Who is the Best Fantasy Author?

[Samwise Gamgee]

Everyone, Please vote!

[Kliq]

JK ROLLING!!!!111

But seriously ... I like LOUIS SACHAR, he wrote Holes.

[Samwise Gamgee]

J.R.R. Tolkien is the Best author Ever!

[dncardman]

Tolkien foreva!! Oh yeah you should list a couple books of what they have actually written so people have a better idea of who to vote for.

[Kliq]

Out of that list it would have to be J.K Rowling.

[Greg]

Tolkien all the way LOTR=best books ever.

[Vishus]

You know when it comes to fantasy and all you could have added some famouse Dungeons and Dragons authors such as R. A. Salvatore. Maybe an other button choice would have been better. I try not to strictly stick to the old so I go for Rowling but I still love Tolkien. Her Harry Potter books are just amazing if you guys take the time to read them instead of listening to other people about their hate just because its popular.

[Dorbin]

Lewis is cool, and I have kinda been a fan of Jordan..but J.R.R. will always, ALWAYS be my fav. The man was a genius.

[Resident Darkness]

Jeff Long or John Grisham

[Samwise Gamgee]

J.k Rowling - Harry Potter Series
Robert Jordan - The Wheel Of Time Series
J.r.r. Tolkien - Thelord Of The Rings, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion
C.s. Lewis - The Chronicles Of Narnia
George R.r. Martin - The Song Of Ice And Fire
Frank Herbert - Dune

[Cofey]

Well I think it's pretty obvious who my favorite author is...

[Samwise Gamgee]

Yeah pretty pretty obvious.

Tolkien for all of you who don't know who Gollum is.

[Dorbin]

If you don't know who Gollum/Smeagol is, you should be shot anyway. :)

[Lord Worm]

I heard Anthony Burgess was pretty kick-ass.

[Samwise Gamgee]

Ok!

[Backlash]

Tolkien, for shizzle. But (even though he's not on the list...), Tom Clancy get's second for me.

[Samwise Gamgee]

I believe to the best of my knowledge that Tolkien is the most Origional. He started most of the Fantasy that is out now. The comes C.S. Lewis for Origionality!

[Viper]

Jeffery Deaver and Dan Brown take first and second on my list.

[BigChops]

No John Steinbeck?

[MagicJuggler]

I cannot believe you left out Isaac Asimov (I, Robot), Robert Heinlein (Starship Troopers), Arthur Clark (2001: A Space Odyssey) and David Brin (The Postman). You should be ashamed of yourself!

[Dorbin]

I believe to the best of my knowledge that Tolkien is the most Origional. He started most of the Fantasy that is out now. The comes C.S. Lewis for Origionality!

He gave rise to modern fantasy and, indeed, popularized "fantasy" as a credible genre - very important achievements. However, Tolkien himself wasn't necessarily original, countrary to popular belief...he took many things and ideas from earlier writers and texts, all the way back to Beowulf.

[Oddyssey]

Tom Clancy

[Viper]

Homer ranks there as well.

[Blaksmoke]

Charles Dickens, George Orwell, Herman Wouk and Leon Uris come to mind.

[Samwise Gamgee]

Those aren't Fantasy Authors. The question is Who is the Best Fantasy Author. Not just best Author. Read the Question before you post.

[bobo_ess]

Homer ranks there as well.

Didn't he write that Trojan War ? I think it's the Illiad or something like that.

I like eric wilson books.

[Samwise Gamgee]

Fantasy authors only please. That is the question.

[Dorbin]

Homer wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey (at least, supposedly a blind bard named "Homer" did). Reading those now, in fact. The Iliad deals directly with The Trojan War, correct.

[MagicJuggler]

Isaac Asimov did fantasy. He has an entire book called the Final Fantasy Collection.

[Viper]

Fantasy authors only please. That is the question.
Sorry, I only read the question in the thread title, not the poll title.
Homer takes it then.

Yes guys, he wrote both and was a blind bard.

[Samwise Gamgee]

Thank you

[Viper]

I'll edit the thread title so you get only fantasy answers now.

[Dorbin]

Or I suppose he "recited" both, technically. They weren't written down until many years afterward, and hence the books don't really represent exactly what was originally sung.

The oral tradition has sadly died as our memorization techniques have become weaker.

[Viper]

Sad but true.

[ChriZno]

J.R.R. Tolkien is the Best author Ever! Well guess we could all tell from the user name what your fav author is...

Mine's Tolkien as well...

[Viper]

Or I suppose he "recited" both, technically. They weren't written down until many years afterward, and hence the books don't really represent exactly what was originally sung.Now that I think about it, couldn't the same be said of the bible?



Oh that was a cheap shot.

[Dorbin]

^ Lol, Viper, you devil, you! ;) haha

[Relient J]

I voted for J.R.R. Tolkien as well. I haven't read nearly as much of his writing as I'd like to. So far I've only read the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Frank Herbert would have been a strong contender in my mind, except that I consider him Science Fiction. In the genre of Sci Fi I think he's one of the best. The Chronicals of Narnia were great, but I consider Lewis' best works to be his theological writings.

