| Author |
Message |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 2,694 |
| | Posted: | | | | Tom Clancy
Stephen Coonts
Harold Coyle
Dale Brown
Harry Turtledove
Bernard Cornwell
Clive Cussler
Jean Auel
David Baldacci
Dan Brown
Michael Crichton
Isaac Asimov
Robert Heinlein
Philip K. Dick
Gordon R. Dickson
E. E. Smith
Jules Verne
H. G. Wells
J. R. R. Tolkien
and I absolutely loath Stephen King! | | | John
"Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice!" Senator Barry Goldwater, 1964
Make America Great Again! |
|
| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,652 |
| | Posted: | | | | Tom Clancy
Robert Jordan
Terry Goodkind
Wilbur Smith (not all novels are that great though!)
Alistair Maclean
Jeffrey Archer
Dick Francis
JK Rowling
James Michener (not yet read all of his)
James Clavell
these are off the top of my head - when I have a chance to think of all the other names, I will add them | | | <---------Mithrandir, Laverne and Shirley
Caroline |
|
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Rifter: Quote:
and I absolutely loath Stephen King! Tell us how you really feel about him John...don't hold back  . | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
|
| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,652 |
| | Posted: | | | | Remembered some more
Dan Brown
Michael Crichton
JRR Tolkien (only read The Hobbit and LOTR)
Laurell K Hamilton (not into Vampire so only the Merry Gentry series)
Robert Ludlum
Leon Uris
Sidney Sheldon (but not his recent rubbish!!!!!!) | | | <---------Mithrandir, Laverne and Shirley
Caroline |
|
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,414 |
| | Posted: | | | | Tolkien
Dostoevsky
Jack London
Steinbeck
Victor Hugo (especially Les Miserables) | | | | "This movie has warped my fragile little mind." |
|
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,694 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 8ballMax: Quote:
Quoting Rifter:
Quote:
and I absolutely loath Stephen King!
Tell us how you really feel about him John...don't hold back . He hasn't written anything worth reading since 'Firestarter' and 'Cujo.' | | | John
"Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice!" Senator Barry Goldwater, 1964
Make America Great Again! |
|
| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 489 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Rifter: Quote:
Quoting 8ballMax:
Quote:
Quoting Rifter:
Quote:
and I absolutely loath Stephen King!
Tell us how you really feel about him John...don't hold back .
He hasn't written anything worth reading since 'Firestarter' and 'Cujo.' Cujo was the novel that made me decide to no longer read King. I started IT when a friend asked me to as a challenge to prove me wrong. I stopped after 4 chapters. Bobb | | | | Do Cheshire Cats drink evaporated milk? |
|
  | Berak | | Bibamus morieundum est! |
| Registered: May 10, 2007 |  Posts: 1,059 |
| | Posted: | | | | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Stephen King (Dark Tower is AWESOME!!!)
Matthew Reilly | | | Berak
It's better to burn out than to fade away!
True love conquers all! |
|
| Berak | | Bibamus morieundum est! |
| Registered: May 10, 2007 | | Posts: 1,059 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Rifter: Quote:
Quoting 8ballMax:
Quote:
Quoting Rifter:
Quote:
and I absolutely loath Stephen King!
Tell us how you really feel about him John...don't hold back .
He hasn't written anything worth reading since 'Firestarter' and 'Cujo.' Seriously?!!?! Have you read "The Dark Tower"?!!! And.-.... "Desperation", "Rose Madder", "Misery", "Insomnia" and so forth, and so forth... | | | Berak
It's better to burn out than to fade away!
