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Re: Who is your favorite author and why?

PostPosted: July 18th, 2013, 4:46 pm
by summer
Anne Rice. sabi nga nila, first love never dies. ayii~

kaso, minsan masyadong depressing at seryoso ang books ni Anne Rice, so my other favorite author is Terry Pratchett. whenever life looks like something nasty that came out of an orifice, binabasa ko ang Discworld series, and my life becomes rainbow-colored again :D

Iba talaga ang sense of humor ni Terry Pratchett. he often writes about truths in life, but he presents them in a silly way.

my favorite Terry Pratchett character is Death dahil masaya siya. here's an example of a conversation with him:

“I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.”

Terry Pratchett isn't bound by stereotypes; he makes fun of them :)

Another Death scene (when he pretended to be a human named Bill Door and a new Death was going to eliminate him):
IT IS NOT YET MIDNIGHT?
'I shouldn't think it's more than a quarter past eleven.'
THEN WE HAVE THREE-QUARTERS OF AN HOUR
'How can you be sure?'
BECAUSE OF DRAMA, MISS FLITWORTH.. THE KIND OF DEATH WHO POSES AGAINST THE SKYLINE AND GETS LIT UP BY LIGHTNING FLASHES, said Bill Door, disapprovingly, DOESN'T TURN UP AT FIVE-AND-TWENTY PAST ELEVEN IF HE CAN POSSIBLY TURN UP AT MIDNIGHT.

Ok, last na 'to. Here's a wonderful character description by Terry Pratchett:

“Mister Teatime had a truly brilliant mind, but it was brilliant like a fractured mirror, all marvellous facets and rainbows but, ultimately, also something that was broken.”

Re: Who is your favorite author and why?

PostPosted: July 19th, 2013, 7:21 am
by jemchan_n
summer wrote:Anne Rice. sabi nga nila, first love never dies. ayii~

kaso, minsan masyadong depressing at seryoso ang books ni Anne Rice, so my other favorite author is Terry Pratchett. whenever life looks like something nasty that came out of an orifice, binabasa ko ang Discworld series, and my life becomes rainbow-colored again :D

Iba talaga ang sense of humor ni Terry Pratchett. he often writes about truths in life, but he presents them in a silly way.

best friends na tayo ha? :lol: jkjk

ako na feeling close. :mrgreen:

pero big cyber high five for Anne Rice and Terry Pratchett. :P

Anne Rice will forever have a special place in my heart. :D I think I have just about all of her books. :P naalala ko bigla. ilang beses akong napagalitan ng mum ko dahil nga ubos allowance sa mga books niya. :lol:

Re: Who is your favorite author and why?

PostPosted: July 22nd, 2013, 11:02 am
by summer
haha, apir, kapanalig kay Rice at Pratchett! :D

pinapagalitan din ako dati ng nanay ko tuwing nakikita niyang bumibili ako ng libro ni Anne Rice. sinasabi niya, "Ano yang libro na yan? Kadiliman na naman?!" lol

Re: Who is your favorite author and why?

PostPosted: July 23rd, 2013, 9:02 am
by jemchan_n
hahaha :lol: nakakarelate ako.

Re: Who is your favorite author and why?

PostPosted: July 31st, 2013, 5:13 am
by celebrate_zoedio
Complex characters, wonderful story telling, and the backdrop was simply inviting...

Re: Who is your favorite author and why?

PostPosted: October 3rd, 2013, 10:42 pm
by ohmgrawrr
Sidney Sheldon's books are always well written and they are full of twist and turns.
Two of my favorites include Rage of Angels and Master of the Game.

Re: Who is your favorite author and why?

PostPosted: October 15th, 2013, 9:23 pm
by aderyn
Since Terry Pratchett has been given by others, I would think that my favorite (gah!) author would be Stephen King. The guy really knows how to create a plot that would suck you in. His characters are well thought-out and dynamic and the story progresses like a movie almost everytime whether it's a novella or an 800-page book. Somehow he can do that.

Having said that, he does make crappy endings and I haven't really forgiven him for his "true" Dark Tower conclusion.

Re: Who is your favorite author and why?

PostPosted: January 28th, 2014, 12:26 pm
by lisleyreyes
I love Dan Brown....

'coz I love solving mysteries by myself.. :)

Re: Who is your favorite author and why?

PostPosted: January 30th, 2014, 11:09 pm
by joesel
Well when it comes to TWIST and surprising TURNS, i love Sidney Sheldon and Harlan Coben . :)
if it is LOVE STORY, no one beats Nicholas Sparks for me. <3
i also love Dan Brown because i get to learn some amazing trivia . :)

so they are the authors whose book i will surely read. they don't even get to my TBR list because i read them kaagad. :)

Re: Who is your favorite author and why?

PostPosted: February 12th, 2014, 10:28 am
by bookybear
I have many favorite authors (fiction and non-fiction). Among them are Robert Kiyosaki, Franciso Colayco (for financial education); Dennis Waitley, Og Mandino, Zig Ziglar, Jack Canfield, Ken Blanchard, John Maxwell, Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, Anthony Robbins (motivational and goal-oriented), Dan Brown (investigative, thriller, historical), Stephen King (sci-fi). I love those authors for their depth of understanding and creativity in the subject matter.

The question is too generic. Authors have different specialty. Maybe a better question would be "Who is your favorite [fiction or non-fiction] author?" or "Who is your favorite author in [a particular genre]?".