Authors

[Princess Ivy]

I've just been trolling the Authors boards, but note two glaring ommisions.
Douglas Adams
Piers Anthony.
Are there no other fans of these commic masters out there?

[I, Brian]

There are quite a few omissions - namely, if a specific author get's a few topics opened on their subject and work, then they have a board opened.

So feel free to start a couple of topics on either author, and we may see something happen.

[Princess Ivy]

Those aren't the only two!

But I can be very verbose, so prepare to have at it with both barrels!

[I, Brian]

I'm aboslutely fine with that - I should be finishing a few major deadlines this month - that means in September I should be able to return to sorting out this place - give it a little bit of a tidy and make-over - add new sections. More author discussions to create author boards is always welcome.

[erickad71]

I've read quite a few of Piers Anthony's books. I enjoyed them very much, but I mostly read them when I was a lot younger. I haven't read any lately.

[Foxbat]

I read the Tarot Trilogy by Piers Anthony quite a few years ago and found it to be fascinating stuff.

Douglas Adams is the only person in the world who has managed to write a book that had me laughing out loud

[Feralia]

I read the Blue Adept series of Piers Anthony. I just got interested in a new one, called Incarnations of Immortality

[dwndrgn]

I enjoy both Douglas Adams and Piers Anthony. What I like about Douglas Adams is his mix of dejectionist pessimism with lust for all things living...sort of a crazy mix but add in humor and it is the best stuff. Piers Anthony is straight up popcorn reading as LittleMiss would say. Enjoyable for it's light and airy but amusing look at how seriously we take our dull, everyday lives. Another thing I like about Piers Anthony, and I didn't discover this until I visited his webpage, is his complete rejection of criticism, disdain and snobbishness. His take, people enjoy my books so pbbbbththth to anyone who says it isn't any good.

[dwndrgn]

Originally Posted by Foxbat

I read the Tarot Trilogy by Piers Anthony quite a few years ago and found it to be fascinating stuff.

Douglas Adams is the only person in the world who has managed to write a book that had me laughing out loud

Foxbat, I don't think I know the Tarot trilogy. I'll have to look it up. Thanks for mentioning it.

As far as laughing out loud, there are quite a few authors who can do that for me, but the shortlist definitely includes Adams (and Robinson and Pratchett).

[littlemissattitude]

I have also read quite a bit of Piers Anthony's work. The Tarot trilogy; Incarnations of Immortality; the Bio of a Space Tyrant series; some of his short stories; even his autobiography. I think dwndrgn is correct about his inability to take criticism of any kind. Still, I've liked a lot of his work. One thing makes me a bit uncomfortable with some of it though - there are times when his considerable dark side comes out very blatantly. I understand (from reading his autobiography and the author's notes in some of his novels) that he has had some problems with depression, and I can understand where some of that dark stuff comes from. It's just that some of it is very, very dark. For example, in his "Anthonology" collection of short stories, there is a story called "On the Uses of Torture" - very dark, very bleak, and awfully graphic (violence mostly). Oh, it is a very effective story, but it bothered me some, and there isn't much that bothers me in literature.

Edited to add that I almost forgot that Piers Anthony has also written an interesting historical novel, "Tatham Mound", about a Native American from Florida during the time of initial European contact. It got mixed reviews, but I thought it was a good book.

[Princess Ivy]

I was gutted, when I picked up 'The salmon of Doubt' and found it unfinished. I really want to know what happened to Desmond the Rhino! But as a highlight to my week, I found the entire hitchhikers trilogy (yes all five) in a box set, marked down to £2.95! in a bargin bin at my local hardwarestore!

I've not been able to get into the darker Anthony novels, they can be a bit odd, but I love the puns in the Xanth trillogy!

Same reason I love Sabrina (Ivy ducks to avoid large boxes of rotten pastries being hurled at her) the Teenage witch. Puns!

I obviously also love Prattchet, but he has his own forum, so thats OK.

[dwndrgn]

Originally Posted by Princess Ivy

But as a highlight to my week, I found the entire hitchhikers trilogy (yes all five) in a box set, marked down to £2.95! in a bargin bin at my local hardwarestore!

I'm soooo jealous! I've been looking for affordable copies forever. Sigh.

[Princess Ivy]

Me Too! The shop had no idea what they had, I felt almost guilty taking it.
But not that guilty.
I'm parcelling them out, chapter by chapter at bedtimes...

[kyektulu]

Im a fan of piers anthony!
Went through a stage of reading all his books a few years ago now u mention it they deserve another read!

xxxkyexxx

[Winters_Sorrow]

A little read novel, but one of my favourite 'old' novels (I hesitate to use that term, but they're old to me, ok? ) is "Sos the Rope" by Piers Anthony - a definate departure from his Xanth series - much more straight-laced, I'm afraid Princess