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| 89. Barry Holstun Lopez writes the most astonishing short stories. |
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Beautiful, poetic, and some other ineffable thing.
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| -Who is your favorite living writer? |
Mendocino |
Nov-21-11 08:42 AM |
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Ursula LeGuin |
LiberalEsto |
Nov-21-11 08:43 AM |
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She's definitely one of mine. nt |
LWolf |
Nov-21-11 09:53 AM |
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A fine choice! |
JackRiddler |
Nov-21-11 10:39 AM |
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aye! |
sibelian |
Nov-22-11 03:51 PM |
#128 |
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larry mcmurtry? |
barbtries |
Nov-21-11 08:45 AM |
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His son is talented as well - watch this... |
unapatriciated |
Nov-21-11 01:11 PM |
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I have many, but I would have to say that |
liberalhistorian |
Nov-21-11 08:45 AM |
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Love her too! |
JustAnotherGen |
Nov-21-11 08:51 AM |
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E. L. Doctorow is my favorite |
JustAnotherGen |
Nov-21-11 08:54 AM |
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that was my answer |
Enrique |
Nov-21-11 08:54 AM |
#6 |
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Eco or Rushdie depending on mood. nt |
dmallind |
Nov-21-11 08:54 AM |
#7 |
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Jeffery Eugenides |
PassingFair |
Nov-21-11 09:02 AM |
#8 |
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Middlesex ---best ever |
yankeepants |
Nov-21-11 05:18 PM |
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Pynchon |
alcibiades_mystery |
Nov-21-11 09:03 AM |
#9 |
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Terry Pratchett. Soon not to be among us, sadly. |
Abin Sur |
Nov-21-11 09:04 AM |
#10 |
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Great minds surely do think alike. |
catrose |
Nov-21-11 09:06 AM |
#14 |
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3rd vote for Terry |
LadyHawkAZ |
Nov-21-11 09:54 AM |
#31 |
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4th vote for Terry. |
Avalux |
Nov-21-11 10:38 AM |
#43 |
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First name that came to mind. |
bengalherder |
Nov-21-11 11:54 AM |
#58 |
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Sixth vote for Terry Pratchett |
truebrit71 |
Nov-21-11 01:13 PM |
#78 |
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Don't give up hope |
KamaAina |
Nov-21-11 03:37 PM |
#93 |
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Wrong place. n/t |
femmocrat |
Nov-21-11 07:59 PM |
#111 |
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He's dying? OH NO!!! |
Odin2005 |
Nov-21-11 11:20 PM |
#117 |
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Terry Pratchett hands down. |
frogmarch |
Nov-22-11 01:49 PM |
#126 |
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Terry Pratchett tho Ursula is awesome too |
catrose |
Nov-21-11 09:05 AM |
#11 |
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Who is your favorite living writer? |
vidalarosa |
Nov-21-11 09:05 AM |
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George R. R. Martin |
Efilroft Sul |
Nov-21-11 09:06 AM |
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+1 |
Xithras |
Nov-21-11 11:31 AM |
#53 |
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Art Vandelay - also a 'beat writer' |
Cirque du So-What |
Nov-21-11 09:06 AM |
#15 |
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But are we sure he's alive? |
KamaAina |
Nov-21-11 03:44 PM |
#95 |
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Today, Martin Amis |
Tsiyu |
Nov-21-11 09:09 AM |
#16 |
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No one single favorite. |
SheilaT |
Nov-21-11 09:10 AM |
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Terry Pratchett - he's so talented, he could make an obituary funny. |
closeupready |
Nov-21-11 09:17 AM |
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Wow -- I Guess Most of My Favorites are Dead |
On the Road |
Nov-21-11 09:18 AM |
#19 |
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So is your user name a reference |
Mendocino |
Nov-21-11 05:16 PM |
#100 |
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It's Partly a Reference to Kerouac, |
On the Road |
Nov-21-11 06:21 PM |
#106 |
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I would then recommend, |
Mendocino |
Nov-21-11 06:29 PM |
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Carl Hiaasen |
highplainsdem |
Nov-21-11 09:22 AM |
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His fiction is hilarious but his writings on social and political issues are spot on |
Brother Buzz |
Nov-21-11 01:28 PM |
#79 |
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I can not pick one, unfair... |
Bluenorthwest |
Nov-21-11 09:23 AM |
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James D. Doss |
fadedrose |
Nov-21-11 09:25 AM |
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Ray Bradbury |
TuxedoKat |
Nov-21-11 09:27 AM |
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Too hard to pick just one. Mark Salzman, Neil Gaiman, Karen Armstrong, |
seaglass |
Nov-21-11 09:29 AM |
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I'm glad someone mentioned Neil Gaiman. |
murielm99 |
Nov-23-11 02:58 AM |
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Rohintan Mistry |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Nov-21-11 09:30 AM |
#25 |
