Ten Authors I REALLY Want To Meet
I'm not really "in" to authors. Rarely do I read a book and go buy the rest of that author's ouevre. I don't think there is a single author whom I have read completely. So the way I'm doing this list is not "authors I want to meet because I'm like the biggest fan ever". I've given my reasons below:
Neil Gaiman: Not only do I love the books of his I read, I also think he's a super cool real life person.
Lord Byron: Dude, he was so badass.
Marquis de Sade: Do I really need to explain? I mean, I have questions. And I'd like to hear his thoughts on 50 Shades of Grey.
Colette: Because she is (was) totally awesome. A sexy and sexual star of the Moulin Rouge who also published a crapton of work.
Ernest Hemingway: To slap his misogynistic face. And then, if history is any indication, to fall in love with him.
Agatha Christie: having tea with genius
Hunter S. Thomspon: But I want a doctor on hand...just in case
Allen Ginsberg: One of the only poets I enjoy reading.
Stephen King: To have a serious conversation about how that sex scene in IT jacked me up for like a week as I read it in seventh grade.
John Green: He's funny. I like funny. He's geeky. I like geeky.
I could go on and on here.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who included dead people on the list. :D
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, the dead are much more interesting than the living.
DeleteI hadn't thought to include deceased authors to my list this week!!
ReplyDeleteHere's a link to my TTT post for this week: http://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2015/05/top-ten-tuesday-ten-authors-i-really.html
The Marquis? Now that would be a fascinating conversation. I can't help but think he would scoff at 50 Shades, don't you?
ReplyDeleteI definitely think so. I think he may even assign the word "quaint" to it.
DeleteI love everything about your Ernest Hemingway description.
ReplyDeleteI just read It a couple years ago and that sex scene REALLY BOTHERED me still now. That's the only part of the book I hated.
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely bothersome. I can't quite determine how I feel about it other than I am disturbed. It's possibly wrong, like really wrong.
DeleteHa! I love your reasoning for meeting Ernest Hemingway. That seems totally accurate.
ReplyDeleteI read IT when I was in high school. Oddly, I don't remember any sex scene. I think I was so traumatized by the crown that I've blocked out the whole book. I only remember that I read it and had nightmares for weeks.
ReplyDelete*clown not the crown. typos!
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