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If you could bring back one writer from the dead
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#1
06-15-2019, 08:17 AM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
In order to write more, who would it be?

My choice would be Michael Crichton. That man was a brilliant writer.
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06-15-2019, 08:24 AM (This post was last modified: 06-15-2019, 08:24 AM by TheGentlemanBastard.)
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
Vince Flynn. He died wayyyy too young.
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#3
06-15-2019, 10:46 AM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
Plato, so he could explain that Atlantis shit.
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#4
06-15-2019, 10:49 AM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
Terry Pratchett, but from before he got Alzheimers.
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#5
06-15-2019, 10:54 AM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
Keats.
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06-15-2019, 11:09 AM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
My first choice was Henry Thoreau, since he left a lot of his writing projects incomplete when he died at the age of 44.

However, I wouldn't want to traumatize the poor guy. He would be a hopeless anachronism in the modern world.
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06-15-2019, 12:02 PM (This post was last modified: 06-15-2019, 12:03 PM by GenesisNemesis.)
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
George Orwell, obviously. I'm sure he'd love to see how things turned out!
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06-15-2019, 12:10 PM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
Definitely Antal Szerb. He was a brilliant man. Killed by the motherfucking Nazis.
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#9
06-15-2019, 12:18 PM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
Robert G. Ingersoll or Mark Twain.  Consider
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06-15-2019, 12:34 PM (This post was last modified: 06-15-2019, 12:34 PM by Alan V.)
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
(06-15-2019, 12:18 PM)Gwaithmir Wrote: Robert G. Ingersoll or Mark Twain. 

Mark Twain would probably take it all in stride, so that's a good choice.
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#11
06-15-2019, 12:43 PM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
Yeah, Twain ... or Hemingway. Though the latter might just swallow a shotgun again after seeing some of the shit we're up to today.
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#12
06-15-2019, 12:56 PM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
HP Lovecraft
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#13
06-15-2019, 01:02 PM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
Isaac Asimov and Douglas Adams.

I know Douglas Adams is mostly known for his Hitchhikers series but my favourite book from him was the one he wrote about his travels looking for endangered species around the world called "Last chance to see..."

My favourite books from Isaac Asimov are his Foundation series.
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06-15-2019, 01:36 PM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
Patanjali
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#15
06-15-2019, 02:54 PM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
Probably Shakespeare.  We could find out who the Dark Lady of his Sonnets was.
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06-15-2019, 02:59 PM (This post was last modified: 06-15-2019, 03:00 PM by Vera.)
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
(06-15-2019, 12:56 PM)brewerb Wrote: HP Lovecraft

Is exactly what we need, more sexist racists  Dodgy

@Unsapien Absolutely Douglas Adams - died waayyyyy too young Undecided
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06-15-2019, 03:08 PM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
(06-15-2019, 02:59 PM)Vera Wrote:
(06-15-2019, 12:56 PM)brewerb Wrote: HP Lovecraft

Is exactly what we need, more sexist racists  Dodgy

To be fair, most classic authors were exactly that.
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06-15-2019, 03:10 PM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
(06-15-2019, 03:08 PM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: To be fair, most classic authors were exactly that.

To be fair, he was worst than most.
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06-15-2019, 03:13 PM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
(06-15-2019, 03:10 PM)Vera Wrote:
(06-15-2019, 03:08 PM)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: To be fair, most classic authors were exactly that.

To be fair, he was worst than most.

<shrug>
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06-15-2019, 03:31 PM (This post was last modified: 06-15-2019, 03:32 PM by Alan V.)
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
(06-15-2019, 01:02 PM)Unsapien Wrote: I know Douglas Adams is mostly known for his Hitchhikers series but my favourite book from him was the one he wrote about his travels looking for endangered species around the world called "Last chance to see..."

I saw Douglas Adams speak on his book tour for Last Chance To See in 1990.  He was in a Taylors Bookstore in Dallas.  That bookstore chain is now extinct too, though I still have a couple bookmarks from it.
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#21
06-15-2019, 03:36 PM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
Hitchens.
Robert G. Ingersoll : “No man with a sense of humor ever founded a religion.”
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06-15-2019, 03:37 PM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
(06-15-2019, 03:10 PM)Vera Wrote: To be fair, he was worst than most.

To be honest, hate the man and not what he brilliantly created. His personal views, after all, in no way undervalue his written accomplishments.
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#23
06-15-2019, 03:47 PM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
Twain would be a good choice, or Faulkner or Steinbeck, or any of a bunch of classic authors. My personal choice would be H.G. Wells, with Jules Verne taking a close second.
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06-15-2019, 03:52 PM
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
(06-15-2019, 03:47 PM)Dānu Wrote: Twain would be a good choice, or Faulkner or Steinbeck, or any of a bunch of classic authors.  My personal choice would be H.G. Wells, with Jules Verne taking a close second.

I bet H.G. Wells would be impressed by modern technologies, scientific discoveries, and science fictions.
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06-15-2019, 05:26 PM (This post was last modified: 06-15-2019, 05:26 PM by brewerb.)
If you could bring back one writer from the dead
(06-15-2019, 02:59 PM)Vera Wrote:
(06-15-2019, 12:56 PM)brewerb Wrote: HP Lovecraft

Is exactly what we need, more sexist racists  Dodgy

I know nothing about the man but his stories. 

Hmmmm....................... what are you wearing right now? Chuckle
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