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Thursday Thirteen #1

My Thirteen Favorite Authors of all time

  1. Robert A. Heinlein
  2. Larry Niven
  3. Louis L’Amour
  4. Frederic Pohl
  5. H. G. Wells
  6. Piers Anthony
  7. Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir
  8. Alan Dean Foster
  9. Anne McCaffrey
  10. J. R. R. Tolkien
  11. Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
  12. Jules Verne
  13. Agatha Christie

Links to other Thursday Thirteens!

  1. Ctina
  2. Tink
  3. Mark Caldwell
  4. dew
  5. Wylie Kinson
  6. Missy
  7. Cordia Amant
  8. Janet
  9. Michelle
  10. ravaj
  11. Fence
  12. Di
  13. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!) – By Friday…. I do this manually so that YOU get credit for the links.

Get the Thursday Thirteen code here! The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday. Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged! If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments. It’s easy, and fun! Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well! I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!

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  1. Ctina says

    I’ve been interested in reading Louis L’Amour ever since on of my professors in grad school talked about him. I do enjoy Agatha Christie though! Thanks for the suggestions!

  2. Tink says

    Tolkien will always be my favourite, but I agree on 5, 11, 12 and 13 too!
    My TT lists the 13 goals of a witch, with my thoughts on them.

  3. Mark Caldwell says

    Numbers 1, 5 and 10 would certainly make my top authors list. Welcome to TT.

  4. dew says

    Interesting list! I’ve read 6 of the 13.

  5. Wylie Kinson says

    I read lots of Louis L’Amour growing up. He and Zane Grey were my faves.

  6. Missy says

    Wow! I rarely see Louis L’Amour on a favorite author list (that remarkable in itself). My dad has a huge collection of his books as well as Zane Grey. Great list!

  7. Cordia Amant says

    I haven’t heard of many of those writers, but I do enjoy Tolkien and McCaffrey. I haven’t read a Christie book since high school, but she’s an excellent choice as well.

  8. Janet says

    I’m with you on #s 1, 10 & 11 :)

  9. Michelle says

    Yea for Agatha Christie!

  10. ravaj says

    so many of my favourites here (1, 5, 10 – 13)! encouragement, perhaps, to read some of the others … special thanks for bringing mark twain to mind – a connecticut yankee is one of my all-time favourite reads

    happy tt and welcome!

  11. Fence says

    Haven’t heard of some of these, others I totally agree with :) like Tolkien.

    Happy T13

  12. Di says

    Different strokes…my list would be a little chick-ish, I guess…Margaret Atwood, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Lamott.

  13. Jerry says

    Ha! I made the 13th post on my T13! How Kool is that!

    Ctina,
    My favorite authors are great storytellers, Heinlein and L’Amour are great tale-weavers, and incredible reads. I’ve read every single tale either man ever wrote.

    Tink,
    Great authors all, with wonderful stories!

    Mark,
    I think I smell a Sci-Fi fan in the house. I’m glad to be here.

    dew,
    That’s pretty impressive. Of course, with so many on the list no longer with us, you can polish off their entire body of work given time. Heinlein alone took me over three years to get through, L’Amour took a solid year, but my father already had the entire collection, and I’m still trying to catch up with Niven.

    Wylie,
    I can’t agree on Zane … His writing style just didn’t suit me.

    Missy,
    L’Amour inspired me in a lot of ways, If the list had been in order the authors affected me, he’d be #2

    Cordia,
    Most on the list are the older generation of Science-Fiction. The Masters, if you will. A group that included Heinlein, Asimov, Niven, Pohl, Saberhagen, “doc” smith and others.

    Janet,
    They’re good-uns!

    Michelle,
    Agatha was a wonderful writer. I could read Marple and Poirot all-day-long, every-day.

    ravaj,
    You’re quite welcome! He made the list both for the Connecticut Yankee and for the fact that I was awed, even as a young reader by the social commentary in his works

    Fence,
    There’s links to all, and all are good reads!

    Di,
    Well, I’m not much of a chick… So reading chick-ish stuff doesn’t happen all that often. ;)

  14. Heather says

    I may use this list topic mysel next week. Good one.

  15. Titania says

    Those were some of my faves also. I love books! They have always been my best friends. :o )

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