Monday, November 2, 2009

Your ISU Author

Hi Everyone,

This is the time when we choose an ISU Author. It is really really important that you choose someone you really enjoy. I have a number of suggestions if you are stuck. The only real parameters are that your author should be: 1) influential in his or her genre. 2) unchosen by anyone else in the course.

Historically, the seminars we do on the authors at the end of the course are a highlight for most of us since it allows us exposure to a number of different writers of whom we may never have even heard.

Please announce your selection by leaving a comment at the end of this post. I'll then transfer everyone's selections to a chart. Authors will be served up on a first come, first served basis.

CP
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19 comments:

  1. AJ HowardNovember 3, 2009 at 11:55 AM

    Is Stephenie Meyer okay? The twilight saga are the only books ive read

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  2. AnonymousNovember 4, 2009 at 12:04 PM

    I've got dibs on HP Lovecraft!

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  3. Mr. PierceNovember 4, 2009 at 8:47 PM

    AJ, I am hoping that we can push you into trying someone new. I can explain my reasoning better in class. I'd be willing to consider a vampire novel by Anne Rice... then you would have a basis for comparison.

    Sam... sounds good.

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  4. Matty BNovember 4, 2009 at 9:07 PM

    JRR Tolkien. I'm not entirely sure yet, just figured I'd call it.

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  5. JoleneNovember 5, 2009 at 11:56 AM

    Ellen Hopkins <3

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  6. StephanieNovember 5, 2009 at 12:07 PM

    Sophie McKenzie :)

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  7. Mr. PierceNovember 5, 2009 at 12:59 PM

    Stephanie,

    I'm not familiar with McKenzie's work. COuld you bring me in a copy of something she's written?

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  8. ashleyNovember 5, 2009 at 1:03 PM

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  9. AnonymousNovember 6, 2009 at 1:02 PM

    I was thinking Dan Brown. I think that he's very influential in the way he integrates real life facts into his writing. Is this a good pick or no?

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  10. CheyenneNovember 9, 2009 at 10:41 AM

    J.D. Salinger :)

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  11. AnonymousNovember 9, 2009 at 12:02 PM

    umm carol plum-ucci.

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  12. KaylaNovember 9, 2009 at 12:04 PM

    Sarah Dessen

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  13. lmacmasterNovember 10, 2009 at 12:32 PM

    dibs on james redfield.

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  14. MattNovember 18, 2009 at 11:56 AM

    Chuck Palahniuk

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  15. AnonymousNovember 19, 2009 at 12:33 PM

    So I've decided on the 'Dunwich Horror' by HP Lovecraft. It's a collection of short stories that all add up to one big story (so they might as well be chapters). This book alone has left a significant impression on supernatural horror. Is that rockin or is it rockin?

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  16. Matty BNovember 22, 2009 at 1:51 AM

    I changed my mind, Cormac McCarthy.
    I may change it back though.. Decisions, decisions, decisions.

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  17. ashley marabella (:November 24, 2009 at 12:09 PM

    Francis Hodgson Burnett (:

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  18. AnonymousNovember 25, 2009 at 11:15 AM

    Now I have Animal Farm by George Orwell. If anyone wants HP, he's all yers.

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  19. j.reebDecember 8, 2009 at 11:58 AM

    Kim Edwards

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