Fifteen Authors in Fifteen Minutes
Fifteen authors (poets included) who've influenced you and that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag at least fifteen friends, including me, because I'm interested in seeing what authors my friends choose. (To do this, go to your Notes tab on your profile page, paste rules in a new note, cast your fifteen picks, and tag people in the note.)
1. Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
2. Ernest Hemingway (Green Hills of Africa, short stories, style)
3. F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby, although Tender is the Night is also a favourite)
4. Huruki Murakami (Norwegian Wood)
5. Michael Moorcock (Elric of Melnibone)
6. Douglas Adams (The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
7. George Orwell (Animal Farm)
8. Aldous Huxley (Brave New World)
9. Bill Bryson (Notes from a Small Island)
10. Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson (The Illuminatus Trilogy)
11. Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo)
12. Gary Gygax (Dungeons and Dragons)
13. John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath)
14. Dave Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius)
15. Jack Kerouac (On the Road)
1. Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
2. Ernest Hemingway (Green Hills of Africa, short stories, style)
3. F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby, although Tender is the Night is also a favourite)
4. Huruki Murakami (Norwegian Wood)
5. Michael Moorcock (Elric of Melnibone)
6. Douglas Adams (The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
7. George Orwell (Animal Farm)
8. Aldous Huxley (Brave New World)
9. Bill Bryson (Notes from a Small Island)
10. Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson (The Illuminatus Trilogy)
11. Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo)
12. Gary Gygax (Dungeons and Dragons)
13. John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath)
14. Dave Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius)
15. Jack Kerouac (On the Road)