Originally posted by JRatT12
R.A. Salvatore best author ever. Go read the Drizzt saga. The Icewind Dale Trilogy is the best. If you have read The LOTR books this are kind of like them but way better. Forgoten relms is greatDARK ELFS KIKE ASS
Drizzt would pwn's harry potter, lol
but seriously, harry has a twig to try and poke him with, Drizzt would cut him in half....
Just read The Templar Legacy by Steve Barry, pretty good read, but the #1 author on my list is Robert Ludlum
Favorite authors of fiction:
Henry James - One of the greatest prose stylists in the English language. The characters in his novels and short stories teeter on the brink of an abyss in which besieged European sensibilities come to terms with their own demise - usually at the hand of a brasher, yet less informed American consciousness. His body of work (novels, short stories) is formidable - *Turn of the Screw*, *Daisy Miller*, *The Jolly Corner*, *The Beast in the Jungle*, *Portrait of a Lady*, *The Ambassadors*, *The Golden Bowl*. Wow.
Vladimir Nabokov - Another master sytlist. Very much like Joyce, he exalts in polyglot pun-making and the construction of anagrams. Unlike Joyce, he's enjoyable to read. Most of his novels are self-contained, self-referencial meta-fictions trapping their flawed and unreliable protagonists in a variety of cruel game labarynths from which there are no escapes. His major themes deal with the fabrication of identity, the illusive nature of perception, and the tragic persistence of memory and guilt. *Pale Fire*, *Ada*, *Lolita*, *The Defense*
William Faulkner - In terms of his quality and quantity, he is the greatest American author of any period. (Henry James is his only possible rival). The scope and depth of his imagination is staggering and Shakespere-like in it's ability to explore equally well the terrains of both tragegy and comedy. By himself, he probably accounts for 4-5 of the best Amercian novels of the twentieth century. *The Sound and the Fury*, *Absolon! Absolon!*, *Light in August*, *Go Down Moses*, *The Reivers*, *As I Lay Dying*, *The Hamlet*
Dostoevsky - The greatest Russian novelist. Sorry Tolstoy. I still remember my undergraduate Russian novel class in which we would pretty much alternate reading works from these two literary giants. It became apparent very early on, who was the master and who was the pretender. As grand in some respects as *War and Peace* and *Anna Karenin* are, they leave one cold and unexcited when read next to *Crime and Punishment*, *The Brothers Karamotzov*, and *The Possessed*. While Tolstoy's works have great polish, they betray a naive, Wordworthian sensibility that fails to reach the core of being. Everything about Dostoevsky is bigger, broader, deeper, and better. Anyone that reads these books and doesn't fear and tremble isn't alive.
Shakespeare - Has there ever been anyone better? No. The poetry is masterful, the themes...universal and all-encompassing. Reading Shakespeare's plays is like taking in a cosmos.
This is a terribly hard question to answer
Im gonna go with shakespeare for now, i've read all his work (i think)
and i couldnt find even ONE that wasnt great and amzingly original (even Timon Athenas, which Shakespeare himself said it was bad)
Btw , if you think that Romeo and Juliet is shakespeares masterpiece, you're totally wrong!
Romeo and Juliet dont even make my shakespeare top 10 =D
thats how great this guy is.
Originally posted by Dr. Zaius
Dostoevsky - The greatest Russian novelist. Sorry Tolstoy. I still remember my undergraduate Russian novel class in which we would pretty much alternate reading works from these two literary giants. It became apparent very early on, who was the master and who was the pretender. As grand in some respects as *War and Peace* and *Anna Karenin* are, they leave one cold and unexcited when read next to *Crime and Punishment*, *The Brothers Karamotzov*, and *The Possessed*. While Tolstoy's works have great polish, they betray a naive, Wordworthian sensibility that fails to reach the core of being. Everything about Dostoevsky is bigger, broader, deeper, and better. Anyone that reads these books and doesn't fear and tremble isn't alive.Shakespeare - Has there ever been anyone better? No. The poetry is masterful, the themes...universal and all-encompassing. Reading Shakespeare's plays is like taking in a cosmos.
I soooo agree with these two paragraphs💃
I think Dostoievsky's work is overall better than Tolstoi, but i also think that none of Dostoiesvky books can surpass that immortal masterpiece called "war and peace", i mean, its pretty much like the Illiad, and those are major words. the mastery in the way Tolstoi puts over 500 different characters with together in the same history and assemble all their stories in a perfect collage..phew, its breathtaking 😱
Originally posted by crazy_c
I like Harry potter books
Hey! Me too! ✅ So I'm basically lookin for a Jo Row book on the shelves.But I dunno since there r few writers I know whenever some1s name on the spine of a book strikes a chord in my head,I'm surprised n I feel as if I like them(even when I havn't read them)
I hav a whole list actually:Mark Twain,Charles Dickens,Putrus Bukhari(Urdu),Shafeeq-ur-Rehamn (Urdu),(used to like) Enid Blyton,Charlotte Bronte,Jules Verne n loads I guess!!!
My favorite author are Mitch Albom and Nicholas Sparks..
Mitch Albom because i like the way he wrote his novel..very realistic and based on true story, that's why i can easily relate in his novels.
Second is Nicholas Sparks because he writes his stories w/ perfect understanding of his characters, perfect choice of scenes that make the stories and characters seem real. He sends a strong message of faith love & understanding. All novels affect the genre of the story. He writes his novel with all the passion and emotions that exists in real life stories.
Hey
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