libri vermis Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Mark Helprin John Crowley John Irving I read Cormac McCarthy's The Road and I wasn't that impressed. I much prefer Jose Saramago, whose style is similar, but superior. Quote
BigWords Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Nicholson Baker. Michael Chabon. Max Allan Collins. Peter David. (or is he Canadian?) Stephen King. J. Michael Straczynski. This ir really hard to pin down some of my favorites as there are so many good writers working at the moment. And this thread does say authors, so I'm including Straczynski on the strength of his non-fic book about writing. And his run on the Spider-Man monthly. Quote
Raskolnikov Posted November 23, 2009 Posted November 23, 2009 Don't know much about contemporary US authors but I have read 3 books from Cormac McCarthy and I still wonder why he didn't get the Literature Nobel Price yet. Quote
MorningGlory Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 Nobody has mentioned E A Prolux yet. I've found all her books to be wonderful reads. And reading this thread reminds me I must get round to re-reading Paul Auster's Timbuktu and start on some of Jhumpa Lahiri's novels! Quote
BigWords Posted February 7, 2010 Posted February 7, 2010 Guess who paid my li'l ol' blog a visit... I'll give you a clue. Quote
Rijsel Posted February 7, 2010 Posted February 7, 2010 How about Sarah Schulman, William Styron, and yes indeed Philip Roth ! Quote
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