Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Entertainment and Arts > Books
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 01-29-2010, 07:59 AM
 
16,579 posts, read 20,705,006 times
Reputation: 26860

Advertisements

J.K. Rowling for her storytelling ability.
Cormac McCarthy for being able to say so much with so few words.
John Steinbeck for his ability to describe universal humanity.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 01-30-2010, 05:34 AM
 
Location: Victoria TX
42,554 posts, read 86,954,125 times
Reputation: 36644
Vladimir Nabokov for fiction.

Louis Lapham for essays.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 01-31-2010, 01:07 PM
 
2,002 posts, read 4,583,894 times
Reputation: 1772
Quote:
Originally Posted by bjh View Post
If you could write books like anyone, who would you emulate?
Ken Follett, definitely J.K. Rowling and Tolkien are on my list too.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-03-2010, 09:25 AM
 
5,019 posts, read 14,113,260 times
Reputation: 7091
I'll stick with contemporary authors (too many great writers out there if I start thinking about the "classics"):

Margaret Atwood

David Sedaris

Philip Pullman
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-03-2010, 09:33 AM
 
Location: Oxford, England
13,026 posts, read 24,625,061 times
Reputation: 20165
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ketabcha View Post
Marcel Proust
Wow ! Not asking much are you !? Madeleines anyone ?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-03-2010, 09:38 AM
 
Location: UK
2,579 posts, read 2,451,488 times
Reputation: 1689
I am a great fun of Isabel Allende and her very unique style.

Last edited by hutch5; 02-03-2010 at 09:46 AM..
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-03-2010, 09:39 AM
 
42,732 posts, read 29,870,989 times
Reputation: 14345
If I were going to emulate someone, William Styron.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-03-2010, 10:57 AM
 
Location: Blankity-blank!
11,446 posts, read 16,183,316 times
Reputation: 6958
Friedrich Nietzsche
William Burroughs
Dylan Thomas
Antonin Artaud
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-04-2010, 10:26 AM
 
32,516 posts, read 37,168,702 times
Reputation: 32581
Annie Dillard

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is one of my favorite books. It's the book I urge other people to read. She is simply lyrical in her writing. Even Edward Abbey liked her and he didn't like anybody.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 02-04-2010, 10:36 AM
 
Location: Aloverton
6,560 posts, read 14,457,035 times
Reputation: 10165
Quote:
Originally Posted by bjh View Post
If you could write books like anyone, who would you emulate?
CJ Cherryh. You could string a bow with that writing.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Entertainment and Arts > Books

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top