Who are your favorite Book / Script writers of all time? (ani.social)

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[-] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Books-

Lovecraft

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Stephen King

Brandon Sanderson

Scripts-

Meh, I don't really like films all that much tbh.

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago

Neil Gaiman Terry Pratchett

Scripts: Tarrintino The Coens Charlie Kaufman

[-] plactagonic@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Don't forget that Neil Gaiman writes scripts too. Some episodes of Dr. Who, Nevwrwhere, Good Omens, American Goods, Lucifer, Sandman

[-] TotallyNotSpez@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Douglas Adams for Comedy

Chuck Palahniuk for odd novels

Hunter S. Thompson for Gonzo

[-] Mickey7@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

David Mamet - his scripts are outstanding because they are written just as actual real life conversations.

[-] leraje 4 points 1 year ago

Patrick O'Brian
Hilary Mantel
Shirley Jackson
Peter Straub
Donna Tartt
Douglas Adams
Jane Austen
Mary Shelley
Sylvia Plath (poetry, fiction not so much)
Richard Matheson
Ursula K Le Guin
Connie Willis

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

This is a top tier list! The few I don't recognize I'll check out based on your rec.

[-] cloudless@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 year ago

George Orwell - Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four Adam Kay - Kay's Anatomy Carl Sagan - Contact

[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 3 points 1 year ago

Isaac Asimov

[-] nezbyte@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Books: Craig Alanson, Isaac Asimov, Douglas Adams, Brandon Sanderson, and so many more.

Scripts: Aaron Sorkin, Brett Goldstein

[-] stoned_ape@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Roger Zelazny

Neil Gaiman

Gregory Bateson

Dan O'Brien

Terrence McKenna

Alan Moore

Ken Kesey

Albert Camus

[-] nublug 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

everyone's gonna list the super famous best of all time authors, and sure, i like them too. but two of my personal faves that never seem to miss and fill their niche super well are Clive Cussler (Dirk Pitt series, specifically) and Brian Jacques (Redwall). i will read and re-read every book from both until i die.

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