Favorite Author?

Douglas Adams. The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul is my favorite of his. You'll want to read Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency first.

Neil Stephenson. Snow Crash.

Jonathon Stroud, author of lockwood and co. One of the best young adult horrors I've read

John Steinbeck, T. C. Boyle

Terry Pratchett...

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Robert Jordan fantastic author The Wheel of Time is my favorite multiwork series and its likely will never see anything as good in the fantasy genere for a long while.

Wonders if there's a dodger on here! If theres ever a fight log.......

I have read enough books to sink a battleship :P I like sci fi and fantasy books.

Isaac Asimov. Hes a highlight for me. I was very sad when he died :S

Some of his books have been made into films but not enough :S

If you have never heard of him read his books NOW!

I like Robert Rankin as well hes a great author and very humorous !

Ilona Andrews! All her series are just SUPERB. Would definitely recommend.

You get love for Robert Rankin...

May I suggest Bill Bryson? He is a travel writer, but he is someone you can relate too...

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T. Kingfisher’s (Ursula Vernon) has a good series of books that all take place in the same setting. The book that drew me in was A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking ??


Patricia C. Wrede’s Enchanted Forest Chronicles was a book I grew up reading & read to my kids when they were younger.

Naomi Novik’s Scholomance series has been an interesting take on the magic boarding school genre.

Richard Roberts’ Please Don’t Tell My Parents I’m A Supervillain series was a fun take on the coming of age/superhero mythos.

Marion Harmon’s Wearing the Cape series was too.

Um… but I guess that isn’t “a” favorite ??‍?? Why choose one world when I can live in many?

Do androids dream about electric sheep - Phillip K Dick

Good read if you like sci-fi

To be honest i have never read it. I know i should have with me being a sci fi fan. That is the book which inspired the Bladerunner film isnt it?

I have watched a lot of sci fi films over the years as well, its more or less the best sci fi film isnt it? Its just so well staged and filmed. The atmosphere is perfect. Harrison Fords best film.

There are a LOT of sci fi and fantasy books which would make great films if they where to be produced by the right people. But there can be flops as well. Sci fi is a difficult genre to get right on film.

A lot of Philip K. Dick's works have been adapted into movies. Total Recall, A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report, Paycheck, The Adjustment Bureau, Next, etc.

If you like Sci-Fi, you'll love his work.

Yes it is, but the storry is different from Blade runner in many ways, you must read it ;)
i liked the caracters beter in the book :)

But nothing beats Ruthger Hower in the hunt scene in the end of the movie ?

To be honest im not familiar with Philips life works. I havent read any of his books sadly. But all the film adaptations of his works you have mentioned here are great films. Good sci fi. Sci fi is such a hard genre to get right in films.

I actually like the 2nd Blade Runner film as well its a good solid sci fi film if you havent seen it watch it. Yes Harrison Ford is being 'wheel chaired ' out to be in it. He isnt the star but his role in the film is relevant. But the first Blade Runner is a classic film.

His novels (more like novellas) are good, but I think his short story collections is where he really shines. Most of the movies come from his short stories. Definitely worth a read if you like Sci-fi.

"Sci fi is such a hard genre to get right in films."

I agree. I think a lot of times the "thought provoking ideas and/or questions" get lost in translation from page to screen.

Margaret Atwood, John Barth, Umberto Eco, Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, T.H.White, Haruki Murakami, Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Mary Oliver, Robert A. Heinlein, Alfred Tennyson, Patrick Rothfuss, Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman

Tolkein is GOAT, but RA Salvator is a close second, his Drizzt books are top tier.