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10-12-2005, 09:00 PM
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Who Is Your Favorite Author?
Personally I like the Marqui de Sade because he went against the conventions
of his society by writing stories that made people look into the darkness of humanity. He was also a rebel in his own right.
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10-12-2005, 10:09 PM
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i know is corny but i've been a big fan of 'horror' writer james herbert since i was a kid.
but hollywood always trashes his stories by sugercoating them and adding a happy ending.
but i think that EVERYONE should read i book called
'I, The Devine'
by Rabih Alameddine
it is truly amazing, devestating, heart breaking and absolutly awe inspiring.
one of the few books to make me really stop and think about my own life.
read it.
also you just cant go past Poe as the most bad ass!
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10-12-2005, 11:50 PM
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There is a favorite author thread.
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10-13-2005, 05:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Katshin88@**********
Personally I like the Marqui de Sade because he went against the conventions
of his society by writing stories that made people look into the darkness of humanity. He was also a rebel in his own right.
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Chuck Palahniuk....Cause he does the same thing.
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10-13-2005, 06:13 AM
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jack ketchum is bad ass.
he just is.
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10-13-2005, 06:26 AM
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James Joyce. Helped to innovate modern literature, pissed a bunch of critics off, wrote in several languages (in a single novel)... That's pretty sweet in my opinion.
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10-13-2005, 10:00 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by winged_dreams
There is a favorite author thread.
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My bad, I did not see that one. Thanks for telling me.
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10-13-2005, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by winged_dreams
There is a favorite author thread.
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there IS a 'favorite author' thread, that's true - but one does not necessarily equate one's favorite author as a bad ass one. i suppose that would lie within one's perception of what a bad ass is.
for example - jack ketchum, my choice, absolutely is a bad ass because he's a brutal horror-fiction writer who also happens to be talented, however he's not my favorite.
if katshin88 doesn't mind my intrusion here - i'd like to suggest that 'bad ass' in this thread be an author one finds or has found to be particularly striking in a way that made him or her as a reader feel something intense at one time or another or perhaps even each time he or she reads that author's work, the criteria not being that said author is necessarily one's favorite.
i think that might be what she was getting at with her initial post without actually outlining it, unless i'm reading it wrong.
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10-13-2005, 10:41 AM
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Well, you're right on the ball with that one winged_dreams but I was also talking about authors who didn't follow conventions of their own society and people who changed the face of liturature somehow.
Sorry for not outlining that earlier and I do thank you for the intrusion.
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10-13-2005, 10:46 AM
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ah. there you go - parameters defined. now we know what we're commenting on and/or discussing.
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10-13-2005, 11:21 AM
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Eh. Whatever works. I guess I didn't 'read' enough into it. I'm sick of duplicate threads but this really isn't so have fun.
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10-13-2005, 11:57 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by winged_dreams
Eh. Whatever works. I guess I didn't 'read' enough into it. I'm sick of duplicate threads but this really isn't so have fun.
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beautiful, winged - you always make me laugh, even when you don't intend to. i can almost see your lips pursing and the dismissive wave of your hand when you write something like this.
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10-13-2005, 12:08 PM
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Thank you winged_dreams.
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10-13-2005, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by edible_eye
ah. there you go - parameters defined. now we know what we're commenting on and/or discussing.
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You also had the right idea as well Mr. edible eye. If that's what you think of the author than he is.
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10-13-2005, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Katshin88@**********
You also had the right idea as well Mr. edible eye.
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And so polite. Katshin, you're a jewel.
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10-13-2005, 01:31 PM
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Thank you I appreciate that.
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10-14-2005, 10:06 AM
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see how far a little presentation goes?
give and take.
respect, not ass kissing, respect up to and until the time for respect is no longer warranted - even when it's not real life / face-to-face.
i'll also vote for thomas harris as a bad ass - silence of the lambs still ranks as one of the best books i've read. so well written, in fact, there were times i forgot i was reading a book and felt as though i was taking in a police file. perfectly executed.
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10-14-2005, 12:04 PM
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My bad. I never meant to kiss ass, just taught to refer people beyond my own age group as Mr./Ms.
Just to let you know.
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10-14-2005, 12:16 PM
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no, no, katshin88 - i wasn't saying you were kissing ass. you weren't. you were being respectful and there's a difference.
there, i was just trying to make that point.
but thanx for clarifying, all the same.
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10-14-2005, 01:54 PM
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Thanks, I feel better about it already.
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10-16-2005, 09:16 PM
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Do any of these "Bad Ass" authors write really grotesque books? Like things that would make anyone who doesn't have a flavour for it vomit?
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10-16-2005, 10:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Icarus
Do any of these "Bad Ass" authors write really grotesque books? Like things that would make anyone who doesn't have a flavour for it vomit?
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Well, all I know is that the Marquis de Sade wrote some very disturbing and sexual things. That's why the word sadism is derived from his name. Then again there is always Stephen King and Dean Koontz to bring you disturbing imagery if you want it.
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10-16-2005, 10:09 PM
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I read Stephen King, and that is not the kind of Grotesque I am looking for, I am looking for mental images that can be created by words, as disgusting as stuff such as tubgirl and goatse.cx
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10-16-2005, 10:31 PM
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Ok, then I would suggest Marquis de Sade. His books contain sexual deviation, murder etc. The first book I read was 120 Days of Sodom and believe me it's disturbing as hell. If you ever check it out, tell me what you think.
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10-16-2005, 11:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Katshin88@**********
Ok, then I would suggest Marquis de Sade. His books contain sexual deviation, murder etc. The first book I read was 120 Days of Sodom and believe me it's disturbing as hell. If you ever check it out, tell me what you think.
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I haven't found it disturbing yet. There are some descriptions of sexual things I would never do but whatever...I'll still read it. And I'll let you know if I ever get disturbed. ^^ Another fun sexual book is Venus in Furs.
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