mpbasher52

1. Clive cussler (in lead by far-dirk pitt rulezzzz!)
2. JK Rowling (ya i like harry potter dont laugh)
3. Micheal Chrichton (reading timeline right now-its awesome!)
4. Dave Barry (funniest author around)
5. JRR Tolkien (cant 4get the classics!)

how bout u guys?

Howard2k

Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Tolkien... And some geeky guys who write Cisco books :)

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rai_dei

uhhh
1. Azimov (all his stuff)
2. Harry Harrison (deathworld)
3. Douglas Adams (the guide)
4. Ursula Le Guin (earthsea trilogy is pretty good, LOTR type books)
5. Tom Clancy (Just rainbow 6, but its a good book)
6. Anne Rice (interview with a vampire)
7. Strugatsky brothers (Roadside Picknic)

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Xyress

In no particular order:

Stephen King (haven't read any in a while, but have read a ton)
Douglas Adams (The Guide - of course)
Ken Follett (especially Pillars of the Earth!)
Margarett Weiss & Tracy Hickman (Dragonlance!)
Ayn Rand (Fountainhead & Atlas Shrugged)

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madamaxim

Margaret Atwood
Janet Evanovich
Dan Brown
John Irving

(not necessarily in that order)

Raynne413

Oh dear.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Leo Tolstoy
JRR Tolkien
Roger Zelazny
Piers Anthony
Anne McCaffrey
Dean Koontz
Stephen King
Clive Barker

And I'm sure if I thought about it for long enough, I could come up with more. :D

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mpbasher52

any dirk pitt fans?

hnelson59

arthur c clarke (childhoods end is my favorite)
hp lovecraft
edgar poe
tom clancy
douglas adams
anne mcaffrey (dragon riders of pern)
stephen r donaldson (thomas covenant series)
orson scott card (ender's game et al)
ee cummings

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ASUDave01

Authors? What are those? Are they those people who write those "book" thingys? Actually, most of what I've read lately has been technical books Cisco, Access, Java, etc. But I guess my favorite authors would be (in no particular order):
Stephen King
Anne Rice
Sean Hannity
Piers Anthony

Jwilker

Love to hear what others like reading.

In order or preference
1. Terry Brooks (Shannara stuff) met him. So nice.
2. Micheal Crichton
3. Kim Stanley Robertson
4. JRR Tolkein
5. Tom Clancy
6. Po Bronson (met him. Also a very nice guy)
7. William Gibson
8. David Eddings
9. Timothy Zahn

I'm sure I'll think of one or two more but these folks are my top.

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exanimate

Hmm, let's see. I enjoy

Anne Rice
Alex Kava
Not a huge Stephen King fan, but I love the Bachman books. The Long walk is my all time fav.
I actually like John Grisham
Tom Clancy
Kathy Reichs
I am sure there are others, I just can't think of them

paulg1957

mine:
William Gibson
Douglas Coupland
Robertson Davies
J. K. Rowlings
J.R.R. Tolkien
Arthur C. Clarke
to name just a few

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nounou03

so many of my favorite authors have already been named..

Tolkien.. read almost every book he wrote
Cussler (YES! One more Pitt fan)
Terry Brooks (I also read the Shannara series)
Rowlings (Her books are great for all ages)
S. King (Some of his stuff is REEEALLY good)

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I like lots of authors. John Irving, Robertson Davies, Zadie Smith, Nick Hornby, Michael Chabon, Alan Warner, Duncan McLean, Lorrie Moore, Jhumpa Lahiri, Barbara Kingsolver, Anne Tyler, Irvine Welsh (at least some of his books), Dave Eggers, and, yes, I love JK Rowling, too.

drop

Mine are:
Charlotte Bronte
Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice only)
Agatha Christie
J. K. Rowling
Douglas Adams
Ayn Rand
Michael Crichton

... and many more.

I like this thread. I am going to try some of the authors mentioned here. Thanks.

One BIG Harry Potter fan