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Posted on 6/15/13 at 8:47 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
That's ray Bradbury for me. I blow through everything I read of his
Posted on 6/15/13 at 8:57 pm to WestCoastAg
But mine is better
Posted on 6/15/13 at 9:19 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
Jack London
Bernard Cornwell
Tom Clancy/Vince Flynn
Growing up: Gary Paulson and Jack London
Bernard Cornwell
Tom Clancy/Vince Flynn
Growing up: Gary Paulson and Jack London
Posted on 6/15/13 at 9:34 pm to WestCoastAg
Lee Child
Posted on 6/15/13 at 9:39 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
Eh, ray Bradbury is criminally underrated
Posted on 6/15/13 at 10:02 pm to WestCoastAg
I'm just drunk and losting whatever. Work is gonna blow Monday.
Posted on 6/15/13 at 10:13 pm to WestCoastAg
Charles Portis. Dude is hysterical. True Grit is probably the most famous of his books, but Dog of the South might be one of the funniest things I've ever read.
Barry Hannah. If anyone can tell me about John Grisham giving money to Ole Miss to build up their creative writing program, I'd appreciate it. Airships is pretty awesome. "That's True" is a pretty stellar story.
Walker Percy's The Moviegoer is a great piece of writing, and makes me think of John Kennedy Toole. Toole only had the one book, so maybe he doesn't qualify for this list, but man oh man is it a fantastic book.
Donald Barthelme and George Saunders are big hits with me too.
Barry Hannah. If anyone can tell me about John Grisham giving money to Ole Miss to build up their creative writing program, I'd appreciate it. Airships is pretty awesome. "That's True" is a pretty stellar story.
Walker Percy's The Moviegoer is a great piece of writing, and makes me think of John Kennedy Toole. Toole only had the one book, so maybe he doesn't qualify for this list, but man oh man is it a fantastic book.
Donald Barthelme and George Saunders are big hits with me too.
Posted on 6/15/13 at 11:18 pm to WestCoastAg
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can't believe I forgot mark twain
It's been a few years since I've dusted him off, but I've read him almost all my life. NOW, I'm almost afraid to read him for fear of having a heart attack from laughing.
The man was a genius! A sense of humor second to none.
Here's one of my favorite quotes from him:
“” -A Brussels Sprout is nothing but a cabbage with a college education.Mark Twain
Posted on 6/15/13 at 11:29 pm to JB14
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S. Foote
And I don't know how I left Shelby Foote off my list along with James Clavell. Especially Shogun. Also Stephen E Ambrose.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 12:51 am to Themole
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Clive Cussler Dirk Pitt Series
Vince Flynn - Mitch Rapp Series
Excellent books
ETA: Vince Flynn has cancer and I think it has progressed pretty far so I'm not sure how many more books he will be able to write. frick CANCER
Supposedly they are making a movie out of Consent to Kill with the guy that plays Thor as Mitch Rapp
This post was edited on 6/16/13 at 12:56 am
Posted on 6/16/13 at 1:10 am to diddydirtyAubie
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Paul formerly known as Saul and John.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 2:05 am to CHSgc
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No one w/ Pynchon on their list should be allowed to call other people's choices overrated.
Honestly, I'm just happy people read. Hemingway or Pynchon, just open a fricking book. But to be fair, you can't really imply Pynchon is overrated when the majority of the public doesn't even know who he is.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 7:55 am to WestCoastAg
Hemingway
JD Salinger
Nelson DeMille
Tom Wolfe
JD Salinger
Nelson DeMille
Tom Wolfe
Posted on 6/16/13 at 8:43 am to WestCoastAg
read all of grisham but, his ending usually suck
i'm a patterson man now.
i'm a patterson man now.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:19 am to WestCoastAg
R.A. Salvatore
Agatha Christie
Vince Flynn
Isaac Asimov
Agatha Christie
Vince Flynn
Isaac Asimov
Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:24 am to oldcharlie8
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read all of grisham but, his ending usually suck
Quick reads and you are right. He has the build up going and then you are usually left with the wtf just happened. Like he just gets tired and decides to end it.
If you like Patterson you should try Baldacci. Patricia Cornwell also has some good ones.
This post was edited on 6/16/13 at 9:27 am
Posted on 6/16/13 at 10:39 am to WestCoastAg
C.S. Lewis
Grisham
Tolkien
Rowling
in ascending order
Grisham
Tolkien
Rowling
in ascending order
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:01 am to WestCoastAg
Jules Verne
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Posted on 6/16/13 at 11:07 am to betweenthebara
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Honestly, I'm just happy people read. Hemingway or Pynchon, just open a fricking book. But to be fair, you can't really imply Pynchon is overrated when the majority of the public doesn't even know who he is.
True, I guess I'm referring to his critical reputation. I think Crying of Lot 49 is excellent, and there's a certain pleasure you get when you grind your way through Gravity's Rainbow, I'll admit. But there's no heart in his novels. Same for Gaddis, Barthelme, Barthes, etc. I actually think David Foster Wallace found the link b/w postmodernism and emotion in Infinite Jest. The linguistic pyrotechnics actually seemed to be in service of a great story, not just there to dazzle.
I left off John Cheever. People should read him. And Raymond Carver, while we're at it.
This post was edited on 6/16/13 at 11:08 am
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