Comments on: What Do Writers Read?

By: Efe

Efe — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:07:22 +0000

i am still in my twenties.
i guess prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson, will be the winner for me.

God’s debris by Scott Adams comes second.

where i am in Nigeria i don’t get to see a lot of classical fiction novels to buy.

By: Anna Cott

Anna Cott — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:07:57 +0000

Thanks. You’re probably right.

I will watch the 1940 film version and reconsider my views on her.

By: Maeve

Maeve — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:59:40 +0000

Anna,
Austen can be an acquired taste. I don’t think I liked her at first, but now she’s a favorite author.

You might like to approach Pride and Prejudice from the 1940 film version with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. It’s an excellent adaptation that the more recent ones have not managed to improve on.

By: Anna Cott

Anna Cott — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:48:11 +0000

Anna Karenina is undoubtedly one of the finest works of literature ever written.

Memoirs of a Geisha is amazing, as is Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings series, Harry Potter and Marsden’s Tomorrow When the War Began series (if anyone remembers that).

I tried to get into an Austen recently (Pride and Prejudice) and while the talent is obvious to me and the sheer proportion of such a work, it did not interest me to continue reading, so I’ve put it aside for a while.

I am 24 years old so I’ll pick it up again in a few years.

By: Maeve

Maeve — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:23:12 +0000

Dianna,
Stephen is teasing you because of this line:

Matilda De Braose, a noblewoman in whales in the 1800s

I think you meant to write Wales.