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Ian Fleming no_hypocrisy Feb 2019 #1
From any time in my life? ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #2
James Michener and Sue Grafton Liberty Belle Feb 2019 #3
Kurt Vonnegut. Lindsay Feb 2019 #4
He broke his precious egg. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2019 #31
He was the first to come to mind n/t TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #35
Yep that was heartbreaking N/T solara Feb 2019 #77
Octavia Butler n/t Stargleamer Feb 2019 #5
Definitely! hedda_foil Feb 2019 #18
Truly. She was brilliant. nolabear Feb 2019 #89
Vonnegut Loki Liesmith Feb 2019 #6
Pat Conroy Laurian Feb 2019 #7
vonnegut Kurt V. Feb 2019 #8
Robert B. Parker Srkdqltr Feb 2019 #9
I miss Parker's Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch series Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #33
Yes Robert Parker. Not only were the stories good, but they took place in the Boston area. Fla Dem Feb 2019 #61
Ivan Doig Tony Hillerman Ptah Feb 2019 #10
I was also a Tony Hillerman fan. nt doc03 Feb 2019 #16
This House of Sky is one of my favorites. jalan48 Feb 2019 #19
Just recently learned Hillerman had died. A fascinating author. bobbieinok Feb 2019 #21
Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Agatha Christie, C.S. Lewis k8conant Feb 2019 #11
Edward Abbey, Philip K. Dick... Harker Feb 2019 #12
God jberryhill Feb 2019 #13
As always... PJMcK Feb 2019 #28
I liked a lot of his early stuff jberryhill Feb 2019 #34
Ah, yeah, Old Testament.... fNord Feb 2019 #43
AND, I have NOT been impressed with the movie(s). The Book was better. FailureToCommunicate Feb 2019 #57
Elmore Leonard Zoonart Feb 2019 #14
I was sad he was only able to write two Chili Palmer books Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #36
Dick Francis has a son that also writes Lars39 Feb 2019 #15
As does Tony Hillerman's daughter. Shrike47 Feb 2019 #51
Terry Pratchett blogslut Feb 2019 #17
My partner feels your pain..... fNord Feb 2019 #45
Read him blogslut Feb 2019 #47
Well, I do have some free time coming up......n/t fNord Feb 2019 #48
A good starter book is Night Watch blogslut Feb 2019 #52
Good omens was awesome fNord Feb 2019 #49
absolutely yellowdogintexas Feb 2019 #72
Orson Scott Card hunter Feb 2019 #20
Harrison ford needed the paycheck..... fNord Feb 2019 #46
My heart broke when Barbara Mertz (Elizabeth Peters) died ms liberty Feb 2019 #22
Pat Conroy. Kurt Vonnegut n/t pamela Feb 2019 #23
Harper Lee The Blue Flower Feb 2019 #24
Elmore Leonard, a big favorite of mine. brush Feb 2019 #25
Norah Lofts. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2019 #26
If scifi is included, Jack Chalker tymorial Feb 2019 #27
Robert Jordan before he finished his Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #29
Jackie Collins, Lawrence Sanders kimbutgar Feb 2019 #30
DU's own Annette Apollo. rzemanfl Feb 2019 #32
Isaac Asimov Leith Feb 2019 #37
Foundation series is one of my favorites bobbieinok Feb 2019 #59
Iain Banks. Loved his "Culture" novels. nt eppur_se_muova Feb 2019 #38
Frank Herbert and Colin Dexter shenmue Feb 2019 #39
Patrick O'Brian, Iain M. Banks are the first to come to mind... (nt) petronius Feb 2019 #40
Harlan Ellison. Aristus Feb 2019 #41
I am jealous of you. Dave Starsky Feb 2019 #64
It was one of the most extraoirinary events of my life. Aristus Feb 2019 #65
He could be an enormous asshole. Dave Starsky Feb 2019 #66
Saying he doesn't suffer fools gladly is just a way of saying he doesn't suffer fools at all. Aristus Feb 2019 #68
Exactly. I never wanted to be thought by him--my hero--to be a fool. Dave Starsky Feb 2019 #69
The world is smaller without him! ChazInAz Feb 2019 #74
Long list to be sure..... fNord Feb 2019 #42
Raymond Carver ChubbyStar Feb 2019 #44
John Steinbeck... Lucid Dreamer Feb 2019 #50
Heinrich Boll ("o" with umlaut but it won't stick here) fierywoman Feb 2019 #53
Oh, Dick Francis was my all time favorite! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2019 #54
J. D. Salinger and Tom Wolfe Totally Tunsie Feb 2019 #55
Sarah Cadogan catrose Feb 2019 #56
Gene Roddenberry for sure, and Tony Hillerman. I got to hang with Roddenberry one FailureToCommunicate Feb 2019 #58
Ursula Le Guin MH1 Feb 2019 #60
Yep. hunter Feb 2019 #70
Sue Grafton, author of the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet Series Fla Dem Feb 2019 #62
So sad... N/T solara Feb 2019 #78
Yes, and Mme. Defarge Feb 2019 #83
John D. MacDonald Dave Starsky Feb 2019 #63
I second that emotion Zorro Feb 2019 #75
Travis Magee was one of my all time favorites.. sad day when McDonald left us N/T solara Feb 2019 #81
Richard Matheson and Jerome Bixby discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2019 #67
Robert Jordan. Liberal Veteran Feb 2019 #71
Robert Ludlum and Tom Clancy - I love suspense/thrillers yellowdogintexas Feb 2019 #73
Manuel Vzquez Montalbn and Reginald Hill (of Dalziel and Pascoe fame) MLAA Feb 2019 #76
Wallace Stegner, Edward Abbey yonder Feb 2019 #79
Henry Miller, Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, Richard Brautigan Triloon Feb 2019 #80
Douglas Adams Onyrleft Feb 2019 #82
Phillip Kerr. Mme. Defarge Feb 2019 #84
Elizabeth Enright MaryMagdaline Feb 2019 #85
Ken Kesey and Ed Abbey. Hassler Feb 2019 #86
There are more than I realized...... solara Feb 2019 #87
Also Douglas Adams TlalocW Feb 2019 #88
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