Anyone else like John Steinbeck?

[robertb]

I've ready everything that Steinbeck wrote with maybe a minor exception or two, and he is my favorite writer of the 20th century. Followed closely by John R. Dos Passos, Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson.

One of Steinbeck's best books that never gets mentioned much is "In Dubious Battle," about efforts to organize apple pickers to fight the orchard owners who abused them in California in the 1930s.

[Eric_H]

I read "In Dubious Battle" in college. I really liked it.

I'm also a big fan of Kerouac and Thompson.

[Dowling]

Yeah, had to read grapes of wrath in college got hooked then. what was his connection to the migrant workers? seems to be a common theme. Haven't read "In Dubious Battle" gonna check it out....how about Indianapolis native Kurt Vonnegut. He is an important hoosier that I feel often gets overlooked as a native of Indiana. I believe that this is the year of Kurt in Indy. Had a very interesting WWII tour....had a big influence in "slaughter house-five"....read that or "breakfast of champions" first...."On the Road" is about my favorite book of all time. I think next year an uncensored version comes out that is supposed to be the original text Kerouac submitted but I'm not quite sure.

[mattg]

I recently read a Ted Bell book. It featured a standard cast of characters he's written with before. The book, in short, was awful with an interesting plot lines but stereotyped characters.

[matt_s]

I've read some of Ted Bell's books. I have to agree that sterotypical characters are in full force, but he manages to put together an interesting "story".

For modern authors, I've always been fans of Tom Clancy, James Clavell (sp?) and Clive Cussler.

Brad Thor is showing some promise too, though he leans a little towards Ted Bell.