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"A Fine Balance" has to be one of my favourite books. |
applegrove |
Nov-21-11 08:02 PM |
#113 |
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Barbara Kingsolver |
roody |
Nov-21-11 09:32 AM |
#26 |
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Me, too! |
Habibi |
Nov-21-11 10:27 AM |
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The Lacuna -- I didn't want it to end. |
roody |
Nov-21-11 10:36 AM |
#42 |
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Me too. :) |
MH1 |
Nov-21-11 11:44 AM |
#57 |
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I haven't read her latest |
EFerrari |
Nov-21-11 02:07 PM |
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That book is amazing! |
Odin2005 |
Nov-21-11 11:24 PM |
#119 |
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That book is a living universe and it ran circle around Toni Morrison |
EFerrari |
Nov-22-11 03:33 PM |
#127 |
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Barbara Kingsolver best ever. Favorite, Poison Tree Bible. |
lumpy |
Nov-22-11 01:44 PM |
#125 |
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Ane Tyler... |
MarianJack |
Nov-21-11 09:45 AM |
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I love her books and her characters. |
femmocrat |
Nov-21-11 07:56 PM |
#110 |
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Koontz and jame lee burke |
larkrake |
Nov-21-11 09:50 AM |
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Shatner...me luvs me some TekWar |
AngryAmish |
Nov-21-11 09:52 AM |
#29 |
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Have you read "Get a Life"? |
Shampoobra |
Nov-23-11 02:27 AM |
#137 |
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Harlan Ellison |
RoccoR5955 |
Nov-21-11 10:00 AM |
#32 |
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+1000 |
bengalherder |
Nov-21-11 11:57 AM |
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I will add Gore Vidal to this awesome list. n/t |
bengalherder |
Nov-21-11 11:58 AM |
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I'm a huge fan. |
Aristus |
Nov-21-11 08:06 PM |
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I like Stephen King, Barbara Kingsolver, Pat Conroy, |
Zorra |
Nov-21-11 10:04 AM |
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Margaret Atwood |
The empressof all |
Nov-21-11 10:05 AM |
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Mine too. nt |
TBF |
Nov-21-11 10:11 AM |
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Yep, since she surplanted Philip K. Dick she's mine too (The Robber Bride) |
bobthedrummer |
Nov-21-11 12:32 PM |
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Second. nt |
xmas74 |
Nov-21-11 02:00 PM |
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Connie Willis |
Owlet |
Nov-21-11 10:08 AM |
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Patrick McManus |
GoCubsGo |
Nov-21-11 10:13 AM |
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Oh, yeah! His stories are utterly side-splitting ROFLMAO hilarious. |
Zorra |
Nov-21-11 10:46 AM |
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Clive Cussler |
Bryn |
Nov-21-11 10:14 AM |
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Cussler is a fun read |
csziggy |
Nov-22-11 09:48 PM |
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Matt Taibbi |
Bigmack |
Nov-21-11 10:15 AM |
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I kinda like the Rude Pundit. |
Ron Green |
Nov-21-11 10:18 AM |
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I kind of like Al Sarrantonio |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
Nov-21-11 10:39 AM |
#45 |
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Pat Conroy |
livetohike |
Nov-21-11 10:43 AM |
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John Grisham. |
ohheckyeah |
Nov-21-11 10:44 AM |
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John Grisham is my favorite, too. |
pacalo |
Nov-21-11 05:29 PM |
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Dr. Rubin "H" Carter. |
H2O Man |
Nov-21-11 10:46 AM |
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Stephen King and Dean Koontz n/t |
RebelOne |
Nov-21-11 10:47 AM |
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Ditto these two! ^^ |
BoWanZi |
Nov-21-11 12:37 PM |
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I'm glad someone else appreciates great authors. n/t |
RebelOne |
Nov-21-11 03:28 PM |
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Dean Koontz is way right wing |
KamaAina |
Nov-21-11 03:36 PM |
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I don't do favorites. I simply don't rank people or things in my life like that. |
LWolf |
Nov-21-11 11:13 AM |
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I was trying to be succinct. |
Mendocino |
Nov-21-11 02:07 PM |
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Me! (recently had my first novel published) |
JFN1 |
Nov-21-11 11:20 AM |
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What's the title.....a plug wouldn't hurt.....nt |
fadedrose |
Nov-21-11 11:59 AM |
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I didn't know if it would be appropriate, but... |
JFN1 |
Nov-21-11 11:47 PM |
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Jonathan Safran Foer |
Luminous Animal |
Nov-21-11 11:32 AM |
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Clive Barker, unfairly pigeonholed as a "horror" writer |
TacoD |
Nov-21-11 11:36 AM |
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Stephen King n/t |
Owl |
Nov-21-11 11:43 AM |
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no one has yet said Cormac McCarthy, so I will |
fishwax |
Nov-21-11 11:56 AM |
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+1 |
Orrex |
Nov-21-11 11:43 PM |