True love conquers all! | | | | Last edited: by Berak |
|
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 906 |
| | Posted: | | | | Nick Hornby
JRR Tolkien
Terry Pratchett | | | 
The colour of her eyes, were the colour of insanity |
|
| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,652 |
| | Posted: | | | | Kathy,
you started this thread. Where is your list? I would be interested to see who you read! | | | <---------Mithrandir, Laverne and Shirley
Caroline |
|
| Registered: May 10, 2007 |  Posts: 153 |
| | Posted: | | | | in no particular order
Terry Pratchett - any of his many discworld novels
Clive Barker - any
Edgar Allan Poe
Victor Hugo
Arthur Conan Doyle - All his Sherlock Holmes Stuff
H.P. Lovecraft - The Call of Cthulhu and a few others
David Eddings - any
Umberto Eco - Only read Name of the Rose but it's brill
Charles Dickens - any
Michael Crichton - Jurassic Park only
Isaac Asimov - most
Arthur C Clarke - 2001 mostly read that about 23 times
J.K. Rowling - no coment !!!
C.S. Lewis - narnia novels
Bram Stoker - Dracula and Mystery of the sea
Bernard Cornwall - Sharpe Novels ONLY
Jules Verne - Journey to the centre of the earth, 20,000 leagues under the sea and rocket to the moon
H. G. Wells - Time Machine and War of the worlds i like most
Philip K. Dick
J. R. R. Tolkien - anything but Sillmarillion, LOTR trilogy and the hobbit
and i hate to say it Batman Graphic Novels - NO NOT COMICS | | | regards
rorschach999
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Give a man a match and he'll be warm for an hour...
Set him on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. |
|
| Registered: May 29, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,475 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Caroline: Quote:
Kathy,
you started this thread. Where is your list? I would be interested to see who you read! Michael Allegretto Charlotte Allen Eric Ambler Piers Antony Jeffrey Archer Campbell Armstrong Charlotte Armstrong Isaac Asimov Louis Auchincloss Jean Auel Richard Bachman Clive Barker Robert Barnard Linda Barnes Peter Benchley Campbell Black Lawrence Block Ray Bradbury Jay Brandon Lilian Jackson Braun Simon Brett Dale Brown Dan Brown Sandra Brown Gerald Browne Taylor Caldwell Robert Campbell Truman Capote William Cauntz John Cheever George Chesbro Agatha Christie Tom Clancy Arthur C. Clarke Mary Higgins Clark James Clavell Michael Collins Michael Connelly Shirley Conran Pat Conroy K.C. Constantine Robin Cook Thomas Cook Catherine Cookson Stephen Coonts Patricia Cornwell Kate Coscarelli John Coyle Alisa Craig (aka Charlotte Macleod) Robert Crais Michael Crichton Amanda Cross Clive Cussler Jeffery Deaver Len Deighton Nelson Demille Philip K. Dick James Dickey Peter Dickinson William Diehl Arthur Conan Doyle Daphine Dumaurier Susan Dunlap Umberto Eco David Eddings Dorothy Eden Lesley Egan Aaron Elkins Janet Evanovich Linda Fairstein Joy Fielding Ken Follett Frederick Forsyth John Fowles Dick Francis Antonia Fraser Frances Fyfield Elisabeth Gage Neil Gaiman John Gardner Lisa Gardner Johnathan Gash Elizabeth George Tess Gerritsen B.M. Gill Dorothy Gilman William Goldman Robert Goldsborough Olivia Goldsmith Eileen Goudge James Grady Bill Granger Linda Grant Andrew Greeley Graham Greene Stephen Greenleaf W.E.B. Griffin Martha Grimes John Grisham Judith Guest Arthur Hailey Adam Hall James Hall Thomas Harris Carolyn Hart John Harvey Joseph Heller James Herriot Carl Hiaasen George Higgins Jack