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Posted by syl, 14th May 2009:
 
An interesting article about George Orwell, my favourite writer.

www.guardian.co.uk/books/20...

Who is your favourite writer?
Posted by WarHead, 14th May 2009:
 
Terry Pratchett
Posted by che, 14th May 2009:
 
Terry Pratchett (everything)
David Mitchell (especially Cloud Atlas and Ghostwritten)
Kate Atkinson (Behind the Scenes at the Museum)
Christopher Brookmyre (Can never get enough of comedic violence in a heavy Scottish accent)
Posted by Grim..., 14th May 2009:
 
Christ, I change my mind all the time. Richard Morgan is fantastic, as is Alan Moore.
Posted by che, 15th May 2009:
 
+1 for Alan Moore
Posted by che, 15th May 2009:
 
Also suddenly getting into Iain Banks books although read The Wasp Factory first and none of the others are quite up to that level.
Posted by Saltation, 20th May 2009:
 
Kornbluth
Sladek
Pratchett
Zelazny
Vance
Posted by Gary, around 21st May 2009:
 
Harlan Coben
Michael Connelly
Tom Clancy
Posted by Uncle Moc, around 21st May 2009:
 
H. G. Wells
Arthur Conan Doyle
Tom Stoppard
Peter Schaffer
Judy Blume
Julian Barnes
Umberto Eco
Borges
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Elizabeth Bowen
Philip Larkin
Posted by arsepuppy, around 21st May 2009:
 
Yellow Pages. Foreign chap, writes fragmented surrealist stories about plasterers and florists. Yellow's an odd first name. Parents must have been hippies.
Posted by che, 21st May 2009:
 
There is a guy round here a bit like that, called Thomson Local
Posted by Saltation, 21st May 2009:
 
young kid round here a bit like that, called local.google
Posted by Saltation, 21st May 2009:
 
oh ta moc: big tick for me for HG Wells, too

everyone with even the faintest sense of irony/social disquiet should read Tono-Bungay - brilliant
Posted by syl, around 27th May 2009:
 
I'd wondered if you'd read this lovely letter about Douglas Adams written by Richard Dawkins

www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/...