Post by Lossentilien on Sept 29, 2003 12:31:43 GMT -5
Just a thought, we're all very bright young people, unless some of you are in fact older than you've been telling us, and if that's the case you have no reason not to post here.
I hoping to start an interesting thread on other writers we love besides Tolkien and if possible a little explantaion why. Who knows, maybe it could actually provoke a discussion of some sort.
Ok, I'll just tell you about one just now, but I hope it will get some sort of response or for someone else to tell us about theirs.
My all time best writer, disregarding Tolkien of course, is Anne Rice, as she is one of the very few writers who is able to pull the reader fully into the plot. All of her characters spark off a huge range of emotion, in the one character you can find yourself hating, pitying, loving and admiring within a very short space of time. I think she has a way of creating a world much more enticing, beautiful and horrifying than any other author. Her work is very much darker than anything else I've read, and yet I've learnt a lot from them about art, history and the human soul. In a way they did help me to apperciate beauty more, as this is a focal point. Each of the vampires, without exception I think, was doomed because of their looks, and yet no matter how evil or monstrous they are, they still apperciate the world with all it's flaws, and thier self hate and guilt just makes you love them more. And it's very difficult not to, there's a lot within them to connect and identify with, as strange as that sounds. It is a little strange actually, as you start to think of them as real, possibly just because their emotions are real, if not even stronger. Anne Rice has an amazing talent for being able to put just about anything down on paper, and making it come to life. It's more than love you end up feeling for her characters, it's a certian passion and devotion that you can only understand after you read the books and get to know the characters as intimatly as they know themselves.
I hoping to start an interesting thread on other writers we love besides Tolkien and if possible a little explantaion why. Who knows, maybe it could actually provoke a discussion of some sort.
Ok, I'll just tell you about one just now, but I hope it will get some sort of response or for someone else to tell us about theirs.
My all time best writer, disregarding Tolkien of course, is Anne Rice, as she is one of the very few writers who is able to pull the reader fully into the plot. All of her characters spark off a huge range of emotion, in the one character you can find yourself hating, pitying, loving and admiring within a very short space of time. I think she has a way of creating a world much more enticing, beautiful and horrifying than any other author. Her work is very much darker than anything else I've read, and yet I've learnt a lot from them about art, history and the human soul. In a way they did help me to apperciate beauty more, as this is a focal point. Each of the vampires, without exception I think, was doomed because of their looks, and yet no matter how evil or monstrous they are, they still apperciate the world with all it's flaws, and thier self hate and guilt just makes you love them more. And it's very difficult not to, there's a lot within them to connect and identify with, as strange as that sounds. It is a little strange actually, as you start to think of them as real, possibly just because their emotions are real, if not even stronger. Anne Rice has an amazing talent for being able to put just about anything down on paper, and making it come to life. It's more than love you end up feeling for her characters, it's a certian passion and devotion that you can only understand after you read the books and get to know the characters as intimatly as they know themselves.
