Or, Someone I Haven't Written About Before.
This time, I'm talking about Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
An example of American writing I actually love. No, that's not fair--a lot of the writers I read are American. But very few really hook me, in a way that goes 'mustreadmustreadmustread'. I used to be at a loss when a blank 'Faourite Books/Authors' field stared me in the face, because I just couldn't decide! But I've grown up now, and out of the 'all writing is good, unless it's amateurish crappy fanfiction writing' phase, and I truly have books I pick up and go, "This is rubbish."
And then there are the books that I simply, utterly, love. Like my first love, Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Grey'(also, incidentally, the subject of my very first blog post), or Stephen Fry's 'The Liar' or the other one I'm too embarrassed to mention. I also love Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre'... even though it's... well, I'm a teenage girl, you know. Or used to be. Don't blame me for having a soft spot for romance. Also, Terry Pratchett--who first caught my eye as 'The Fantasy Writer With The Funny Name Whose Books With Little Blue Men on Them Are Everywhere"--and I ended up reading and tossing The Colour Of Magic before I truly found my Terry Pratchett niche; Granny Weatherwax and Death. Maybe not together, though.(I'm Death's biggest fan XD)
I dunno if you've noticed, but all of the authors mentioned above are British. Well, Oscar Wilde is probably stirring in his grave right now, because he's Irish; that's a horrible mistake to make(I'm a bad person). But my point remains that Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., is one of the few American writers whose books I cherish. No doubt, there are hundreds of good American writers out there, and I'm simply too uneducated to know it, but I was just making an observation. I wonder if anyone reading this can tell I've a fondness for the U.K. over the U.S. And this has nothing to do with the whole 'colonial' thing. I've noticed how all the awesome music comes from Britain.
Let me list a few amazing bands:(Again, it's a personal list, I love every band on this list, and there are loads I haven't heard/don't like, but most other people do. Examples include The Rolling Stones, Led Zepplin and Pink Floyd.)
1. The Beatles
2. Muse
3. Oasis
4. The Script
5. Pet Shop Boys
6. Radiohead
7. The Who
8. Coldplay, Coldplay, Coldplay, how could I forget?
Plus, George Michael, whose voice is... well, if you've heard it, you know what I mean. Elton John. And Bono. You know, Bono. Oh, yeah:
9. U2
And all these were just off the top of my head. So, tell me, really, who has America produced? Except Linkin Park, Green Day and all those rappers. I like Eminem, as a matter of fact. His songs may be expletive-filled, but they're well-worded.
As this seems to have been a U.K.-U.S. comparison; one of my favourite things to do, I guess I'm signing off with the excuse that, less than 24 hours ago, I swam for twelve hours straight, so my thinking's not all that clear. W00t.
BdKatze
This time, I'm talking about Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
An example of American writing I actually love. No, that's not fair--a lot of the writers I read are American. But very few really hook me, in a way that goes 'mustreadmustreadmustread'. I used to be at a loss when a blank 'Faourite Books/Authors' field stared me in the face, because I just couldn't decide! But I've grown up now, and out of the 'all writing is good, unless it's amateurish crappy fanfiction writing' phase, and I truly have books I pick up and go, "This is rubbish."
And then there are the books that I simply, utterly, love. Like my first love, Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Grey'(also, incidentally, the subject of my very first blog post), or Stephen Fry's 'The Liar' or the other one I'm too embarrassed to mention. I also love Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre'... even though it's... well, I'm a teenage girl, you know. Or used to be. Don't blame me for having a soft spot for romance. Also, Terry Pratchett--who first caught my eye as 'The Fantasy Writer With The Funny Name Whose Books With Little Blue Men on Them Are Everywhere"--and I ended up reading and tossing The Colour Of Magic before I truly found my Terry Pratchett niche; Granny Weatherwax and Death. Maybe not together, though.(I'm Death's biggest fan XD)
I dunno if you've noticed, but all of the authors mentioned above are British. Well, Oscar Wilde is probably stirring in his grave right now, because he's Irish; that's a horrible mistake to make(I'm a bad person). But my point remains that Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., is one of the few American writers whose books I cherish. No doubt, there are hundreds of good American writers out there, and I'm simply too uneducated to know it, but I was just making an observation. I wonder if anyone reading this can tell I've a fondness for the U.K. over the U.S. And this has nothing to do with the whole 'colonial' thing. I've noticed how all the awesome music comes from Britain.
Let me list a few amazing bands:(Again, it's a personal list, I love every band on this list, and there are loads I haven't heard/don't like, but most other people do. Examples include The Rolling Stones, Led Zepplin and Pink Floyd.)
1. The Beatles
2. Muse
3. Oasis
4. The Script
5. Pet Shop Boys
6. Radiohead
7. The Who
8. Coldplay, Coldplay, Coldplay, how could I forget?
Plus, George Michael, whose voice is... well, if you've heard it, you know what I mean. Elton John. And Bono. You know, Bono. Oh, yeah:
9. U2
And all these were just off the top of my head. So, tell me, really, who has America produced? Except Linkin Park, Green Day and all those rappers. I like Eminem, as a matter of fact. His songs may be expletive-filled, but they're well-worded.
As this seems to have been a U.K.-U.S. comparison; one of my favourite things to do, I guess I'm signing off with the excuse that, less than 24 hours ago, I swam for twelve hours straight, so my thinking's not all that clear. W00t.
BdKatze
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