C'mon...how can you not like this guy?
He can make even my demented mind tremble with terror. A man who wields such
power is a force to be reckoned with. And if you've not yet read the Dark
Tower series (all four, and three more are coming out, in 2001, 2002, and
2003. Hearts in Atlantis is also related to the story), then shame
on you. I've read almost everything the man's ever written, even the stuff that
he wrote as Richard Bachman, and loved it all. And it's not all horror either.
But we all love him for the horror. And by the way, watching those cheap movies
isn't a substitute for reading the books. Any of you that have done both know
what I'm talking about. If you wanna know more about the greatest author ever,
feel free to go to his official site. And if you're the idiot who ran over him,
feel free to eviscerate yourself at any time.
Pennywise-->
<--If this (It) doesn't scare you, you're more
of a man than I am.
This guy is good. He's
a lot like Stephen King, but most of his stuff isn't based on horror or the
superstitious. It's mostly about these incredibly psycho guys killing people. He
also likes to throw in a lot of morbid science fiction, and those are often
his best works. Watchers is a great example of this. And be
forewarned, if you ever read Fear Nothing and Seize the Day, your
mind will be reeling afterwards. But that's why we read books like that,
isn't it? Koontz is also an excellent poet, though his poetry has not
yet been published as such. The only way to get a hold of it is to read
his books, where excerpts from The Book of Counted Sorrows have been
placed at the beginning of most chapters. Interested? Click
here
if you want to see the quotes I've managed to gather. I
should have most of them; after all, I have read all of his books.
Whoa!! Crichton graduated summa cum lauda from Harvard
University. You gotta be pretty damn smart to pull that off. Many
of Crichton's realistic science fiction novels are the basis of many popular
movies. Of Chrichton's novels, nine have been made into movies. He has
also written novels under the pseudonyms John Lange, Jeffrey Hudson, and Michael
Douglas. I just recently learned about this, so I've not yet read any of
those books yet, but I plan on doing so. He is also the creator of the
TV drama ER, which I don't watch 'cause I think it's pretty crappy. Reading
Timeline now, starts off pretty good. Well, off to the book again.
If you've never read 2001: A Space
Odyssey, then you are truly missing out. This is one of the best science
fiction stories ever. And the sequels, 2010: Odyssey Two, 2061:
Odyssey Three, and 3001: The Final Odyssey, are also superb. These
are just a few of the plethora of books that he has written, and though I've
read all all of the Space Odyssey saga, I've not read any of his other works,
but I really want to. Clarke is arguably the most distinguished science
fiction author of our time, and has received many awards as a result.
Ah, such wit is indeed rare. If you can read more than two of his sentences without laughing, please, see a doctor. He's the guy that wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which most people have heard of. It's turned into a, umm, I guess you'd call it a quintology. The other books in the in the series include The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish, and Mostly Harmless. I've read them all, and I'm reading The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul now. He's written other books too,but alas I have not read them. Wanna know more? Go to his official website. They summarize things better than I do anyways.
Three rings for the Elven-kings
under the sky
Seven for the dwarf-lords in their halls of stone.
Nine for the mortal men doomed to die.
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie.
One ring to rule them all. One ring to find them.
One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie.
And so the story goes, the tales of Middle Earth, from The Hobbit to all three books of The Lord of the Rings. It's a story most have read time and time again, and for those of you who act as if reading were bad for your health, I bring you good news. There shall be a movie. And see it I shall. And here's a really well done and highly informative site about the characters in Tolkien's works, as well as links to other great pages: The Tolkien Monster Encyclopedia.
I just recently stumbled upon Thomas by
accident. During my senior year of high school, I was sitting in my English
class nearly bored to death. I was so bored that I actually began to read (GASP!)
the literature book, and lo and behold, guess who was on the first page that
I turned to? In fact, it was his poem "Do not go gentle into that good
night" that I found. I was, of course, immediately enthralled, unaware
at the time of some of Thomas's "peculiarities." It also happened
that this was right near when were doing research papers, so I did mine on him. This
is the only poet that I have ever spent money on, and I consider it to be money
well spent, which I don't say lightly, since I'm rather cheap. Anyway, it soon
became apparent that Thomas wasn't quite your average guy, seeing as how some
of his poems speak of candles between his thighs. This was rather surprising,
and not in a good way. But that doesn't change the fact that he was a great
poet, perhaps the best poet ever, and anyways, he had a wife and kids, so he
couldn't have been that screwed up.
Dylan Thomas's grave in Laugharne.
I've only read two of her books,
The Hero and the Crown, and the Blue Sword, but both were great.
And they aren't the kind of books I normally read. I'm more the horror/blood
and guts kinda guy, and this isn't quite that. It's about this girl, Aerin,
who doesn't look half bad, and she eventually becomes this dragon slaying chick
:) The Blue Sword takes place many years later, and Aerin has become a legend
in her land, much as King Arthur has in ours. An orphan girl named Harry rediscovers
the Blue Sword, and she too becomes a dragon slaying chick :) Great books, read
them and find out 
for yourself.
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I know that I've left out lots of
good authors, but remember, these are simply the authors that I consider to
be the best. If, however, you think that I have neglected an author, me his name and the title of one of his better pieces
of work, and I will try to read it. However, I make no promises, for us college
kids are pressed for time.
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