Books-
Lovecraft
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Stephen King
Brandon Sanderson
Scripts-
Meh, I don’t really like films all that much tbh.
Neil Gaiman Terry Pratchett
Scripts: Tarrintino The Coens Charlie Kaufman
Don’t forget that Neil Gaiman writes scripts too. Some episodes of Dr. Who, Nevwrwhere, Good Omens, American Goods, Lucifer, Sandman
Douglas Adams for Comedy
Chuck Palahniuk for odd novels
Hunter S. Thompson for Gonzo
George Orwell - Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four Adam Kay - Kay’s Anatomy Carl Sagan - Contact
- Patrick O’Brian
- Hilary Mantel
- Shirley Jackson
- Peter Straub
- Donna Tartt
- Douglas Adams
- Jane Austen
- Mary Shelley
- Sylvia Plath (poetry, fiction not so much)
- Richard Matheson
- Ursula K Le Guin
- Connie Willis
This is a top tier list! The few I don’t recognize I’ll check out based on your rec.
Books: Craig Alanson, Isaac Asimov, Douglas Adams, Brandon Sanderson, and so many more.
Scripts: Aaron Sorkin, Brett Goldstein
Isaac Asimov
Roger Zelazny
Neil Gaiman
Gregory Bateson
Dan O’Brien
Terrence McKenna
Alan Moore
Ken Kesey
Albert Camus
David Mamet - his scripts are outstanding because they are written just as actual real life conversations.
