tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454608135549582321.post501647795235256713..comments2024-01-22T09:16:28.167-08:00Comments on A Room Of My Own: Writing Heroes (1)Virginia Moffatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12071059148315715405noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454608135549582321.post-1608945011469190892011-03-03T18:23:54.172-08:002011-03-03T18:23:54.172-08:00I love posts like this that allow us to think abou...I love posts like this that allow us to think about different books and authors. I have to admit that I don't know much about EM Forster, so you've got my curiosity up for A Passage to India. <br /><br />I would have to give some thought before I could produce a list, but the first names to came to my mind were Dostoevsky and Tolstoi. Intriguing characters always make for great reading.Chuck Allenhttp://www.chuckallen.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454608135549582321.post-85022154122742132392011-03-03T12:25:39.922-08:002011-03-03T12:25:39.922-08:00Twinly thinking means I agree with all your choice...Twinly thinking means I agree with all your choices, except EM Forster, I know you've always raved about him, but never got into him. Maybe I should try again.<br /><br />I'd add Terry Pratchett. A genius and wonderful satirist and truly humane writer who dresses it all up as comic fantasy so no one can tell. My favourite living writer after Margaret Atwood - Lady Oracle remains my favourite, but Cat's Eye (a darker grown up version) is brilliant too.<br /><br />Oh and on the Victorians, you can't beat a good Thomas Hardy - Far From the Madding Crowd will always be a favourite. Gabriel Oak, aaaaaaahhhhh.Jane Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514534117777707886noreply@blogger.com