Favourite fiction author

[naut]

Orwell is brilliant, great writer, (but I find he gets a bit dense/dry). Poe is great, enthralling and intelligent. Malouf, great writer, some of his stuff is a bit dull, but still good. Wordworth, poetry baby! Shakespeare, serious, so amazing, often odd, like As You Like It, but still great. And, Matthew Riley - nothing like good mindless action.

Edit: How could I forget! Ovid! Simply amazing, I only wish I could read his stuff in the original Latin.

"To be loved, be lovable."

[Lemur]

I read the way most people eat potato chips, so I've got more favorite authors than you really want to hear about. A very partial list:

Charles Stross (best current SF author)
Lois Bujold (wrote some of the most fun and amusing space opera of all time)
Patrick O'Brian (best historical fiction series)
Robert Graves (best history-based fiction of all time)
Gene Wolfe (the American Borges, if you believe the praise, and a great author when you're in the mood for a brain torture)
Giles Milton (the most readable historian I've ever encountered)

... and I could go on. But you're probably happy that I won't.

[Fragony]

Rowling, I just have no defense against the whacky sense of humour, always reading with a broad smile slapped on my face.

GO HARRY