Bill Waterson

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Jan 22, 2019
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Bill Waterson

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POLL: Who is the best author from the United States?

chilango

1/22/19 5:41pm

Might be Willa Cather. Active is Marilynne Robinson IMO

Gustav

1/22/19 5:44pm

marilynne robinson is so great. cormac mccarthy should be on the list somewhere.

riboflavin

1/22/19 5:48pm

I agree with the first part, and complete disagree with the next two

1/22/19 6:05pm

^this

Hoss Bonaventure

1/22/19 10:22pm

Active is Cormac McCarthy

a priori

1/22/19 6:33pm

Pat Conroy.

Everyman

1/22/19 5:48pm

Larry David

TNT

1/22/19 5:49pm

best from that list or best all-time?

riboflavin

1/22/19 5:49pm

All time.

chilango

1/22/19 5:53pm

twain or mellville for me.

riboflavin

1/22/19 5:55pm

Confidence Man?

endy

1/22/19 6:04pm

I was hoping for an RL Stine option but ultimately went with Twain

Dynasty1

1/22/19 5:49pm

Robert Galbraith

AD4

1/22/19 5:52pm

Chaim Potok

Y-Zag

1/22/19 5:54pm

That sounds made up

TNT

1/22/19 5:55pm

He wrote - My Name is Asher Lev; The Chosen; The Promise; In the Beginning and

Y-Zag

1/22/19 6:27pm

Nope. Name sounds too ridiculous

TNT

1/22/19 6:43pm

This is a good one

shakarocks

1/22/19 9:38pm

Wallace Stegnar or Cormac McCarthy.

Supercoug

1/22/19 5:57pm

Man it's tough. Harry Potter is my favorite author and the rest are all fighting for 2nd place

TEXAS

1/22/19 5:59pm

Movie script writers should be considered authors in our day

MaxxPower

1/22/19 6:14pm

Didn't Clemons invent - everything?

1/22/19 6:37pm

Erik Larsen

Fallball

1/22/19 6:40pm

James Fennimore Cooper is among the best

HighHorse

1/22/19 6:45pm

Have you read Deerslayer???

Supercoug

1/22/19 7:01pm

Yes, I've read all 5 of the Leatherstocking series. Great reading.

HighHorse

1/22/19 8:40pm

Philip Roth should be on the list

OpusX

1/22/19 8:35pm

No love for Vonnegut?

JustKeyrock

1/22/19 8:35pm

My son says Ray Bradbury.

Y-Zag

1/22/19 8:45pm

But we're missing the obvious - DR. SEUSS!

Y-Zag

1/22/19 8:45pm

Margaret Atwood is climbing the list

jaba166

1/22/19 10:53pm

<< Deleted >>

1/22/19 10:58pm

Cormac, Salinger, and Updike need to be on that list.

shimmy

1/22/19 10:59pm

Bill Waterson

BW84

1/22/19 11:26pm

David McCullough

BYU'01

1/23/19 7:15pm

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