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Dec. 27th, 2004 01:41 pm
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Copy this list of 10 authors. Remove the ones you don't have on your shelves and replace them, back up to 10 authors, with those you do.

1. J.R.R. Tolkien
2. Stephen King
3. Douglas Adams
4. Anne Rice
5. Neil Gaiman (replacement)
6. Terry Pratchett (replacement)
7. Andrei Codrescu (replacement)
8. Edward Gorey (replacement)
9. Cecelia Tan
10. J. K. Rowling (replacement)

...or maybe Ogdred Weary

Date: 2004-12-27 07:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lindalee.livejournal.com
Why does Edward Gorey keep coming up? I really, really need a copy of The Curious Sofa.

Re: ...or maybe Ogdred Weary

Date: 2004-12-27 07:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] badseed1980.livejournal.com
That's the one I have! I love it. :)

Re: ...or maybe Ogdred Weary

Date: 2004-12-27 07:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lindalee.livejournal.com
Of course you do. Perfect. :-)

Date: 2004-12-27 08:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quepid.livejournal.com
1. J.R.R. Tolkien
2. Stephen King
3. Douglas Adams
4. Michael Moorcock (replacement)
5. Roger Zelazny (replacement)
6. Sun Tzu (replacement)
7. Stewart & Janet Farrar (replacement)
8. Fred Saberhagen (replacement)
9. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (replacement)
10. Robert Asprin (replacement)

Date: 2004-12-27 08:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] badseed1980.livejournal.com
I have been meaning to read some Moorcock. What do you think would be a good starting point?

Date: 2004-12-27 08:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quepid.livejournal.com
I have "The Elric Saga Part I" and "The Elric Saga Part II".
They neither have an ISBN on them.

The ones that I have are a book club set which really is several novels assembled together in the order in which they were meant to be read.

Just in case you cannot find the sets I will list the contents of of my two part book set so you can pick up the first book or novel.

The Elric Saga Part I
-Elric of Melniboné
--Book One
--Book Two
--Book Three

The Sailor On the Seas of Fate
-Book One: Sailing to the Future
-Book Two: Sailing to the Present
-Book Three: Sailing to the Past

The Weird of the White Wolf
-Prologue: The Dream of Earl Aubec
-Book One: The Dreaming City
-Book Two: While the Gods Laugh
-Book Three: The Singing Citadel

The Elric Saga Part II

The Vanishing Tower
-Book One: The Torment of the Last Lord
-Book Two: To Snare the Pale Prince
-Book Three: Three Heroes With a Single Aim

The Bane of the Black Sword
-Book One: The Stealer of Souls
-Book Two: Kings in Darkness
-Book Three: The Flamebringers
-Epilogue: To Rescule Tanelorn

Stormbringer
-Book One: Dead God's Homecoming
-Book Two: Black Sword's Brother
-Book Three: Sad Giant's Shield
-Book Four: Doomed Lord's Passing

Really good series of books, quite interesting, bit morose at times but great regardlessly.

Date: 2004-12-27 09:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] badseed1980.livejournal.com
Really good series of books, quite interesting, bit morose at times but great regardlessly.

This is the impression I had. Neil Gaiman is quite a fan, apparently, and wrote a story about a boy whose adolescent escapist fantasies are fueled by Moorcock's stories.

Date: 2004-12-28 04:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quepid.livejournal.com
Adds that to his must read list :)

Date: 2004-12-29 12:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gift-of-isis.livejournal.com
This is what I got:

*'s indicate new on my list.

J.K. Rowling
J.R.R. Tolkien
Robert Jordan
Stephen King
Laurell K. Hamilton
George Orwell
*Terry Goodkind
*Breatrice Small
*Ellen Cannon Reed
*DeTraci Regula
Good to see that people still read in this age of the all mighty computer. I have one friend that reads stuff on line all the time. I just can't do it. I want to be able crul up with my book, a glass of wine and sit back and read. Oh well that's just me. the good old days! *sigh*

Happy Holiday's!

Bright Blessings!
Isadora

Date: 2004-12-29 03:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deadpoolsidious.livejournal.com
1. J.R.R. Tolkien
2. Stephen King
3. Laurell K. Hamilton (replacement)
4. Anne Rice
5. Neil Gaiman
6. Mick Foley (replacement)
7. Frank Miller (replacement)
8. Garth Ennis (replacement)
9. T.H. White (replacement)
10. J. K. Rowling

btw added ya if its ok, love what you got to say

Date: 2004-12-29 03:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] badseed1980.livejournal.com
Ok :)

I've been meaning to read Hamilton for a while now. My boy loves her.

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