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		Tom Send a noteboard - 07/01/2012 12:31:24 AM
		
	
		
			
				I don't usually read sci-fi.  I wouldn't really consider Lovecraftian horror or dystopian novels to be sci-fi, so my options are somewhat limited.  I suppose I'll have to say Douglas Adams even though I consider that his books are more humor/commentary on human stupidity because the other options don't really work - Lem probably gets honorable mention.  
On fantasy, I'm tempted to say C.S. Lewis because I realize that I'm tempted to re-read Narnia lots of times, whereas no matter how much I enjoyed Tolkien and Rowling, I don't feel that same pull to re-read. Lloyd Alexander probably gets honorable mention. Martin is in the shitter in my estimation because I think he's let the series get away from him. Sanderson is fun but his prose really needs some improvement.
My favorite author overall is probably a tie between Dostoevsky and Bulgakov. They have completely different styles and Dostoevsky is considered much more of a serious writer, but Bulgakov's works are just...wonderful. Hence the tie. If you had asked about my favorite book, I'd probably say Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago, but Pasternak was first and foremost a poet and Zhivago was his only major prose work (or at least, the only one worth reading).
	On fantasy, I'm tempted to say C.S. Lewis because I realize that I'm tempted to re-read Narnia lots of times, whereas no matter how much I enjoyed Tolkien and Rowling, I don't feel that same pull to re-read. Lloyd Alexander probably gets honorable mention. Martin is in the shitter in my estimation because I think he's let the series get away from him. Sanderson is fun but his prose really needs some improvement.
My favorite author overall is probably a tie between Dostoevsky and Bulgakov. They have completely different styles and Dostoevsky is considered much more of a serious writer, but Bulgakov's works are just...wonderful. Hence the tie. If you had asked about my favorite book, I'd probably say Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago, but Pasternak was first and foremost a poet and Zhivago was his only major prose work (or at least, the only one worth reading).
		Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
			Favourite authors.
	    
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			Re: Favourite authors.
	    
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			I thought the beauty of the question is that it asked for ONE author to each question. *NM*
	    
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			Well, I did give one author to the question I could answer. I just added a bunch of others after. :p *NM*
	    
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			Matthew Stover.
	    
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			I suck at choosing absolute favourites, I like far too much stuff for that, but okay...
	    
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			You should read more scfi
	    
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			I know. I do read some - but somehow it's usually one book per author.  - 07/01/2012 01:03:19 AM
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			You and I actually agree on something?!
	    
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			I think you mean to be surprised that we agree about something book-related.  - 07/01/2012 01:20:25 AM
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			Well, yes, but you are a Republican, aren't you?  - 07/01/2012 01:40:31 AM
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			Authors suck.  I like books. *NM*
	    
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