SURVEY - Who is Your Favorite 20th Century Author ?

Question

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1. NON-POET

2. NON-SCIENCE FICTION or FANTASY

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Answer 1

is fantasy like magic and vampires? if so.. i probably shouldnt answer lol [go jk rowling and steph meyer!!!]

Answer 2

I have a nasty feeling my top two are both classed as Fantasy :

Tamora Pierce, and Jasper Fforde

So...

M.C. Beaton {author of the "Hamish Macbeth" and "Agatha Raisin" series'}

Max Arthur {History writer, editor of several of the "Forgotten Voices" series}

Iain Banks {for his wonderful "The Crow Road"}

And the child in me feels Enid Blyton should be included!

Answer 3

Hmm, I'm usually more a fan of books over authors, but, Aldous Huxley - but he's a fiction and non-fiction writer. And Sigmund Freud if he counts as an 'author'. :)

Answer 4

I would have to give my nod to John Steinbeck, not only for his subjects but his skills at conveying in description and dialog the fullness of the experiences he was portraying in his prose.

Answer 5

I'd say John Steinbeck, James Michner, Robert Heinlein (sorry, can't leave him out), James Clavell, John Irving, Stephen King, Colleen Mccoullough ~ I love to read and will read anything that is well written... I've read lots of wonderful books that I have no idea who the author is because I picked them off the library shelf and didn't pay much attention.... I'll stand there and read a few pages, to make sure I like their style and then I'm off.

Answer 6

Non Sci-Fi?  Why the heck not?  Frank Herbert is awesome.  I learned a ton from his "fiction"

Answer 7

Hesse, hands down.

Answer 8

Jean M. Auel (author of the Earth's Children series) - Historical Fiction

Answer 9

C.S. Lewis for everything OTHER than The Chronicles of Narnia.  Here are a few:

# THE PERSONAL HERESY, 1939

# THE PROBLEM OF PAIN, 1940

# THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, 1942

# THE WEIGHT OF GLORY, 1942

# BROADCAST TALKS, 1942

# MERE CHRISTIANITY, 1943

# THE ABOLITION OF MAN, 1943

# BEYOND PERSONALITY, 1944

# THE GREAT DIVORCE, 1945

# GEORGE MACDONALD: AN ANTHOLOGY, 1946

# MIRACLES, 1947

# VIVISECTION, 1948

# TRANSPOSITIONS AND OTHER ADDRESSES, 1949

# THE LITERARY IMPACT OF THE AUTHORIZED VERSION, 1950

# HERO AND LEANDER, 1952

# ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

# SURPRISED BY JOY, 1955

# TILL WE HAVE FACES, 1957

# REFLECTIONS ON THE PSALMS, 1958

# THE FOUR LOVES, 1960

# THE WORLDS LAST NIGHT, 1960

# STUDIES IN WORDS, 1960

# A GRIEF OBSERVED, 1961

# AN EXPERIMENT IN CRITICISM, 1961

# THEY ASKED FOR A PAPER, 1962

# THE DISCARDED IMAGE, 1964

# LETTERS TO MALCOLM, 1964

# STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE LITERATURE, 1966

# LETTERS TO AN AMERICAN LADY, 1967

# CHRISTIAN REFLECTIONS, 1967

# A MIND AWAKE, 1968

# GOD IN THE DOCK, 1970

# THE HUMANITARIAN THEORY OF PUNISHMENT, 1972

Answer 10

I give my vote to Angela Carter. I love magic realism/modern fairy tale retellings, and her language is some of the most beautiful, colourful, succinctly descriptive I've ever read. One of her sentences paints an awesome picture...

Hafwen x

Answer 11

Dean Koontz

Answer 12

Winston Churchill.  His 6 books on WWII are incredible.

Isaac Asimov's non fiction and non poetry books (he wrote over 200 total) are very interesting.

And Roald Amundsen's book  "The South Pole" is a well detailed account of polar exploration.

And Dr. Liza Dalby's books are also favourites.