Top Ten Tuesday is an weekly meme hosted by Lori, over at
The Broke and the Bookish (
love that title - it sooo explains my credit card statement!). Each week participants list their Top Ten choices for a weekly theme. This week's theme is:
Top Ten Authors I'd DIE To Meet!
So, without further ado (and in no particular order), here is my Top Ten:
Clive Barker
- my love for this man and the bottomless depths of his imagination knows no bounds. Author, artist, painter, playwright, director, photographer . . . he does it all, and does it so very well.
Charles Darwin
- such a fascinating man, with such a conflicted life, I'd love to sit down and discuss his travels, his theories, and his amazing legacy. Michael Crichton
- he made dinosaurs come alive, fulfilling one of my oldest childhood dreams. To sit down and chat with both him and Charles at the same time would be amazing. Margaret Weis
- she kindled a love for fantasy in me that will never die. Jenny Walker
- it was through her work that I first found validation, being the first author I ever encountered to honestly, openly, and respectfully deal with gender themes in mainstream fiction.
Terry Pratchett
- really, can you imagine a more interesting, intelligent, amusing conversation?
Brian Lumley
- for me, he is the man who redeemed vampires, rescuing them from the depths of pathetic, romantic, angst-ridden, toothless boredom.
Richard Laymon
- how anybody can manage to be so sadistic and cruel, and yet so much fun, at the same time is beyond me, but his novels are the paperback equivalent of a carnival haunted house.
Mercedes Lackey
- her books are such wondrous, beautiful, fantastic works of art, I have to imagine a conversation with her would be something akin to a waking dream.
Marquis de Sade
- an odd pick, to be sure, but as shocking and taboo as he is today, I've love to hear first-hand how he and his work were received 200 years ago.
These aren't necessarily my top 10 favourite authors, but those with whom I'd love to have a conversation. There are dozens more authors who I have been fortunate enough to have conversations with, even if it was just via email, and those I'd still like to meet in person . . . well, let's just say conversation would not be the priority!
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I have only read one book by Clive Barker, but I can imagine how great the rest must be!! I really need to read him. Terry Pratchett was a must on my list, and Michael Crichton almost made it, but I haven't really read many books by him!
ReplyDeleteNice list!!
Getting to meet your choices would certainly make for one interesting dinner party. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'd be fascinated and probably hard up to hear the Marquis de Sade, very alert at every moment, that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteVery diverse list. Quite interesting. I haven't read all the authors on your list though.
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