Which author do you want to have a beer with?

DeletedUser · Post by **DeletedUser** » 18 Apr 2007, 02:44

Good question.

I'd pick James Swain. He's the author of the Tony Valentine books. It's a series about a retired cop who catches casino cheats. Based on his own life's experiences. I think it would be fascinating to hear his stories of punks scaming casinos. Probably because this is stuff I never think about or I'm not smart enough to conjure it up or maybe I'm too chickensh** to try something like that. Anyhoo, that's who'd I pick.

dhenryson · Post by **dhenryson** » 19 Apr 2007, 00:37

Linda wrote:
knightss wrote:Bukowski or Poe(it'd be more like 6 shots followed by 6-8 beers)... you know.. if they were alive. Hell i probably wouldn't make it through that evening alive anyway.
Edgar Allen Poe would prob be my first choice. tho it might be a little scary once that guy was drunk...he'd pretty much scare me sober so drunk who knows.

and it'd be like 8 shots...im not a beer person. ha and then i'd have to chain smoke like a pack of cigarettes...cause that's what happens when i drink.

Good choice. That would be one of mine. But I think I would not drink with him. I would go exploring with him in a dark, damp cellar.

awelker · Post by **awelker** » 21 Apr 2007, 19:35

just a tid bit creepy, i like!!!!

DanteAzrael · Post by **DanteAzrael** » 25 Apr 2007, 16:44

I would have to say I'd like to either have a drink with or lunch with Ayn Rand or Isaac Asimov. Both were absolutely brilliant in my mind, though I would probably disagree with Asimov's philosophical view point...I really love his writings and he was qutie a brilliant man scientifically. Why am I hanging out with Russians?

Rowan · Post by **Rowan** » 25 Apr 2007, 21:00

Because they are actually considered to have broader minds than Americans as a whole and are very important in the way the new world order will work?

Rowan · Post by **Rowan** » 25 Apr 2007, 21:00

Because they are actually considered to have broader minds than Americans as a whole and are very important in the way the new world order will work?

alisonaston · Post by **alisonaston** » 27 Apr 2007, 09:09

Present Day: Augusten Burroughs, Hillary Carlip, Heather McElhatton, Andrea Ashworth

From beyond the grave: Thomas Hardy, Oscar Wilde, Henry James

Linda · Post by **Linda** » 30 Apr 2007, 01:02

I'm not trying to hate on anyone, but to me it just seems like Augusten Burroughs is some kid who had to experience some wacky sh*t, and then made the best out of it by writing about it, maybe making some money. idk i think there are much better writers out there. i feel like anyone can do what he's done.

alisonaston · Post by **alisonaston** » 30 Apr 2007, 03:56

Wow, Mr (A) Burroughs certainly isn't very popular on here. I like him because he's turned his perhaps negative life experience into something positive. What's more, he's also able to laugh about it. I like his understated style and found him a breath of fresh air from some of the more 'aren't I clever' pretentious writers out there. It made a nice change, but obviously he can't please everyone!

Alison

knightss · Post by **knightss** » 30 Apr 2007, 05:59

dhenryson wrote:
Linda wrote:
knightss wrote:Bukowski or Poe(it'd be more like 6 shots followed by 6-8 beers)... you know.. if they were alive. Hell i probably wouldn't make it through that evening alive anyway.
Edgar Allen Poe would prob be my first choice. tho it might be a little scary once that guy was drunk...he'd pretty much scare me sober so drunk who knows.

and it'd be like 8 shots...im not a beer person. ha and then i'd have to chain smoke like a pack of cigarettes...cause that's what happens when i drink.
Good choice. That would be one of mine. But I think I would not drink with him. I would go exploring with him in a dark, damp cellar.

haha i love The Cask of Amontillado

sleepydumpling · Post by **sleepydumpling** » 30 Apr 2007, 07:15

See thing is, yeah we get that you guys don't like Augusten Burroughs, but that doesn't mean others aren't allowed to enjoy his work or to "want to have a beer" with him. Same goes for any other author. I've not read his work yet myself, but even if I do really dislike his work, I'm not going to slag him off and run him down to others who have professed a fondness for him or his work.

Like whoever you want to like folks, taste is subjective. Don't ever apologise for enjoying the work of someone others do not like.

knightss · Post by **knightss** » 30 Apr 2007, 14:34

i was only voicing my opinion of an author, i didn't tell her to stop reading his work. i myself have only read one book from him.. maybe the others are really good, who knows?

i'm sorry if it offended anybody, i didn't intend too. but if you told me that bukowski was just a dirty old drunk that wrote terrible poetry and worse novels i wouldn't take it personally.