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Harry Crews or John Rechy |
Tom Ripley |
Nov-21-11 12:03 PM |
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J.D. Sallinger... |
WiffenPoof |
Nov-21-11 12:05 PM |
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Died January 27, 2010. |
closeupready |
Nov-21-11 12:27 PM |
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Geeze...I'm so sorry. |
WiffenPoof |
Nov-21-11 02:05 PM |
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Certainly much-loved by many millions. |
closeupready |
Nov-21-11 02:08 PM |
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Claire Messud. |
Jim__ |
Nov-21-11 12:18 PM |
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Barbara Kingsolver |
loveandlight |
Nov-21-11 12:29 PM |
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Sheri S. Tepper. |
Arkansas Granny |
Nov-21-11 12:34 PM |
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Kim Brittingham |
soleft |
Nov-21-11 12:36 PM |
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Cormac McCarthy |
MilesColtrane |
Nov-21-11 12:56 PM |
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Haruki Murakami, John Irving, Tom Robbins (no possible way to pick just one) |
DisgustipatedinCA |
Nov-21-11 12:59 PM |
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Damn, how could I have forgotten John Irving - one of my favs too. n/t |
seaglass |
Nov-21-11 02:32 PM |
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A great writer lives forever. n/t |
formercia |
Nov-21-11 01:00 PM |
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All Novelists: Sebastian Barry, John Burdette, John Le Carre |
robdogbucky |
Nov-21-11 01:08 PM |
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Tom Wolfe |
lame54 |
Nov-21-11 01:12 PM |
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James Lee Burke, Carl Hiaasen, John Sandford, Lee Child ... to name a few |
11 Bravo |
Nov-21-11 01:44 PM |
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Lee Child went from someone I hated to like, to a pretty good writer. |
jobycom |
Nov-21-11 03:52 PM |
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I enjoy all of those... you should stop in the fiction group and share your recs |
mvccd1000 |
Nov-21-11 10:25 PM |
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Dr. Maya Angelou |
BrendaBrick |
Nov-21-11 02:05 PM |
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Richard Dawkins, nt |
and-justice-for-all |
Nov-21-11 02:10 PM |
#87 |
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Barry Holstun Lopez writes the most astonishing short stories. |
chaska |
Nov-21-11 02:51 PM |
#89 |
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I've only read |
Mendocino |
Nov-21-11 06:35 PM |
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Ken Bruen |
Rambis |
Nov-21-11 03:00 PM |
#90 |
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Lois-Ann Yamanaka |
KamaAina |
Nov-21-11 03:40 PM |
#94 |
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Gene Wolfe. |
jobycom |
Nov-21-11 03:49 PM |
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+1 |
Ohio Joe |
Nov-21-11 04:11 PM |
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I'll have to look for his books! |
Odin2005 |
Nov-21-11 11:33 PM |
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Genrally, |
some guy |
Nov-21-11 03:49 PM |
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Annie Proulx |
yankeepants |
Nov-21-11 05:19 PM |
#102 |
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Elmore Leonard, for pure entertainment. |
trof |
Nov-21-11 05:26 PM |
#103 |
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Kim Stanley Robinson |
pokerfan |
Nov-21-11 06:11 PM |
#105 |
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Joyce Carol Oates |
kalli007 |
Nov-21-11 06:28 PM |
#107 |
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Ken Follett's historical novels. |
femmocrat |
Nov-21-11 08:01 PM |
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Barbara Kingsolver. Colleen McCullough is great, too. |
Odin2005 |
Nov-21-11 11:18 PM |
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Steve Almond. |
Chan790 |
Nov-21-11 11:21 PM |
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Sharon Kay Penman's historical novels kick butt. She's my favorite historical novel writer. |
raccoon |
Nov-22-11 08:42 AM |
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James Lee Burke and Carl Hiaasen are my favorite authors |
annonymous |
Nov-22-11 08:59 AM |
#124 |
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David McCullough. |
Faygo Kid |
Nov-22-11 05:16 PM |
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I met Gary Snyder at a poetry reading he gave at our U (my poetry prof went to UC Davis for his MFA) |
MiddleFingerMom |
Nov-22-11 05:22 PM |
#130 |
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Harlan Coben, Val McDermid, Ian Rankin |
ceile |
Nov-22-11 05:46 PM |
#131 |
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Even though he's a winger, W.E.B. Griffin |
OmahaBlueDog |
Nov-22-11 09:26 PM |
#132 |
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Sharyn McCrumb, Elizabeth Moon, Elizabeth Peters, Margaret Maron |
csziggy |
Nov-22-11 09:46 PM |
#133 |
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Tom Wolfe. |
Kat45 |
Nov-23-11 12:43 AM |
#135 |
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Tim O'Brien |
ellisonz |
Nov-23-11 01:32 AM |
#136 |
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J.K Rowling |
ForeverFlashy |
Nov-25-11 11:07 PM |
#139 |
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Lionel Shriver |
clyrc |
Nov-25-11 11:13 PM |
#140 |
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Ian McEwan |
Bryan |
Nov-26-11 08:44 PM |
#141 |
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