A simple game, you give a brief opinion of the author that the person above has listed then either suggest another author at random for the next person or pass the question on. I'll start.
Edgar Allan Poe
Prolific, original, tragic, ahead of his time and the true father of sci-fi.
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Last edited by Darlin; 11-20-2005 at 10:58 AM.
Brilliant and tragic.
Emily Bronte
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.
morbid and annoying
Booth tarkington
My mission in life is to make YOU smile
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"The time has come," the Walrus said,"To talk of many things:
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Amusing and insightful
William Shakespeare
No offense: But overdone... domineering of literature
Emily Dickenson
"Hear and you forget; see and you remember; do and you understand."
A sad little bird
Who could turn an apt word
Ernest Hemingway
crazy, liked the sea...
Carol Shields
Did I stump people or something o_o It died, I liked this game.
Last edited by Kiwi Shelf; 11-24-2005 at 07:35 PM.
"Hear and you forget; see and you remember; do and you understand."
Little known Canadian writer
Mark Twain
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
"I'm not an American writer, I'm the American writer."
No false humility in Sam Clemens because he happened to be right IMO.
J. D. Salinger.
"I like children and nobody else. Leave me alone!"
(Not an actual quote, believe it or not.)
Louisa May Alcott
If you had to live with this you'd rather lie than fall.
You think I can't fly? Well, you just watch me!
~The Dresden Dolls
New England writer most famous for her "Little Women" which is part autobiographical. Offers insights into early New England life and how poverty can be overcome by love and friendship.
Aldous Huxley
Through the deep wood, the slanting sunlight
Casts motley patterns on the jade-green mosses.
No glimpse of man in this lonely mountain,
Yet faint voices drift on the air.
~ Wang Wei
Memorable... even if you have never read a book by him, you know who he is.
I suppose you would prefer Margaret Atwood :P (That's my person)Originally Posted by Pendragon
On an aside, Carol Shields is actually quite good... she passed away last year from cancer, but she wrote some interesting books in her time. She shouldn't be little-known, Canada needs to work on advertising their authors a bit better...
"Hear and you forget; see and you remember; do and you understand."
Rampent femminest who uses hushold objects alot as imagry.
P.G Wodehouse ( and I hope I spelt that right)
My mission in life is to make YOU smile
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"The time has come," the Walrus said,"To talk of many things:
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light use of satire, got knighted.
Miriam Toews.
"Hear and you forget; see and you remember; do and you understand."
Described as "darkly funny", sounds quite interesting, winner of Canada's premier prize for fiction, I'll have to check this one out, holds promise.
Dave Barry
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
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