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Laputa
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Atlanta, GA
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Posted: 12/18/05 at 10:51 PM
kaitee said on 12/18/2005 3:32 PM [PST]:
My favorite authors are the ones I grew up with -- Bradbury, Vonnegut, Bach. J.K. Rowling...I'm obsessed with Harry Potter. James Frey, Palahniuk, Orson Scott Card, David Sedaris, Augusten Burroughs...I read anything I can get my hands on. It helps that I grew up with a librarian for a mom :D

we are all obsessed with harry potter i think.

Myke
Riverside, CA
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Posted: 12/20/05 at 10:55 AM
Chixor said on 12/3/2005 1:08 PM [PST]:
So, I know we have a spot for our favorite books etc in our profile, but It hought maybe we could start a little thread about the books/authors/genres that we like.

Im really getting into the HDF arena right now, I really enjoy reading material by Poppy Z. Brite (we named our puppy after her), Kathe Koja, and Caitlin R. Kiernan.

Im currently reading both Interview with a vampire (Ive never read the vampire chronicles), and "Murder of Angels" by Caitlin R Kiernan.

Depending on my mood dependson what I pick up.
I have tried twice and failed to completely read "House of Leaves", but one of these days I will complete it.

I know we have several writers on the site, so what do you like to read, who is on your current read list, what genre do you write in?

Speaking of Anne Rice, did you hear she has gone off the deep end and become a hardcore devout christian? Her current project, which she considers her masterpiece, is a history of christianity. Crazy.

I am currently reading Junot Diaz's Drown. It is very good, but it is borderline mysogenistic. Sorry if I didn't spell it correctly. The voice within the interconnecting narratives is strong. overall, It's great writing. If you like latino writing, then this is a writer you should check out.

darko
Kitchener, ON
Canada
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Posted: 12/20/05 at 07:36 PM
Chixor said on 12/3/2005 1:08 PM [PST]:
So, I know we have a spot for our favorite books etc in our profile, but It hought maybe we could start a little thread about the books/authors/genres that we like.

Im really getting into the HDF arena right now, I really enjoy reading material by Poppy Z. Brite (we named our puppy after her), Kathe Koja, and Caitlin R. Kiernan.

Im currently reading both Interview with a vampire (Ive never read the vampire chronicles), and "Murder of Angels" by Caitlin R Kiernan.

Depending on my mood dependson what I pick up.
I have tried twice and failed to completely read "House of Leaves", but one of these days I will complete it.

I know we have several writers on the site, so what do you like to read, who is on your current read list, what genre do you write in?

an interesting and engaging recent was 'the tattoo artist' by jill ciment...

Laputa
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Atlanta, GA
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Posted: 12/21/05 at 12:08 AM
Oh yeah. the whole ann rice thing wouldn't be so bad except how she has talked poorly about the readers of her previous books b/c of how dark they were. let's go ahead and alieanate ourselves from the current readers. and then it's a speculative fiction book about the childhood of christ that has been dumbed down. does she think the church is really going to embrase it?

momo1
San Francisco, CA
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Posted: 12/21/05 at 01:50 PM
JohnnyDizzle said on 12/8/2005 11:27 AM [PST]:
Unfortunately I don't get to read all that many books these days. I work in publishing so the majority of my reading time is spent with the funny books. I end up reading and rereading Philip K. Dick stories whenever I get a chance though. Still waiting for a decent post-Blade Runner adaptation.

At least you get to read fun stuff!!

I work in publishing, too. I read a lot of boring terrorist thrillers and memoirs written by old people who think their lives are fascinating because they had a stroke.

JohnnyDizzle
New York, NY
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Posted: 12/21/05 at 03:06 PM
momo said on 12/21/2005 1:50 PM [PST]:
JohnnyDizzle said on 12/8/2005 11:27 AM [PST]:
Unfortunately I don't get to read all that many books these days. I work in publishing so the majority of my reading time is spent with the funny books. I end up reading and rereading Philip K. Dick stories whenever I get a chance though. Still waiting for a decent post-Blade Runner adaptation.

At least you get to read fun stuff!!

I work in publishing, too. I read a lot of boring terrorist thrillers and memoirs written by old people who think their lives are fascinating because they had a stroke.

Heh... I hear ya. I shouldn't complain. Sometimes I don't feel I'm up on literature like I should be, but at least I can tell you who the best comic book artists are out there.

Laputa
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Atlanta, GA
United States
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Posted: 12/21/05 at 03:16 PM

and 9 times out of 10 i read comics strictly for the artist.


Ben Templesmith, Humberto Ramos, Dave McKean, Cully Hamner, Ted Naifeh, Eric Powell, MIke Mignola, Tony Moore, Craig Thompson. i have so many favorites.

Xavery
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Kelowna, BC
Canada
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Posted: 12/21/05 at 04:57 PM
Chixor said on 12/3/2005 1:08 PM [PST]:
So, I know we have a spot for our favorite books etc in our profile, but It hought maybe we could start a little thread about the books/authors/genres that we like.

Im really getting into the HDF arena right now, I really enjoy reading material by Poppy Z. Brite (we named our puppy after her), Kathe Koja, and Caitlin R. Kiernan.

