Directors Writers Draft (1 Viewer)

[SteveGon]

Mark Twain gives ErikG the edge.

 

[ChuckDeLa]

George has two steals from me (Tolkien & Dickens) and one I was considering (Larson). I like all the rest on his list (haven't read any Christie yet).

I used to be a big King fan, and still am to some degree but his work is very hit & miss to me... ditto for Barker. Charles Schulz and Stan Lee are inspired choices, and there's no disputing Twain. The rest are fairly blah to me.

George

 

[Dheiner]

ErikG

George Kaplan
J.R.R. Tolkien
Charles Dickens
Agatha Christie
L. Frank Baum
Al Franken
Neil Simon
Rod Serling
Roger Ebert
Gary Larson
Jesus Christ (I strongly feel He does not belong in this tourney. I feel He inspired a wide variety of writers, but wrote little to nothing.)

vs.

ErikG
Stephen King
Louis L'Amour
Stan Lee
Robert Jordan (If he'd ever finish WOT, I'd like him more)
Mark Twain
Frank Herbert
Clive Barker
Alan Dean Foster
Mary Higgins Clark
Charles M. Schultz

 

[Gabe D]

George pretty easily, even though I can't stand Ebert.

Also, there shouldn't be a "t" in Charles M. Schulz.

 

[Jan H]

George - love Tolkien, Dickens, and I read Ebert regularly. Jesus is a pretty strong pick, too (though I'm almost certain he didn't "write" anything).

From Erik's list, I only love Mark Twain.

 

[George_W_K]

I have to vote for George because he has the same name as me!

Oh yeah, and I like most of his picks too. Especially Gary Larson, Rod Serling, and J.R.R. Tolkien.

I like Eric's list too. But, I like Geo's better.

 

[Chris_Richard]

George

His first four picks are very strong. Tolkien and Dickens are two I wanted plus Ebert is a good pick I never thought of. ErikG has some good names but outside of Twain & Schultz none I really read.

 

[Walter Kittel]

I disagree with the decision to allow the inclusion of George's last pick in a secular tournament, and I'll leave it at that...

Erik - mostly on the strength of Mark Twain.

- Walter.

 

[ChuckDeLa]

Whoops. Noted, thank you.


In the sense that writing is the act of putting words together in a meaningful and elegant manner, then yes I would call Jesus Christ a writer, even if he wasn't necessarily the one to put them down on paper.

But that opens a whole new can of worms, doesn't it? Does that mean a good conversationalist is a good writer? Perhaps we need an "Orator Draft". I got dibs on MLK Jr.

 

[JenB]

ErikG -Extremely close-both are excellent lists

 

[Dheiner]

Erik, in the orator draft, I'll take Sir Winston.

 

[Angelo.M]

George Kaplan

J.R.R. Tolkien: not a fan (ducking for cover).
Charles Dickens: great pick.
Agatha Christie: good pick.
L. Frank Baum: not a fan.
Al Franken: interesting pick. I like it.
Neil Simon: great pick.
Rod Serling: also a great pick.
Roger Ebert: very nice pick.
Gary Larson: good pick.
Jesus Christ: abstain, for reasons I've already specified. Had George taken John or Luke, different story...

vs.

ErikG

Stephen King: not a fan.
Louis L'Amour: never read.
Stan Lee: good pick.
Robert Jordan: never read.
Mark Twain: excellent.
Frank Herbert: as a non-lover of sci-fi, I actually thought Dune was reasonably good.
Clive Barker: never read.
Alan Dean Foster: ditto.
Mary Higgins Clark: ditto.
Charles M. Schulz: awesome.

I vote for George. My distaste for and lack of familiarity with most sci-fi/fantasy writers is going to really color my voting.

 

[Eric_E]

I vote for George - Tolkien, Dickens, Serling and Ebert tip the scales for me.

 

[Brian Lawrence]

George Kaplan

J.R.R. Tolkien - Decent
Charles Dickens -
Agatha Christie -
L. Frank Baum -
Al Franken - I love the title of his book, but have not read it.
Neil Simon - No idea
Rod Serling -
Roger Ebert - I think he's a great orator, but I have never cared for his writing.
Gary Larson -
Jesus Christ - Stretching the term writer a bit far, though I'm sure I must have some of his paperbacks in my library donation junk-pile alongside Judith Kranz & James Patterson

vs.

ErikG

Stephen King
Louis L'Amour
Stan Lee (Not a comic reader)
Robert Jordan
Mark Twain
Frank Herbert (never read)
Clive Barker
Alan Dean Foster
Mary Higgins Clark
Charles M. Schulz


Very tough call. George by a slight margin.

 

[george kaplan]

Well I like most of Erik's list to one degree or another (don't really like Stan Lee, but love Twain and Jordan (my current reading)). However, not surprisingly, I vote for George Kaplan.

 

[Justin Doring]

George Kaplan

 

[ChuckDeLa]

George wins, 10-5. Next match coming up.

 

[ChuckDeLa]

Jan H
William Shakespeare
William Faulkner
Philip Roth
Don DeLillo
Larry McMurtry
W.B. Yeats
Edgar Allan Poe
Nathanael West
John Kennedy Toole
Flannery O'Connor

vs.

John Dhein
Jules Verne
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Hans Christian Andersen
Lawrence Block
Homer
Raymond Chandler
John D. MacDonald
Ann Rule
Thomas Jefferson
Terence Dickinson

 

[ChuckDeLa]

Jan's got some great choices. Shakespeare, DeLillo, Faulkner, Toole, Poe, O'Connor are all solid. Roth is overrated, IMO. The rest I don't know.

H.C. Andersen is good, Ann Rule is the best at what she does, Jefferson is an interesting choice... and Doyle was one I wanted! I'm not too fond of Chandler. The rest I don't know.

Tough choice. I have to give it to John, purely on the entertainment factor. I'd rather curl up with Doyle, Andersen or Rule than anything on Jan's list.

 

[George_W_K]

I am voting for John. I like both lists, but Thomas Jefferson gave John's list the edge for me.