Higgins Reginald Hill Tony Hillerman Alice Hoffman Victoria Holt Linda Howard Susan Howatch Evan Hunter (aka Ed McBain) John Irving Susan Isaacs P.D. James J.A. Jance Velda Johnston Erica Jong Stuart Kaminsky John Katzenback Elia Kazan Faye Kellerman Jonathon Kellerman Harry Kemelman William Kienzle Karen Kijewski Stephan King Mary Kittredge Dean Koontz Michael Korda Emma Lathen John Leclarre Elizabeth Lemarchand Elmore Leonard Ira Levin C.S. Lewis David Lindsey Elizabeth Linington Richard Locktidge Norah Lofts H.P. Lovecraft Peter Lovesey Robert Ludlam Eric Lustbader John Macdonald Patricia Macdonald Ross Macdonald Helen Macinnes Alister Maclean Charlotte Macleod Phillip Margolin Margaret Maron J.J. Marric Steve Martini Ed McBain Sharon McCrumb Collen McCullough Gregory McDonald Jill McGown Ralph McInerny Mary McMullen Barbara Michaels James Michener Toni Morrison Walter Mosley Diane Mott-Davidson Marcia Muller Anaïs Nin Lillian O’Donnell Roger Ormerod George Orwell Perri O’Shaughnessy Abrigail Padgett Michael Palmer Sara Paretsky Robert Parker James Patterson Richard North Patterson Ridley Pearson Hugh Pentecost Anne Perry Thomas Perry Elizabeth Peters Ellis Peters Nancy Pickard Rosamunde Pilcher Belva Plain Edgar Allan Poe Terry Pratchett Bill Pronzini Mario Puzo Ayn Rand Ruth Rendell Anne Rice John Ridley Anne Rivers Siddons Harold Robbins Peter Robinson Elliot Roosevelt Nancy Taylor Rosenberg Judith Rossner Philip Roth J.K. Rowling Anne Rule Lawrence Sanders Carl Sagan Pierre Salinger John Sanford John Saul Dorothy Sayers Lisa Scottoline Erich Segal Dell Shannon Irwin Shaw Sidney Sheldon John Sherwood Anne Rivers Siddons Georges Simenon Dorothey Simpson Frank Slaughter Evelyn Smith Julie Smith Martin Cruz Smith Mitchell Smith Alexander Solzhenitsyn Lavyrle Spencer Mickey Spillane Mary Stewart Irving Stone Rex Stout Peter Straub Whitley Strieber Jacqueline Susann Amy Tan William Tapply Bernard Taylor Craig Thomas Ross Thomas James Thurber J. R. R. Tolkien Trevanian Margaret Truman Thomas Tryon Scott Turow Anne Tyler Dorothy Uhnak Michael Underwood John Updike Leon Uris Barbara Vine Kurt Vonnegut Alice Walker Mary Walker Irving Wallace Marilyn Wallace Bobert Waller James Wambough Fay Weldon Valarie Wesley Morris West Donald Westlake Colin Wilcox Kate Wilhelm F. Paul Wilson David Wiltse Barbara Wood Bari Wood Sara Woods Stuart Woods Herman Wouk Eric Wright Frank Yerby Andrew York Margaret Yorke This is the short list! |
|
| Registered: May 29, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,475 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Caroline: Quote:
Kathy,
you started this thread. Where is your list? I would be interested to see who you read! I posted my list but I wanted to say - Welcome back Caroline!  |
|
| Registered: March 20, 2007 | | Posts: 262 |
| | Posted: | | | | Here's my two cents:
Lee Child -- Jack Reacher kicks a#$!
Vince Flynn -- Mitch Rapp rules!
Clive Cussler
Jack Du Brul
Robert B. Parker
Sue Grafton
Mary Higgins Clark
Brad Thor
Terry Goodkind
R.A. Salvatore
Tom Clancy |
|
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 181 |
| | Posted: | | | | George R. R. Martin
Barry Eisler
Tom Clancy
Raymond E. Feist
Jim Butcher
Bruce Sterling
Tad Williams
James Rollins
Brad Thor
J. R. R. Tolkien
P. K. Dick
Randy Wayne White
Robert Ludlum
Neal Stephenson
William Gibson
Richard K. Morgan
H. P. Lovecraft
P. D. James
Vince Flynn
David Anthony Durham
Off the top of my head thats all i can think of |
|