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    George Orwell where did the man get his ideas.

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    Mark Twain is the number one person for me. No particular reason except that I like the man. So, I always like to know more about him. Another one is Edgar Allan Poe. He is so fascinating to me.

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    Percy Bysshe Shelley's life was very interesting, as was that of those associated with him, e.g. Mary and Claire - I'd love to read a bio of Claire Clairmont, a fascinating case of early nineteenth century "self-invented woman".

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    Quote Originally Posted by Inderjit Sanghe View Post
    Problably one of those crazy French poets/writers which France seems to produce in spades. Rimbaud, Verlaine, Genet, de Nerval. (he used to take his pet lobster on walks around Paris! ) I loved Robb's biography of Rimbaud-it was a brilliant read.
    oh yes especially Rimbaud his biography was imazing !
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    Mary Shelley.
    I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.


    Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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    George Orwell - lived an interesting life: as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, as a tramp in 1920s London and as a starving British expatriate living in a dirty Parisian hostel full of interesting characters.

    Also Charles Bukowski, because he lived a life that nobody wants to live; as a bum and alcoholic.

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    There are so many, but something about Franz Fafka's works always amazed me.Though I have other favortie authors, I'd love to read Kafka's biography the most.
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    Gary Gygax was an author of sorts, so I choose him. To be a main force in the evolution of roleplaying games, it must have been paradise.

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    When I thoroughly enjoy someone's works I also concern myself with his life. The next author I would like to get to know better is Heinrich Kleist.
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    Sylvia Plath. I know a bit about her life, and what I know is depressing. But her poetry suggests such huge depth... knowing even just a little about her makes reading it so much more moving.
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    Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, an Italian futurist.Very charming lifestyle..

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    Simone de Beauvoir. Read some volumes of her autobiography and just relished it. Most of all I like to read the bit in the first volume where she meets Sartre. It seems so fateful: two young people meeting, none of them famous yet and some years later both would be two of the most influential intellectuals in Europe. Love that!

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    Edgar Allan Poe, Christopher Marlowe, and Tennessee Williams.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Statistic View Post
    Gary Gygax was an author of sorts, so I choose him. To be a main force in the evolution of roleplaying games, it must have been paradise.
    Perhaps, but I doubt his life was very interesting. He lived in Wisconsin.

    Christopher Marlowe was purported to be an interesting guy.
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    Nathaniel Hawthorne led an unusual life. After university, he lived so secludedly. His solitary walks in woods.
    Speaking of a solitary walker - it has reminded me of Wordsworth and Cumbria.
    August Strindberg - look at his autobiographical novels "Son of Servant" and "Inferno".
    As for Dostoevsky, I recommend his wife's Ana Dostoevsky "Memories"[/I]

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