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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 04:50 PM Original message |
Which writer do you think is best with narrative pull? |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. A couple |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 05:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Don't wait; it may be the best thing he's ever written |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 04:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Thanks for the push. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. Tolkein did it for me. |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I've read the dang thing dozens of times-- still gets me |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. I like fantasy |
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reyd reid reed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. James Patterson sometimes... |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. Delillo |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 07:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. No, my DeLillo-obsessed friend was completely insane |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. James Ellroy. |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. wow, you included Grisham |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 12:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. It's probably been a few years since this was the case... |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I only saw that movie |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. I know who's the worst! |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. I don't know, I would put Jodi Picault up there. |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. This is way dorky, but... |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 11:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Are you sure? |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. Stephen King, Glen Cook, RA Salvatore, |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-23-06 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. Vladimir Nabokov, Mary Gaitskill, Christian Shapiro |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. Elmore Leonard. His 'street' dialogue puts you there. |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Ok, trof, I'll give him a third try |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. google his early stuff too. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. I like Tolkien as much as the next guy. |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. Henry Miller |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
22. Oops. Delete. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
23. Michael Connelly |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
24. I so have to agree with "Ghost Story"! I often use that as an example |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 10:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. When introducing people to the Hitchhiker's Guide, I have to warn them |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. Embarassing answer, but Stephen King and JK Rowling |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Me too! Finished 'Curious Incident' in one day. |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. Charles Willeford |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
29. Neil Gaiman |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
30. Gabriel Garcia Marquez... |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 09:46 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. The thing about Gibson is... |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. The Neuromancer trilogy, though, should definitely be read together... |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
33. Some more for me.... |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Cool! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-24-06 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
36. Joan Didion in fiction and nonfiction. n/t |
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Z_I_Peevey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
39. Recently, Rilla Askew. |
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