August 16, 200521 yr I just wished to start a thread for all. What is your favorite Genre to read? What is your favorite Authors to read? No Comic books dont count for any mets fans out there.
August 16, 200521 yr My favorite genre are true-stories from the front lines of conflict. Or, just any expose of military tactics, strategies, and equipment. My favorite books are Airborne by Tom Clancy and Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose. I have books about LRRS and Rangers from Vietnam, Pathfinders from WW II, and a giant dictonary of WW II facts.
August 16, 200521 yr Author If you like Ambrose writing, I suggest D-Day by him. It is amazingly well written and done.
August 17, 200521 yr My favorite authors are: Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler, Admin Bond, Ted Bell, Robert Ludlum, and Raymond Benson. Genres: Espionage, Action, Thriller, War
August 17, 200521 yr Frank Miller, Brian Michael Bendis, Chris Claremont, Chuck Dixon, Jeph Loeb, Greg Rucka, Plato, John Mill, Marx, Yasmena Reza (sp?),Clifford Odets, Michael Chabon and Chuck Pahlaniuk. Most are comic writers. I don't care if "comics don't count" because that statement is biased and ignorant. If you're going to say that, then Homer and Dante don't count, because they're writing similar material. Anyways, getting that off my chest... I'll list their stuff in order, because they've written some of my favorite books: Miller: Sin City and Daredevil, Bendis: Daredevil again and Ultimate Spider-Man, Claremont: Uncanny X-Men, Dixon: Batman, Loeb: Batman and Superman, Rucka: Batman, Plato: The Apology and the Republic, Mill: On Liberty and Utilitarianism, Marx: The Communist Manifesto, Reza: the play Art, Odets: the play Waiting for Lefty (the finest piece of social writing I've ever encountered), Chabon: The Adventures of Kavalier and Klay and Wonder Boys, Pahlaniuk: Fight Club and Fugitives and Refugees. My favorite genre is comics. Easily. I can argue for the fact that comics are literature in that they are equal to that literature that came from Greek myth. Comic heroes, anti-heroes and villains represent the values we admire and the actions we shun as well and are a part of our society; the medium is revionist in that it changes when society changes (to meet the needs of the reader). So, a superhero like Superman, who is perfect in every way, some time around the eighties can start struggling with his godhood and whether or not his powers put above normal humans as well as whether he can live a normal life and get married, etc.
August 17, 200521 yr I like History books, mostly US History and to go further The Civil War and reconstruction. My favorite authors are Bruce Catton and James Mcpherson
August 17, 200521 yr George Orwell Michael Crichton (he's the Michael Bay of literature) Tom Clancy 905107[/snapback] Crichton is the guy who wrote the Jurrasic Park novels right?
August 17, 200521 yr I like non-fiction and I love to read biographies. I like to read books on sports. My favorite author is John Feinstein. He wrote books such as Army vs Navy, which is about the Army/Navy football game.
August 17, 200521 yr George Orwell Michael Crichton (he's the Michael Bay of literature) Tom Clancy 905107[/snapback] Crichton is the guy who wrote the Jurrasic Park novels right? 905108[/snapback] Yes. He also wrote Disclosure and various other works adapted to film.
August 17, 200521 yr Author Frank Miller, Brian Michael Bendis, Chris Claremont, Chuck Dixon, Jeph Loeb, Greg Rucka, Plato, John Mill, Marx, Yasmena Reza (sp?),Clifford Odets, Michael Chabon and Chuck Pahlaniuk. Most are comic writers. I don't care if "comics don't count" because that statement is biased and ignorant. If you're going to say that, then Homer and Dante don't count, because they're writing similar material. Anyways, getting that off my chest... I'll list their stuff in order, because they've written some of my favorite books: Miller: Sin City and Daredevil, Bendis: Daredevil again and Ultimate Spider-Man, Claremont: Uncanny X-Men, Dixon: Batman, Loeb: Batman and Superman, Rucka: Batman, Plato: The Apology and the Republic, Mill: On Liberty and Utilitarianism, Marx: The Communist Manifesto, Reza: the play Art, Odets: the play Waiting for Lefty (the finest piece of social writing I've ever encountered), Chabon: The Adventures of Kavalier and Klay and Wonder Boys, Pahlaniuk: Fight Club and Fugitives and Refugees. My favorite genre is comics. Easily. I can argue for the fact that comics are literature in that they are equal to that literature that came from Greek myth. Comic heroes, anti-heroes and villains represent the values we admire and the actions we shun as well and are a part of our society; the medium is revionist in that it changes when society changes (to meet the needs of the reader). So, a superhero like Superman, who is perfect in every way, some time around the eighties can start struggling with his godhood and whether or not his powers put above normal humans as well as whether he can live a normal life and get married, etc. 904944[/snapback] I wasnt counting them here, for I was going to make a seperate thread for them. as for Miller, I didnt like his works on Daredevil very much. His sin city was alright. But, I must rather read his Dark Knight Returns series. That was the best DC comic series ever written.
