Directors Writers Draft (1 Viewer)

[ChuckDeLa]

I just haven't read enough of either one to judge. I hated The Bell Jar, but I like what little I've read of Frost and Hemingway. I like some Heinlein, but certainly not all of it, and Straub and Tyler are okay.

abstain

 

[george kaplan]

This basically boils down to Heinlein vs. Hammett for me. Close, but Brian.

 

[Dheiner]

Heinlein alone almost gets my vote for Brian, but Angelo has Hammett, and others that I prefer to the rest of Brian's.

 

[SteveGon]

Gotta go with Angelo in a close one.

 

[George_W_K]

I am not familiar with a lot of Brian's list so I don't think it would be fair to vote for either one.

abstain

 

[Justin Doring]

Angelo M

Jan lost? I thought he had the strongest list of anybody here.

 

[Elizabeth S]

abstain

Not familiar with enough of Angelo's to choose. I am a big fan of Robert R. McCammon and Peter Straub from Brian's list, though.

 

[Jan H]

George:

Two very strong lists. I'll go with Angelo because of Chekhov.

 

[JenB]

Brian Lawrence -Two excellent lists but Heinlein, one of my favorites, puts Brian over the edge.

 

[Angelo.M]

A vote for me.

My thoughts on Brian's list...

Joyce Carol Oates: not a fan
Robert A. Heinlein: only read Stranger... and Starship Troopers and liked them both
Thomas Hardy: good pick
Robert R. McCammon: not that familiar
D.H. Lawrence: good pick
Anne Tyler: no thanks
Peter Straub: nah
Truman Capote: great pick
Ed Gorman: not that familiar
Dan Simmons: not that familiar

 

[Gabe D]

Angelo.M, just barely. Brian actually has more I like, but Angelo has those I like more.

 

[ChuckDeLa]

Angelo wins, 6-2.

 

[ChuckDeLa]

SteveGon
Haruki Murakami
H.P. Lovecraft
Kazuo Ishiguro
Larry Niven
Joseph Conrad
Andrea Barrett
Stephen Jay Gould
Charles Frazier
Cormac McCarthy
Sherman Alexie

vs.

Justin Doring
James Joyce
F. Scott Fitzgerald
T. S. Eliot
Herman Melville
Oscar Wilde
David Mamet
Willa Cather
Henry James
William Carlos Williams
Edwin Arlington Robinson

 

[ChuckDeLa]

Again, only familiar with a few from each list. Abstain.

 

[Angelo.M]

Steve has 2 that I like a lot (Steven Jay Gould and Joseph Conrad) and one that I like to a lesser extent (Andrea Barrett). I loved Charles Frazier's one-and-only novel, and can't wait for the next.

But, Justin has Joyce, Fitzgerald, Eliot, Mamet and William Carlos Williams. In the end, it's no contest...

Justin

 

[SteveGon]

I'll abstain as I reluctantly admit to having read very little from anyone on Justin's list. :frowning:

 

[Dheiner]

Cthulhu compells me to vote for SteveGon.

 

[JenB]

Justin Doring by a nose

 

[george kaplan]

Well my top authors from those two lists are (not in order):

James Joyce
F. Scott Fitzgerald
T. S. Eliot
Oscar Wilde

making it a vote for Justin

 

[Jan H]

Justin - I love Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Oscar Wilde