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    Books-

    Lovecraft

    Edgar Rice Burroughs

    Stephen King

    Brandon Sanderson

    Scripts-

    Meh, I don’t really like films all that much tbh.

  • Destide
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    68 months ago

    Neil Gaiman Terry Pratchett

    Scripts: Tarrintino The Coens Charlie Kaufman

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      Don’t forget that Neil Gaiman writes scripts too. Some episodes of Dr. Who, Nevwrwhere, Good Omens, American Goods, Lucifer, Sandman

  • TotallyNotSpez
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    Douglas Adams for Comedy

    Chuck Palahniuk for odd novels

    Hunter S. Thompson for Gonzo

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    48 months ago
    • Patrick O’Brian
    • Hilary Mantel
    • Shirley Jackson
    • Peter Straub
    • Donna Tartt
    • Douglas Adams
    • Jane Austen
    • Mary Shelley
    • Sylvia Plath (poetry, fiction not so much)
    • Richard Matheson
    • Ursula K Le Guin
    • Connie Willis
    • Clay_pidgin
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      This is a top tier list! The few I don’t recognize I’ll check out based on your rec.

  • Cloudless ☼
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    George Orwell - Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four Adam Kay - Kay’s Anatomy Carl Sagan - Contact

  • @stoned_ape
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    Roger Zelazny

    Neil Gaiman

    Gregory Bateson

    Dan O’Brien

    Terrence McKenna

    Alan Moore

    Ken Kesey

    Albert Camus

  • @nezbyte
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    Books: Craig Alanson, Isaac Asimov, Douglas Adams, Brandon Sanderson, and so many more.

    Scripts: Aaron Sorkin, Brett Goldstein

  • @FireTower
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    Others have mentioned massive names but I really enjoyed the world building of Dmitry Glukhovsky. He created such an evocative picture that when his work was adapted into a game (Metro 2033) it felt like everything you saw in game was there the whole time.

  • @Mickey7
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    David Mamet - his scripts are outstanding because they are written just as actual real life conversations.