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If you could summon any author from the dead , which author would it be ??? plz comment .............
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Harper Lee because it was said she was writing a second book and I would love to know what it was about.
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J.R.R.Tolkien - fascinating. Also Oscar Wilde, Jack London, Margaret Mitchell - to persuade her to carry on with Scarlett & Rhett & Agatha Christie - I would like her to clear up once and for all where she got to!
Oscar Wilde for sure.. for his wits and exclusive style to say his mind!
Choose one? I could be forced to pick one, but I would prefer to sit down with C.S. Lewis or have some brats & beer with Jules Verne, Bob Heinlein and Gene Roddenberry.Both Jules and Gene were forward thinkers and we have lived to see major parts of their prognostications come true.
This one's a lot harder than I thought...Maybe George Orwell(I wonder what would he be thinking about our modern society)
Or Daniel Keyes... Just heard that he died last month:'(
IDK, I just can't decide there's so many of them...
1. C.S. Lewis without hesitation. (I'd love to write him a letter, talk Narnia over tea and go to his lectures on medieval lit) 2. Charles Dickens (So I could go to his performance of "Great Expectations" and he could finish "The Mystery of Edwin Drood")
I'd have to say I'd summon up Charlotte Bronte. I've read all her books, as well as a few books about her. I know she struggled with the restraints that were put upon women back then. I know she wanted independence & more freedoms. I'd love to show her how it is now, that she could write a book & use her own name, that she could do virtually anything she wanted. I would love to see what kind of books she would write now.
Charlotte Bronte! We need another Jane Eyre, or anything she could give us, it is definitely much needed.
I'm reading Rules of 48 right now and I want to bring back Jack Cady so I can hug him for writing it.
I too --- Agatha Christie...
jane austen ,victor hugo,leo tolstoy,emily bronteI love their characters
Linda wrote: "All excellent choices. I guess I am a bit more current because I would like Steig Larsson to finish the "Girl" series. He had another book in the works after the Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest."Oh yes. Don't know much about Mr. Larsson but I hated to see that series end.
J wrote: "Agatha Christie!!"Love Dame Agatha! Another good choice.
Kurt Vonnegut. Love him.
My grandchildren wanted me to add Brian Jacques as they loved his wonderful Redwall books (as did I) - all of them. For me - as a child, definitely Enid Blyton and as an adult - Dickens, Charlotte Bronte and most of all Jane Austen
Professor dumbledore
Definitely Dickens!
That's tough!! Kurt Vonnegut comes to mind. I can't believe I never met him, and he was alive when I already worshipped his work. Others would be Jane Austen, Romain Gary (devastating), Mark Twain of course
George Bernard Shaw! Spending 30 minutes with him would be a wild ride with sarcasm. Throw in Mencken and Oscar Wilde and there would be enough for a lifetime of intellectual satisfaction.
Michelle wrote: "Definitely Dickens!"If you are ever able to summon him from the dead, please send me a notification! Just joking, I too would have loved to meet Dickens in person...but Hemmingway, Walter Scott, Jane Austen and Louise May Alcott would also be on my list. It's hard to choose.
J.R.R. Tolkien, Arthur Conan Doyle and Gabriel García Márquez :)
Anne Frank.
Jeanine wrote: "I'd have to say I'd summon up Charlotte Bronte. I've read all her books, as well as a few books about her. I know she struggled with the restraints that were put upon women back then. I know she wa..."Yeah, I do feel C. Bronte really never got a chance, and died before really getting to do all she was capable of.
I would adore seeing Vonnegut or Twain again, but I kind of have to qualify that... are we talking about resurrecting them in their prime, or when they were bitter, tired old men who had lost everything they loved? That seems a tad unkind. Myself I'm more inclined to resurrect someone who got cut down early... and we never really got to see all they were capable of.
Beverly Nichols, because The Tree that Sat Down and The Stream that Stood Still are so memorable.
J.R.R. Tolkien, this world can you use some magic ;-)
William Faulkner or Mark Twain. Faulkner because I would love to sit down with one of his books with him and talk about it and Twain because I think we would enjoy a glass of whiskey together :-)
Mark Twain (Sam Clemens). He's my muse.
Jane Austen - who always makes me laugh - and Edith Wharton - who always entertains.
I would love to uncover epic mischief for 24 hours with Anais Nin. Better yet if we could hang out in Manhattan once a month that would be better.
I would really like to have a conversation with L.M. Montgomery.
Simply can't pick one... Tolkien, Austen, Bronte sisters, Maya Angelou, Agatha Christie, C.S. Lewis, Aldous Huxley... Etc
I think Steig Larsson of the Girl with the Dragon Tatoo trilogy. This man had a great respect for women and intriguing insights into the back roads of government.
Madeline wrote: "V. C. Andrews. For killing Cathy and Chris..."Hi, I would pick Virginia Andrews too, I adored her books as a teen and would love to know what she would think of the ghost writer!
With all of the classic authors being mentioned I would choose Dickens to see what he thinks of modern London!
Leo Tolestoy and talk to him about politics :D
Hey everyone, I happened to see LMA's photographic portrait online, this morning. It made me remember how, more than 30 years ago, I fell in love with a daguerreotype of a woman who died a century earlier. She's such an awesome writer. Y'all should come back, to discuss her.
Mary ShelleyShe wrote Frankenstein when she was a teenager, and it was one of the most influential stories of all time. Who wouldn't want to meet her?
Emily Bronte. I'd like to walk out on the Yorkshire moors with her and Keeper. No words would be necessary - I'd just like to share a quiet appreciation of her dog and her natural world with her.
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens). Brilliant, political, humor ,fiction...he had it all going on.
Laura Ingalls Wilder, who wrote Little House on the Prairie...Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables...
But would they understand the world we´re living in?
Or the silly books that win awards they had no business winning?
Ah, imagine talking to your favourite authors...amazing thought, uh?
I would pick Jane Austen or Charlotte Bronte.
I would choose C.S. Lewis for his incredible intellect and the ability to write on any level, from the essays like The Four Loves and The Problem of Pain, to a child's read aloud book with the Chronicles of Narnia that never speaks down to children yet speaks their language, and the emotional resonance of fantasy novels like The Great Divorce and Til We Have Faces.I would also like to share some laughs at the unceasing opportunities for amusement that the human race provides with Jane Austen, and hear poignant reminiscences about old New York from Edith Wharton. And I would love to go off on an adventure with either Jules Verne or Alexandre Dumas; all they would have to do is pick a place and surprise me!
Louisa May Alcott, Shakespeare, and Jane Austen. I have lots of questions to ask them, and I would love to see how they would react to modern life.
Tennesse Williams and Laura Ingalls
Khyati wrote: "we've all read at least one book (or more) by an author who is now dead - be it shakespeare , dickens, enid blyton , stratemayer (creator of hardy boys & nancy drew) or even munshi premchand . this..."Frank McCourt
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