, but still. A childhood favorite of mine is Edward Eager. Then I also like Francesca Lia Block, Sylvia Plath, J.D. Salinger, Stephen King, Jane Austenā€¦lots of others.</p>

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Orwell is plenty subtle.
Ever notice how, in 1984 the telescreen hidden in Mr. Charringtonā€™s shop is behind the picture of the church? Thereā€™s Orwellā€™s view on organized religion for you. Subtle enough?</p>

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<p>I was about halfway through ā€œA Wild Sheep Chaseā€ when I lost the book. It was tragic. I never found out how the book ended =(</p>

<p>Iā€™m rereading ā€œ1984ā€ now!</p>

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<p>John Irving
Ken Kesey
Larry McMurtry
David McCulloch (sp?)</p>

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<p>Tom Clancy, Ayn Rand, & Paul Ormerod.</p>

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<p>Just so you guys knowā€¦
<a href=ā€œhttp://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=education_contests_index[/url]ā€>http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=education_contests_index&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>A scholarship where you write an essay after reading an Ayn Rand novel. Just because a couple of you are putting her as a favorite.</p>

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<p>yeah I did that contestā€¦that was actually the only reason I read ā€œThe Fountainheadā€ - first time Iā€™ve read Rand. Turned out that sheā€™s my favorite.</p>

<p>I also like Mary Stewart, among others.</p>

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<p>Salman Rushdie ā€˜Midnightā€™s Childrenā€™</p>

<p>Dammit, heā€™s lecturing 10 minutes form my house and i am sitting here preparing for that Bloody SAT:mad:</p>