Im currently reading both Interview with a vampire (Ive never read the vampire chronicles), and "Murder of Angels" by Caitlin R Kiernan.

Depending on my mood dependson what I pick up.
I have tried twice and failed to completely read "House of Leaves", but one of these days I will complete it.

I know we have several writers on the site, so what do you like to read, who is on your current read list, what genre do you write in?

You should read "the Mayfair Witches"..this book was by far my favorite Anne Rice book...except maybe the Sleeping Beauty series(erotica)...but she used a different name for those.

Xavery
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Kelowna, BC
Canada
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Posted: 12/21/05 at 04:59 PM
PreciousJezebel said on 12/4/2005 3:51 PM [PST]:

i'm a huge fan of neil gaiman.. i'm not sure which book is my favorite.. but off the top of my head, i loved 'neverwhere'.. and i'm still eager to pick up 'american gods'.


i'd love to see him interviewed for the site, hint hint.


currently, i'm re-reading 'memoirs of a geisha'. i read it almost four years ago.. and since the movie is coming out, i want to refresh before i see it.



another author I like alot is Diana Gabaldon



Edited by Xavery on : 12/21/2005 5:02 PM

Laputa
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Posted: 12/21/05 at 08:37 PM
Xavery said on 12/21/2005 4:57 PM [PST]:
Chixor said on 12/3/2005 1:08 PM [PST]:
So, I know we have a spot for our favorite books etc in our profile, but It hought maybe we could start a little thread about the books/authors/genres that we like.

Im really getting into the HDF arena right now, I really enjoy reading material by Poppy Z. Brite (we named our puppy after her), Kathe Koja, and Caitlin R. Kiernan.

Im currently reading both Interview with a vampire (Ive never read the vampire chronicles), and "Murder of Angels" by Caitlin R Kiernan.

Depending on my mood dependson what I pick up.
I have tried twice and failed to completely read "House of Leaves", but one of these days I will complete it.

I know we have several writers on the site, so what do you like to read, who is on your current read list, what genre do you write in?

You should read "the Mayfair Witches"..this book was by far my favorite Anne Rice book...except maybe the Sleeping Beauty series(erotica)...but she used a different name for those.

the witching hour was really good...but as you progressed by the third one they were just weird. i did LOVE the sleeping beauty series. beautifully sexy and perverse.

Laputa
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Posted: 12/21/05 at 08:40 PM
Xavery said on 12/21/2005 4:59 PM [PST]:

i'm a huge fan of neil gaiman.. i'm not sure which book is my favorite.. but off the top of my head, i loved 'neverwhere'.. and i'm still eager to pick up 'american gods'.


i'd love to see him interviewed for the site, hint hint.


currently, i'm re-reading 'memoirs of a geisha'. i read it almost four years ago.. and since the movie is coming out, i want to refresh before i see it.



another author I like alot is Diana Gabaldon



Edited by Xavery on : 12/21/2005 5:02 PM

that is so funny that you say you like diana gabaldon b/c i checked out Outlander TODAY and i've never read anything by her before. if you do like the whole highlander romance and such, you should check out the series by Katherine Marie Moning. FANTASTIC!

Xavery
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Kelowna, BC
Canada
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Posted: 12/21/05 at 10:20 PM
Laputa said on 12/21/2005 8:40 PM [PST]:

i'm a huge fan of neil gaiman.. i'm not sure which book is my favorite.. but off the top of my head, i loved 'neverwhere'.. and i'm still eager to pick up 'american gods'.


i'd love to see him interviewed for the site, hint hint.


currently, i'm re-reading 'memoirs of a geisha'. i read it almost four years ago.. and since the movie is coming out, i want to refresh before i see it.



another author I like alot is Diana Gabaldon



Edited by Xavery on : 12/21/2005 5:02 PM

that is so funny that you say you like diana gabaldon b/c i checked out Outlander TODAY and i've never read anything by her before. if you do like the whole highlander romance and such, you should check out the series by Katherine Marie Moning. FANTASTIC!


the whole Outlander series is SO good! Any series in particular I should check out????

cocinero
Beverly Hills, CA
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Posted: 12/21/05 at 10:38 PM

Vonnegut, hands down. I've loved every book by him that I've read.


Ursula K. Leguin, Tolkien and Raymond E. Feist are up there, too.

jimmieknuckles
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Trenton, NJ
United States
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Posted: 12/22/05 at 02:20 PM

i got hooked on jon fante a couple years back, i just wish there was more of his work out there to read.


and as odd as it seems i really got into robert ludlums books, the bourne series was amazing, the movies did it no justice

Jess
Los Angeles, CA
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Joined:   Dec 19, 05
Posted: 12/22/05 at 04:25 PM
giga_geo said on 12/6/2005 2:18 PM [PST]:

i want to marry them.



in a related note i am reading simone de beauvoir right now, because she was romantically involved with sartre. HOT PHILOSOPHIC ACTION.



Edited by giga_geo on : 12/6/2005 2:18 PM

Sartre is amazing, and I am happy to find that the English translations are really really good. De Beavoir is great too, I just finished "L'Invitee"

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