Who is the greatest living Author?

[Neuromancer]

Kafka on the Shore
Hard-Boiled Wonderland
Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Norwegian Wood

I have kafka on the shore and Norwegian wood.

 

[Poitier]

I have kafka on the shore and Norwegian wood.

Kafka is the one I remember the best out of all the novels. Thought Hard-Boiled was the best read until the end.

 

[Neuromancer]

Kafka is the one I remember the best out of all the novels. Thought Hard-Boiled was the best read until the end.

I'll get this on my kindle then. Thanks for the recommendation.

 

[Yehuda]

Chomsky.

Or does it have to be fiction?

 

[Neuromancer]

Chomsky

Or does it have to be fiction

Either one is fine.

 

[NotAnFBIagent]

The only Arthur we acknowledge

 

[Audemar]

Chomsky

Or does it have to be fiction

Probably one of the best thinkers alive.

 

[Billie Jean]

Salman Rushdie is up there
Brian Greene
Murakami

 

[Neuromancer]

Salman Rushdie is up there
Brian Greene
Murakami

depends on what country you're in.

 

[Black Cobain]

Glad people like Murakami here, I loaned an ex my copy of Kafka by the shore in 9th grade, never gave it back and kept giving me excuses

Coincidentally, most of my favorite authors have passed away, at the risk of sounding like a white girl who cuts herself and burns paper for fun

 

[Billie Jean]

depends on what country you're in.

I consider artistic value
Something King doesn't have

 

[Neuromancer]

I consider artistic value
Something King doesn't have

Tell thar to his imitators, mobs of fans and celebrated authors who seek
his counsel. I know Rushdie has mobs of people after him, but for another reason.

 

[Billie Jean]

Tell thar to his imitators, mobs of fans and celebrated authors who seek
his counsel. I know Rushdie has mobs of people after him, but for another reason.

The masses are lost Grendel, and the literary circles feel otherwise about King...

I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries. - Steven King

 

[Neuromancer]

The masses are lost Grendel, and the literary circles feel otherwise about King...

I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries. - Steven King

And there's another customer every minute. . I don't see no one coming for the crown anytime soon. How many generations has he influenced?

 

[Suspicious Dingo]

For me its David Mitchell. Cloud Atlas was a modern day masterpiece.