August 17, 200521 yr Author My own favorite is historical fiction, and fantasy. My favorite author though is George RR Martin He wrote two series that I like very much. The first was Wild Cards. Buckeye, I suggest you check it out. They are very much like comic books actually. Just more indepth in their character progression. Very interesting and entertaining though. You might like them. The Other series he wrote that I absolutely love is A story of Fire and Ice. It is up to book 3 currently with book 4 coming out in a few months (after a 5 year wait). Unlike alot of authors that love to just crank out the books, he handles them with care and works deeply upon them for years at a time. I believe this is the best fantasy world for depth since Tolkien's books came out. The author always keeps you off guard and alot of things happen you dont suspect. If you are looking for a good series or a book or two to read. I highly highly recommend A Game of Thrones. The first book of the series. Just my own experience for a guy that reads way too much
August 17, 200521 yr I'm all over the place, really. When I was younger, my mother shoved the classics down my throat, but recently my reading pleasure has been fantasy/sci fi. Favorite authors: JK Rowling (Harry Potter) R. A. (Bob) Salvatore (Icewind Dale, Legacy of the Drow) Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, Sphere) Robert Newton Peck (A Day No Pigs Would Die, Part of the Sky) JRR Tolkien (Lord of the Rings) Ernest Hemingway (durr) Homer (Iliad, Odyssey) Geoffrey Chaucer (The Canterbury Tales) I could go on....
August 18, 200521 yr JRR Tolkien Dan Brown Gabriel Garcia Marquez Ayn Rand Noam Chomsky ... as you can see im all over the place
August 18, 200521 yr I like History books, mostly US History and to go further The Civil War and reconstruction. 904975[/snapback] Any good suggestions?...I've been wanting to read a few books on the subject plus got a Civil War class this semester. Reading "The Romance of Reunion", "An American Iliad The Story of the Civil War" for the class. There's another I don't remember what its called.
August 18, 200521 yr I like History books, mostly US History and to go further The Civil War and reconstruction. 904975[/snapback] Any good suggestions?...I've been wanting to read a few books on the subject plus got a Civil War class this semester. Reading "The Romance of Reunion", "An American Iliad The Story of the Civil War" for the class. There's another I don't remember what its called. 906514[/snapback] A good start for someone who does not want to go too indepth would be The Civil War by Bruce Catton. It's the one that got me hooked. About 300 pages but goes quickly to the action unlike a lot of books which start way before the war.
August 18, 200521 yr I generally like Science Fiction/Fantasy and some other stuff Douglas Adams is my favorite author, followed by Tolkein. Others like Robert Jordan, Dan Brown, King, etc. are all good but well beneath those two.
August 19, 200521 yr i tend to like humorists and southerners ... for genre i'm currently hooked on mysteries infused with social commentary set in the tropics (call it the Travis McGee influence) anyhow, some of my faves ........... John D. MacDonald Carl Hiassan Randy Wayne White Mark Twain William Faulkner Joseph Heller Homer Herman Wouk
August 19, 200521 yr I like older stuff (classics). Not into that Harry Potter crap. Favorites include Rand, Conrad, Faulkner... 906678[/snapback] Watch your words, friend....
August 20, 200521 yr Hunter S. Thompson -- He could have written a 200 page book about a sponge and it would be incredible. The man just knew how to tell a story.
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