ITT we compile a list of authors who, according to ourselves, stand out from the rest simply by their raw writing ability. The authors who could write a five thousand page novel on paint drying and we would just sit there and read it, mesmerized by every word.
For me it would be China Mieville, George R.R. Martin, and Neal Stephenson.
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Anonymous2008-08-17 1:22
Whoever keeps saying Ayn Rand is a dumbshit. For all intents and purposes, Ayn Rand may as well be illiterate.
Stephen King, JRR Tolkien, Neil Gaiman
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Anonymous2008-08-18 3:07
This is going to sound like an odd choice, but Nasu Kinoko. His way of describing things goes back and forth between making my head explode and making me shit bricks.
Bukowski is quite possibly the most overrated poet ever. All his poetry sounds like the drunken ramblings of a cranky old douche who hates everyone but himself. Coincidentally, it actually is that.