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Who do you think is the best American author?

Who do you think is the best American author?

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Who do you think is the best American author and why?

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Thomas Pynchon - Gravity's Rainbow

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Originally posted by Stephen Liu
Who do you think is the best American author and why?
John Steinbeck - early 20th Century
John Updike - 2nd half of 20th century

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Both are deep, accomplished writers who work in strong themes, yet their styles are very approachable.

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robert a. heinlein ... the 20th century's shakespeare ...

c.j.cherryh is good (but not all her stuff is good) ... for technique and interest ...

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Well though he was born in Russia he was a us citizen so Isaac asimov.

For boook to movie ratio, I'd say Micheal Crichton.

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Originally posted by Stephen Liu
Who do you think is the best American author and why?
David Foster Wallace. The reasons are self-evident upon reading Infinite Jest and Oblivion.

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Frank herbert is the best ive read so far.