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| Loyal Fan  Joined: Feb 2002
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| great canadian books/authors Whats your favorite book by a Canadian author or your favorite book set in Canada. anyone from Stuart McLean to Farley Mowatt...discuss below. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ (`'·.¸ (`'·.¸ *¤* ¸.·'´) ¸.·'´ ) «´¨`·..¤ LORI ¤..·´¨`» (¸.·'´ (¸.·'´ *¤* `'· .¸) `'·.¸) | |||
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| Addicted Fan  Joined: Oct 2000
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| I haven't read too many Canadian authors yet, but I have a bunch of books by Canadian science fiction and fantasy authors like James Alan Gardner, Robert J. Sawyer, Alison Sinclair, Guy Gavriel Kay, Charles deLint, and Margaret Atwood. The two Canadian authors I've really liked a lot are Julie E. Czerneda and Tanya Huff. And then there's William Gibson, who was born in the US but has lived in Vancouver for many years now. | |||
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| Master Fan  Joined: Mar 2001
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| My favourite has to be Lucy Maud Montgomery because it's one of the first authors that made me discover the wonderful world of literature through her Anne series. Another favourite author of mine would be Margaret Atwood. I remember that her novel, The Blind Assassin was really a powerful reading for me, and I've discovered her work later, always amazed by her writing and her storytelling skills. __________________ The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast : the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed' | |||
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| Master Fan   | I love Lucy Maud Montgomery and Margaret Atwood. These two are great female Canadian authors. | |||
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| Addicted Fan  Joined: Nov 2001
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| Easy one. Robertson Davies. No contest. __________________ "When the wolves come out of the walls, it's all over." "What's all over?" "It." | |||
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| Part-Time Fan  Joined: Feb 2004
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| Carol Shields. __________________ "[Greg] sings with "soul" in every sense of the word...It´s tempting to use phrases like "Next Big Thing", but Greg Sczebel isn´t the next anything. He´s now, and his music is truly great." (On Greg Sczebel) Seth&Marissa/Jake&Peyton!/Bright&Hannah/LOGAN&VERONICA!! icon by louloucn | |||
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| Master Fan  Joined: Dec 2000
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| L.M. Montgomery. The Anne series. __________________ Every song ends, but that's no reason not to enjoy the music. | |||
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| Part-Time Fan  Joined: Feb 2002
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| Kelley Armstrong, The Women of the Otherworld series. She is awesome! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Evaki Time to put the sun in it's pot and bring out the stars. | |||
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| Obsessed Fan  Joined: Nov 2001
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__________________ Bianca: I can't get a job 'cause I have a stu - a stu - Jaye: STD? Bianca: Stutter! The joy that was Wonderfalls. Icon by lasha4god. | |||
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| Total Fan Joined: Oct 1999
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| William Gibson is the man. Aside from him, I'm not really into Canadian writers, to be honest; more established writers like Atwood and Montgomery, or more recent ones like Yann Martel, don't do it for me. __________________ "Perception is reality." unknown | |||
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| Addicted Fan Joined: Nov 2001
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__________________ "When the wolves come out of the walls, it's all over." "What's all over?" "It." | |||
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| Loyal Fan Joined: Jan 2000
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| Some of my favourites are: Margaret Laurence--The Stone Angel. Lucy Maud Montgomery--The Anne series, and The Blue Castle. Michael Ondaatje--The English Patient and Anil's Ghost. Hugh McLennan--The Watch That Ends The Night. __________________ Will you stay with me, will you be my love, among the fields of barley...We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky as we lie in fields of gold | |||
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| Fan Forum's Finest  | Canadian Book Apprecation Thread I just thought that it would be fun to open a thread where Canadian readers could come and talk. We can share opinions on certain books and authors, and maybe find some new author/series/book to read. We could give each other suggests, which I'm going to start with. Don't mind my spelling, its terrible to start with. These are the main authors/series that I read right now. I just got into reading for fun about 3 or so yrs ago, back in grade 9 Anne Rice ~ The Vampire Chronicles Frank Herbert ~ Dune J.R.R Toilkein ~ The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings J.K Rowling ~ Harry Potter Alias Books Enterprise/Star Trek books __________________ ♥ Pirates of the Caribbean Campaign ♥
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| Obsessed Fan  Joined: Sep 2000
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| Lucy Maud Montgomery - The Anne series, the Emily series, Pat of Silver Bush & its sequel, etc... I've read every single one of her novels and almost all of her short story collections. There's just something about LMM's work that I just love. __________________ | |||
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| Master Fan  Joined: Oct 2000
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| As far as 'literary' writers, I don't care for Atwood or Laurence. Alice Munro is extremely good. My favorite 'fun' writers are Huff and Baker, both of whom are excellent horror writers. Kay is also good. I like some of Sawyer's work; he has interesting ideas, but I find his characterizations lacking.   __________________ The Universal Friendship League? Could it sound any creepier? | |||
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