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carrie221 · 31st August 2006, 10:05 PM

Jane Austen
Ann Rule
Laura Ingells Wilder
C.S. Lewis

littlemissattitude · 31st August 2006, 10:21 PM

Hmmm...

Faye Kellerman
James Ellroy
Kathy Reichs

and after that several others that I can't narrow down to another choice or two.

Mark Robson · 31st August 2006, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nixie

Dennis Wheatly

Robert Louis Stevenson

Charles Dickens

Agatha Christie

Ha! I was going to put Dennis Wheatley until I remembered that aside from the horror novels, he also wrote fantasy ... and that my favourite book of his was the fantasy 'They Found Atlantis'.

Nesacat · 1st September 2006, 01:50 PM

At the moment they are:

Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Umberto Eco
Orhan Pamuk
Italo Calvino

Crisspin · 1st September 2006, 01:59 PM

Daniel Silva
John Sanford
Jonathan Kellerman
Michael Connely

Looking at the responses, it seems there are two groups of non-SFF lists .. those that have contemporary popular writers and those that have classics.

j. d. worthington · 1st September 2006, 02:05 PM

Well, there's also the problem that it depends on what we define as SF and F... for example, Poe, Hawthorne, Dickens, Alcott, and the Brontes all wrote tales that can be considered fantasy at least; Penguin has issued a book of Poe's Science Fiction... so where does one draw the line? Is it those who are only labeled sf or f writers? Until recently, that would be a rather small group ... even among those who primarily wrote in these two fields (Poul Anderson, for instance, also wrote a children's book or two, mysteries, historical fiction, etc.)

So, keeping that distinction in mind:

Edgar Allan Poe
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Washington Irving (who has recently moved up into this slot)
Donald R. Burleson (for his critical writing)

Mind you, this is subject to change at any time....

littlemissattitude · 1st September 2006, 05:13 PM

I do want to mention that my list above was just in reference to authors of fiction. I would have to think about a list of non-fiction writers before I could narrow it down to a few favorites. If I could even do that.

nixie · 1st September 2006, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Robson

Ha! I was going to put Dennis Wheatley until I remembered that aside from the horror novels, he also wrote fantasy ... and that my favourite book of his was the fantasy 'They Found Atlantis'.

I completely forgot about the fantasy novels, my favourite of his was The Forbidden Territory.Mind you its years since I read them and after finding 4 of his black magic stories I'm re reading them.

MJRevell · 1st September 2006, 09:09 PM

Having finished Ptolemy's Gate, right now my favourite is Jonathan Stroud.

Milk · 2nd September 2006, 12:18 AM

Gunter Grass ---The Tin Drum
Jersky Kazinski---Being There, The Painted Bird
John D Barrow--Book Of Nothing, The Universe That Discovered Itself
Clive Barker--- too many to name

steve12553 · 2nd September 2006, 04:38 AM

Arthur Conan Doyle
Mickey Spillane
Ellery Queen
THomas Harris

Maybe

Tash · 13th September 2006, 06:33 PM

CS Lewis
Barbara Erskine
Marion Zimmer Bradley (Avalon series)
Sara Donati

Cerberus · 13th September 2006, 08:28 PM

Jonathan Kellerman
Patricia Cornwell
Uberto Eco
Shakespear

Ozymandias · 14th September 2006, 03:08 AM

Kafka-All his works
Camus- The Stranger, and The Rebel
William S. Burroughs- Junky (once considered pulp trash, now analyzed in universities).
J.D. Salinger-Everything he's written

And many, many others.

Rane Longfox · 14th September 2006, 03:03 PM

Ben Elton
Bill Bryson
Tony Hawks (the comedian, not the skateboarder

)
Haruki Murakami

Joel007 and Tash - you would class CS Lewis as not SFF?

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littlemissattitude Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,576 Blog Entries: 9	Re: Favorite Authors... Hmmm... Faye Kellerman James Ellroy Kathy Reichs and after that several others that I can't narrow down to another choice or two.

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Nesacat The Cat Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malaysia Posts: 3,292	Re: Favorite Authors... At the moment they are: Carlos Ruiz Zafon Umberto Eco Orhan Pamuk Italo Calvino

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Crisspin Morningstar Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 69	Re: Favorite Authors... Daniel Silva John Sanford Jonathan Kellerman Michael Connely Looking at the responses, it seems there are two groups of non-SFF lists .. those that have contemporary popular writers and those that have classics.

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j. d. worthington Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 13,183	Re: Favorite Authors... Well, there's also the problem that it depends on what we define as SF and F... for example, Poe, Hawthorne, Dickens, Alcott, and the Brontes all wrote tales that can be considered fantasy at least; Penguin has issued a book of Poe's Science Fiction... so where does one draw the line? Is it those who are only labeled sf or f writers? Until recently, that would be a rather small group ... even among those who primarily wrote in these two fields (Poul Anderson, for instance, also wrote a children's book or two, mysteries, historical fiction, etc.) So, keeping that distinction in mind: Edgar Allan Poe Nathaniel Hawthorne Washington Irving (who has recently moved up into this slot) Donald R. Burleson (for his critical writing) Mind you, this is subject to change at any time....

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littlemissattitude Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,576 Blog Entries: 9	Re: Favorite Authors... I do want to mention that my list above was just in reference to authors of fiction. I would have to think about a list of non-fiction writers before I could narrow it down to a few favorites. If I could even do that.

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MJRevell www.mikerevell.com Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 231	Re: Favorite Authors... Having finished Ptolemy's Gate, right now my favourite is Jonathan Stroud.

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Milk Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: California Posts: 108	Re: Favorite Authors... Gunter Grass ---The Tin Drum Jersky Kazinski---Being There, The Painted Bird John D Barrow--Book Of Nothing, The Universe That Discovered Itself Clive Barker--- too many to name

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steve12553 The Enigma of Steel Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Mississippi Posts: 1,257 Blog Entries: 16	Re: Favorite Authors... Arthur Conan Doyle Mickey Spillane Ellery Queen THomas Harris Maybe

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Tash Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 5	Re: Favorite Authors... CS Lewis Barbara Erskine Marion Zimmer Bradley (Avalon series) Sara Donati

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Cerberus Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lancashire Posts: 42	Re: Favorite Authors... Jonathan Kellerman Patricia Cornwell Uberto Eco Shakespear

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Ozymandias Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 153	Re: Favorite Authors... Kafka-All his works Camus- The Stranger, and The Rebel William S. Burroughs- Junky (once considered pulp trash, now analyzed in universities). J.D. Salinger-Everything he's written And many, many others.

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Rane Longfox Red Rane Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Greater Manchester Posts: 3,342	Re: Favorite Authors... Ben Elton Bill Bryson Tony Hawks (the comedian, not the skateboarder) Haruki Murakami Joel007 and Tash - you would class CS Lewis as not SFF?

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