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Re: Favorite author
« Reply #30 on: May 03, 2004, 08:08:54 PM »
Hmm, some favorites would be HG Wells, Alexandre Dumas, Michael Moorcock, Poe, Terry Brooks.  I'm hesitant to mention a few others, because its more like I've read one book or series of their's and really liked it, but I'm not sure if one book or even a series is enough to name them a favorite.
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Re: Favorite author
« Reply #31 on: May 03, 2004, 08:09:58 PM »
havent seen you for a while  :D
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Re: Favorite author
« Reply #32 on: May 03, 2004, 08:19:15 PM »
I check out the board all the time, I just don't bother logging on much unless I see something I really feel like replying to.
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Re: Favorite author
« Reply #33 on: May 03, 2004, 08:39:55 PM »
Probably R.A. Salvatore. I love the Drizzt series, and he's done a lot of other great stuff. Either him or Chris Bunch, who writes some of the best sci-fi I've ever read.
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Re: Favorite author
« Reply #34 on: May 03, 2004, 09:12:15 PM »
onion, do you perchance want to review Condemnation for me then? I'll pay for the postage to get it to you. it's by Richard Baker, but it's part three in a series that Salvatore came up with.

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Re: Favorite author
« Reply #35 on: May 03, 2004, 10:11:11 PM »
Which series? I have yet to read the Demonwars stuff. It's on my to-read list.
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Re: Favorite author
« Reply #36 on: May 04, 2004, 12:37:24 AM »
the series is War of the Spider Queen. I really want to send it to you. If I can get out of just one more D&D book that would be great

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Re: Favorite author
« Reply #37 on: May 04, 2004, 07:29:59 AM »
If it's a stand alone book, then I'll read and review it. You can IM at Gafgarion924 if you need my address and stuff.
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Re: Favorite author
« Reply #38 on: May 04, 2004, 11:19:08 PM »
Am i the only person with a memory? Check 3 posts up, onion. He answered your query there.
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Re: Favorite author
« Reply #39 on: May 05, 2004, 07:41:54 AM »
onion, it is not standalone, but you know you're going to buy the rest of the series. Might as well get one of them for free :)

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Re: Favorite author
« Reply #40 on: May 06, 2004, 03:00:16 AM »
My favorite author is Lois McMaster Bujold. Second comes CJ Cherryh.

van Vogt's Slan is my favorite book, but most of his writing lacks an emotional aspect Bujold has which is what I really love.

And I'm pretty much anti-scholarly.
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Re: Favorite author
« Reply #41 on: May 06, 2004, 03:02:28 AM »
slan was good, but I preferred the world of "a", did you read that one, it had gilbert gossyne, it was eally good
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Re: Favorite author
« Reply #42 on: May 08, 2004, 01:26:09 AM »
I might just go with Card on this one.  It's hard for me to have an author whose entire body of work appeals to me, though.  I used to really like Tad Williams, but he lost me in OTHERLAND.  I loved Eddings, but I kind of outgrew him.  Rawn is very good, but she's kind of disappeared.  I'd include Hobb, but I've only read that one trilogy.  
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Re: Favorite author
« Reply #43 on: May 08, 2004, 02:18:42 AM »
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I used to really like Tad Williams, but he lost me in OTHERLAND.  


How amusing, considering that I don't care for his fantasy but enjoyed the Otherland books.
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Re: Favorite author
« Reply #44 on: May 08, 2004, 02:33:43 AM »
Neal Stephenson. Ultimate geek novels.
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