[Dorbin]

Although, to be honest, The Chronicles of Narnia were theological writings.

[goku2057]

Homer wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey (at least, supposedly a blind bard named "Homer" did). Reading those now, in fact. The Iliad deals directly with The Trojan War, correct.


Wrong, fool. the Illiad is all about Achilles, and the consequences to his actions. It does cover some of the Trojan War though.

The Oddysey is about Odysseus' journey home.

[Dorbin]

Excuse me? Where did I say that The Odyssey dealt directly with the Trojan War? I only said the Iliad did...although the Iliad does not go into the whole Trojan Horse thing, that's in The Aeneid by Virgil. I know that the Iliad deals with Achilles, or Achilleus depending on the translation, but it sure as hell also deals with the Trojan War...just not the end of it. Psh!

[goku2057]

Reading those now, in fact. The Iliad deals directly with The Trojan War, correct.


I was simply pointing out your wrongness on the subject. The Illiad indirectly deals with the Trojan War, and mainly focuses on the choices Achilles makes, and the effects his choices have.

[Relient J]

Although, to be honest, The Chronicles of Narnia were theological writings.

True in a way, but in an allegorical rather than analytical way. At any rate, they make up Lewis' fantasy writings.

[goku2057]

C.S. Lewis was truely one of the best minds of the last century.

[Dorbin]

I was simply pointing out your wrongness on the subject. The Illiad indirectly deals with the Trojan War, and mainly focuses on the choices Achilles makes, and the effects his choices have.

You are right, but to say I was "wrong" was a bit off base, eh? I already realize what you have said, but considering I was addressing someone who apparently had little knowledge of Homer (after all, he asked if it was he who wrote the Iliad), it would hardly have been necessary or appropriate for me to explain to him that "no, it didn't deal so much with the Trojan War as it did with the choices of Achilles and his notion of honor." It woulda made it look like I was trying to be a smart-ass, and it would've been more information than was really called for.

Oh, and yea, it's all allegorical, what with Aslan the Lion representing Christ and whatnot.

[goku2057]

True, but then, the hoices that Achilles made weren't of his honor, they were because of his excessive pride. Correct?

[Dorbin]

Well, I didn't say he was honorable necessarily...I referred to his own "notion of honor"...which in his case is closely indentified with his pride. Agamemnon hurt his pride, and hence his honor...yadda yadda, they go hand in hand.

[goku2057]

Ah, good point. I see you might be my intellectual equal. You need to hit me up on AIM so we can chat about various smart people things, as well as how much Duke > UNC.

[Dorbin]

Equal? PSH! Lol, jk.

I might know even more about The Iliad if I didn't zone out in class...I am such a lazy son of a bitch. ;)

Yeah, we should talk sometime. About UNC being off the hook, that is.

[goku2057]

Pfft. We haven't even covered the Illiad in class yet, so you just got OWNED by someone who isn't even required to know that stuff yet, and that goes to a Technical Community College.

[Dorbin]

Owned? Didn't you just say I might be your equal?

How could I possibly be owned by someone who contradicts themself from one post to the next?

:)

[goku2057]

Simply put, no contradiction, you laughed at being my equal, because you knew i was much smarter than you could ever hope to be, thus, the ownage.


;p

[Dorbin]

I suppose that, viewing my post from a viewpoint that isn't remotely objective, you could indeed have that interpretation, lol.

[goku2057]

Why, yes. You left it wide open for interperitation, and because of my superior intellect, I was able to turn your own post around on you, making you out to look a fool.

Also, what is the difference between a mallard, and a wet duck?

[Dorbin]

Or was it your superior arrogance that led you to assume something I never actually said? :-P

[goku2057]

Your, inconceivable idiocy cannot dig you out of the hole that you now are in, and your poor attempt to discombobulate my mind failed as well.


Also, I fail to remember how the joke goes, but in short, your mother is a whore.


...And UNC sucks.

[Dorbin]

Hm, so leaving something open to interpretation puts me in a poor state?

I think that, conversely, it is that exactly which keeps me from being in a hole in the first place. It's completely subjective.

[Relient J]

... We all know FSU rules. Go Seminoles!

[Viper]

... We all know FSU rules. Go Seminoles!
Gators bro.

[Relient J]

^ No way, homie.

[Viper]

Ok, Florida teams >>> Any other state.

[=NukeBlaze=]

Homer is considered to not be one person, but a collection of people and their stories.

[Dorbin]

^ That's what I believe, but not what everyone believes. At least, not my professor, for instance.

[MagicJuggler]

And if you mention Homer, don't forget Virgil (The Aeneid).

[Dorbin]

^ Without a doubt. Haven't read it yet though...coming soon.

[Samwise Gamgee]

Lets get back to the Topic.
Please

[Zeldachick13]

Jk Rowling. Best books ever! Can't wait for the next ones!!!!!!!

[Samwise Gamgee]

Thank you!