Which author do you want to have a beer with?

ryan2 · Post by **ryan2** » 12 Sep 2009, 15:23

I couldn't help myself in saying that if I could sit down and have a beer with any author, I'd sit down with God and ask him "What is the meaning of life?"

I honestly don't really like beer, but I would make that momentary sacrifice to share a conversation with the greatest jokester of them all.

selfer · Post by **selfer** » 16 Sep 2009, 19:52

If it were just one beer, I'd say Tom Wolfe. If it were an unlimited number, Id say Dave Eggers.

Woodland Nymph · Post by **Woodland Nymph** » 22 Sep 2009, 22:43

The first author that came to my mind was Thomas Harris. I would love to have a drink or two with him (no beer though, I'm underage

) because I have a few questions I would like to ask him about Hannibal Lecter, regarding his personal character traits and history that isn't covered in the books.

For example, my little sister, who is also a fan of his books, and I always get into debates about how Hannibal would react to hearing that his life story was going to be made into a musical. She thinks he would be angry, but I actually think he would be fairly amused by the idea. So, that's something I would probably ask Mr. Harris first: "Could you tell me how Dr. Lecter would feel about his life story being made into a musical?" Haha, very stupid, I know, but I'm afraid it is an inside joke that my sister and I are actually curious about.

moleymomo · Post by **moleymomo** » 23 Sep 2009, 09:28

Christopher Moore hands down. He's hilarious. I think he'd b one of those guys who you would wind up in jail with.

cameron333 · Post by **cameron333** » 11 Oct 2009, 00:46

{Underage, so Ill say lunch.}
Ernest Hemmingway
Anne Frank
Charles Dickens
Mark Twain
Mary Shelly
Voltaire
Too bad all of them are dead.

kitty5495 · Post by **kitty5495** » 12 Oct 2009, 01:17

dhenryson wrote:
Linda wrote:
knightss wrote:Bukowski or Poe(it'd be more like 6 shots followed by 6-8 beers)... you know.. if they were alive. Hell i probably wouldn't make it through that evening alive anyway.
Edgar Allen Poe would prob be my first choice. tho it might be a little scary once that guy was drunk...he'd pretty much scare me sober so drunk who knows.

and it'd be like 8 shots...im not a beer person. ha and then i'd have to chain smoke like a pack of cigarettes...cause that's what happens when i drink.
Good choice. That would be one of mine. But I think I would not drink with him. I would go exploring with him in a dark, damp cellar.

haha. nice.

libarchiver · Post by **libarchiver** » 16 Oct 2009, 09:35

Tom Robbins

avadrianna20 · Post by **avadrianna20** » 19 Oct 2009, 09:43

It would have been definitely Poe... It would have been quite a night!

tinyViolin · Post by **tinyViolin** » 19 Oct 2009, 10:08

To be honest, I think a lot of the writers I enjoy reading I might not enjoy talking with! Odd? Well, most of them are dead, and when they weren't dead, they were

a) mentally unstable
b) jerks in their personal life
c) very egotistical, easily distracted, and lastly
d) all of the above.

So.

Well, actually, ok. Tahir Shah would be awesome to talk with. He's a travel writer and his work doesn't quite soar for me but, holy tomatoes, I bet with prompting and beer he'd have some friggin awesome stories to tell. And, like, real ones, too.

toddbotner · Post by **toddbotner** » 23 Oct 2009, 06:14

I want to have a beer with paulo coelho. He is my favorite author of all time.

marvelmite · Post by **marvelmite** » 22 Nov 2009, 14:16

I think I would have to try and get Huntert S. Thompson, Tom Wolfe, and Norman Mailer in a room and here all of their mutual tales of the past. HST and Wolfe talking Hell's Angels and Ken Kesey. While HST and Mailer could talk politics and Mahamed Ali. (I'd really just like to see if HST and Mailer could even get along in the same room. They had many bitter words about eachother for years)

urasay · Post by **urasay** » 05 Dec 2009, 05:37

SylviaM wrote:Hemmingway cos he was a great drinker!!!!!!!!!!!

i will go with hemmingway myself- that guy loved mojito and so do i

also arundhati roy because she has had an awesome life

wiggicc · Post by **wiggicc** » 30 Dec 2009, 13:40

i'd like to set down with cormac mccarthy. i don't know why i'm so intrigued by him, i guess because he's such a great writer and so elusive. i'd also ask how he came to have possibly the most expansive vocabulary ever(if you've read his stuff you'll know what i mean, unless you're a whole lot smarter than i am).

other than mccarthy, i'd have to go with chuck palahniuk. while he's not my favorite writer of all time, he's definitely one of the most entertaining. Noone makes me want to hurl chunks and laugh at the same time like he does.

StephenKingman · Post by **StephenKingman** » 01 Feb 2010, 13:02

I would like to have a beer with Dan Brown. I would ask him does he actually believe the theories of ancient mysteries and satanic groups he puts forward in his books or is it all just for the story. I would also ask him does he ever intend to change his direction or material for future books. I know he makes millions off them, but to be fair most of his books fall into the premise of 'Langdon discovers ancient mystery which will destroy the world if revealed so must embark on a headless chicken chase and race against time to save some poor imprisoned soul before said mysteries are revealed to the world'.

Don't get me wrong, i found most of his books exciting (except Deception Point, which i found laborious) but they are all so similar that you can almost predict the plot as you read through the chapters plus i dont think his books have longevity, they are too specific for this time period and will have little relevance in the future.

Anyway, rant over!

Amelia · Post by **Amelia** » 24 Feb 2010, 06:41

Linda wrote:I'm not trying to hate on anyone, but to me it just seems like Augusten Burroughs is some kid who had to experience some wacky sh*t, and then made the best out of it by writing about it, maybe making some money. idk i think there are much better writers out there. i feel like anyone can do what he's done.

Maybe... but he actually did do it, so that's a good one- he gets my vote. I think he'd be fun, but he doesn't drink does he? Unless he fell off the wagon. So I'd share a coke with him, I guess.
I'd of course invite Stephen King and John Marsden too. Roald Dahl, maybe, and Mitch Albom definitely.
I notice a lot of people inviting Shakespeare. It's not that I don't think he's worth the time, of course, but what could you possible say to Shakespeare? "Thankyou, sir, for inventing the English language as we know it. Nice work."
I wouldn't be able to think of anything good enough. I'm not worthy

Oh, and Richard Dawkins and Douglas Adams. They were friends, so there would be no awkwardness at the table, and some very interesting religious conversations. Actually, it would be interesting to chuck C.S. Lewis into that mix. With Salmon Rushdie.