Favourite writers, now or all-time

[PP34]

As someone who's very interested in writing, particularly when it comes to sport, I enjoy reading good pieces written by good writers.

The only one I've found interesting and good to read is Bill Simmons.

I'd like to find some more writers to read and I'm sure many of you have good knowledge when it comes to this.

Post your favourite writers(preferably those who write in papers or online).

 

[Plugger35]

Clive James, he's written books, written articles for newspapers and online.

Worth reading all his stuff but his autobiographies in particular are both brilliantly written and hilarious.

 

[Zach Package]

...he imbibed her glistening spell...just before the other shoe...fell.

Is that a Keats poem?

No, it's a Newman.


But on a serious note. Sam Smith wrote two awesome books on michael jordan (jordan rules, and second coming), and also writes for their website.

Massive bulls fan and child of the 90's, love his work.

 

[PP34]

...he imbibed her glistening spell...just before the other shoe...fell.

Is that a Keats poem?

No, it's a Newman.


But on a serious note. Sam Smith wrote two awesome books on michael jordan (jordan rules, and second coming), and also writes for their website.

Massive bulls fan and child of the 90's, love his work.

Yeah, I've got Jordan Rules, I just need to read it.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

Stephenie Meyer.

 

[Iason]

As someone who's very interested in writing, particularly when it comes to sport, I enjoy reading good pieces written by good writers.

The only one I've found interesting and good to read is Bill Simmons.

I'd like to find some more writers to read and I'm sure many of you have good knowledge when it comes to this.

Post your favourite writers(preferably those who write in papers or online).

I'll give Simmons this, he knows his shit about the NBA. But he is the worst writer on his website, and he has had the same writing style and outdated pop references littered throughout his pieces since he started.

As for me, I don't get around to reading fiction much, but Blood Meridian is still my favorite book of all time.

 

[J_Moore]

I'll stick to current long-form journalists, rather than novelists or whatever.

These are all middlebrow types who are probably desperately uncool or whatever, but I like 'em.

Michael Lewis (of Liar's Poker and Moneyball fame) turns out some really interestig sports journalism. Cliched choice, but I reckon he's famous for a reason.

Here is a great article on Shane Battier - the "no-stats All-Star" Houston Rockets defender (aka the Lewis Roberts-Thomson of the NBA)

A nice read about his high school baseball coach.


Atul Gawande does nice stuff on healthcare ( more interesting than it sounds).

Article looking at healthcare vs palliative care in the last stages of life

The importance of checklists (and general being methodical rather than intuitive) in all aspects of life.

 

[Gough]

Clive James, he's written books, written articles for newspapers and online.

Worth reading all his stuff but his autobiographies in particular are both brilliantly written and hilarious.

I'm rereading Clive James' autobiography now and it's still as side splittingly funny as it was when I first read it at about 14 or 15.
I would read Gideon Haigh's shopping list, he the best writer in Australia right now. George Megalogenis pieces are always both thoughtful and thought provoking and George Monbiot in the Guardian is always good as well.
If the OP hasn't read On the Road yet, he probably should, it's a life changing book, I reread it annually and have done for about 25 years now.

 

[The Passenger]

If the OP hasn't read On the Road yet, he probably should, it's a life changing book, I reread it annually and have done for about 25 years now.

i was so psyched to read this but found it a big let down. i can see how loads of people enjoyed it though. for me, it just felt like something my dad would get me to read when i was 14.

i like a lot of chuck pahluanik's stuff, and for some reason still haven't read fight club.

i'm not a big reader though. i prefer to listen to music (i'm not great with listening and reading at the same time like a lot of people) or watch a documentary.

 

[Caesar]

Ross Gittins gets a bad rap but he has a real knack for making finance and economics issues accessible and easy to understand.

I really miss Peter Ruehl's columns in the AFR. He was hands down the most consistently funny columnist in Australia.

 

[Max Power 83]

i was so psyched to read this but found it a big let down. i can see how loads of people enjoyed it though. for me, it just felt like something my dad would get me to read when i was 14.

i like a lot of chuck pahluanik's stuff, and for some reason still haven't read fight club.

i'm not a big reader though. i prefer to listen to music (i'm not great with listening and reading at the same time like a lot of people) or watch a documentary.

I agree. I thought on the road was a massive let down. Found it hard to get through.

Also read a lot Chuck's stuff. I find Fight Club hard to judge as I saw the movie first, but my general impression was that it is one of the rare cases where the movie is actually better than the book.

 

[Max Power 83]

i was so psyched to read this but found it a big let down. i can see how loads of people enjoyed it though. for me, it just felt like something my dad would get me to read when i was 14.

i like a lot of chuck pahluanik's stuff, and for some reason still haven't read fight club.

i'm not a big reader though. i prefer to listen to music (i'm not great with listening and reading at the same time like a lot of people) or watch a documentary.

I agree. I thought on the road was a massive let down. Found it hard to get through.

Also read a lot of Chuck's stuff. I find Fight Club hard to judge as I saw the movie first, but my general impression was that it is one of the rare cases where the movie is actually better than the book.

 

[J_Moore]

Tried to track down Hunter S. Thompson on Muhammad Ali in the twilight of his career (Last Tango in Vegas), but it doesn't seem to be available online.


Well worth a read. It's in "The Great Shark Hunt", which is a collection of his journalism.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Can't beat Max Walker.

 

[J_Moore]

Can't beat Max Walker.

How To Puzzle A Python volumes 1 through 12.

 

[Gough]

Can't Should beat Max Walker.

Hard with a bit of 4 x 2.

 

[Poseidon]

JK rowling she introduced magic into my muggle heart.
Chuck Palahniuk for being a bad azz

 

[woopedazz]

As a child I loved Brian Jacques and Jack London went alright. Don't have time to read much any more.