My Favorite Writers
Submitted by grandpa_chum on Tue, 12/13/2005 - 09:08
Tags:
- Herman Melville
- William Golding
- Edgar Allen Poe(+poetry)
- Jim Thompson
- J.S. Fletcher
- Raymond Chandler
- Mark Twain
- William Shakespeare
- Nick Cave(+poetry)
- Charles Higson
- Charles Dickens
- John Buchan
- A.A. Milne(poetry)
- Stephen King
- Wallace Stevens(poetry)
- Mark Leyner
Author Comments:
In order of preference
+poetry = I enjoy some of their poetry in addition to other work
poetry = I only really enjoy their poetry, which is rare.
Cloned From:
I thought Shakespeare was good until I read Melville.............Nah! I'm kidding, of course, but Melville is certainly worthy to sit up there on the same shelf as The Bard.
I have been slowly reading...and greatly relishing... Moby Dick for more than year now. Whenever I need a real literary treat I read another chapter.
Have you read King's new novel Cell yet? According to one review I read it marks a return to his old form, which is the form I like. You can download a free preview of the first 27 pages. I've read them and I was interested enough to order a copy locally. It will be the first King novel I've attempted since I gave up on Dream... Dream...something (good, this means I'm forgetting the crappy thing).