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Post by Invisible on Jun 20, 2012 10:35:12 GMT -5
*random thought* I wonder if Leo Tolstoy will turn up...
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Post by Hermes on Jun 20, 2012 10:47:06 GMT -5
I'm interested that both my fellow-Snicketologists settled on an author I know nothing about. Clearly I must check out her work.
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Post by csc on Jun 20, 2012 10:57:15 GMT -5
It's a shame she's so little known outside Brazil. Here, she's gained legend-status. If you ever find translated works of Clarice Lispector in a book store, do check it out.
Edit: I would recommend the famous "The Hour of The Star" and the disturbing "The Passion According to G.H.". I love her short stories, though, so I'd recommend a collection of short stories above all.
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Post by Carma on Jun 20, 2012 11:06:11 GMT -5
J.K. Rowling! Couldn't pick anyone else.
(though it's a good thing it's not worst authors day or something i wouldn't want to bring E.L. James onto here)
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Post by Invisible on Jun 20, 2012 11:09:52 GMT -5
If it was Worst Authors Day, I'd come as Enid Blyton. It's not that I think she's a bad writer, I just really dislike her writing style XD
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Post by soufflé on Jun 20, 2012 11:23:34 GMT -5
Worst authors day? Edgar Guest!
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jun 20, 2012 11:28:00 GMT -5
I've heard of Stephenson's work - namely Quicksilver, but I can't remember if I came across it on my own or if it was in your, ahem, "fic."
Edit: Wait - I can't really complain about unfinished writing, can I?
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Post by Hermes on Jun 20, 2012 12:12:37 GMT -5
I've heard of Stephenson's work - namely Quicksilver, but I can't remember if I came across it on my own or if it was in your, ahem, "fic." Quicksilver is part of a series called the Baroque Cycle, but my allusion (the thousand-year clock) was rather to Anathem. I've sworn to finish it by the time WCTBATH comes out.
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jun 20, 2012 12:34:04 GMT -5
I've sworn to finish it by the time WCTBATH comes out. I swore something similar when I brought Wenders those drawings, and look what happened to me.
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Post by thenarrator on Jun 20, 2012 12:37:21 GMT -5
Well I had to choose from Lemony Snicket, My two co-authors (though it'd be stupid to list who they were), or Pseudonymous Bosch. As I do like his books, I choose Pseudonymous Bosch.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Jun 20, 2012 12:38:50 GMT -5
I debated whether or not to go with Oscar Wilde, but Vlad won in the end. Excellent choice. I also pondered if should choose Nabokov. I thought about Edward Gorey, too, I'm surprised nobody went as him. If we should write in character, here's one of my, Hunter S Thompson's, anecdotes on Vladimir: He's a "hell of a good writer. A friend of mine, Mike Solheim, was up in Sun Valley (Idaho) back in the early '60s. He told me that Nabokov used to come to the Sun Valley Lodge with an 11-year-old girl. He said it was weirder than Lolita: 'It's very nice to meet your niece, Mr. Nabokov.' Well, that goes back to the new-journalism question, about writing from experience."
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Post by Christmas Chief on Jun 20, 2012 12:44:21 GMT -5
Excellent choice. I also pondered if should choose Nabokov. I thought about Edward Gorey, too, I'm surprised nobody went as him. I very nearly did. If Radcliffe was taken, it was between Burdick and Gorey. Handler has said some interesting things about Nabokov.
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Post by soufflé on Jun 20, 2012 14:14:23 GMT -5
I was going to do Poe but someone else took it. *chuckles maniacally*
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Post by B. on Jun 20, 2012 15:25:03 GMT -5
I chose Jane Austen because I like all her works, particularly Persuasion. It was a close tie between her and George Orwell, though.
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Post by Dante on Jun 20, 2012 15:28:23 GMT -5
I've been reading a bit more Austen at the moment. By some reports, she's been reading me, too.
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