your opinion on Roald Dahl.

[wertyn]

I personally think hes great. I loved his books as a kid (and still do) and I really enjoy his short stories.

My favorites of his would have to be:

-Fantastic Mr. Fox
and
-Beware the Dog

edit: made poll, use plz

[Lotharr]

Great, although pretty creepy for a children's literature writer.

[Xzi]

Ronald McDonald?

[Temet nosce]

Vaguely amusing for his strange writing style I suppose. I haven't read anything by him in a decade though.

[Tiarilir]

He's actually the guy who got me started reading.

[Salo]

Roald Dahl's genius was in correctly judging most children's liking for darker stories.

[trichlor]

Ronald McDonald?

Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter, born in Wales of Norwegian parents, who rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors.

His most popular books include The Twits, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Witches and The BFG.

(Taken from Wikipedia)

[Morthor]

Shame about the rubbish pictures in all his books. I don't know why people like Quentin Blake, they're like 'Oh! Look, his pictures are like they were drawn by a child so children can totally relate!'.. NO. THEY ARE SHIT.

[jordanleroux]

+1 for him being a neo nazi.

[trichlor]

Shame about the rubbish pictures in all his books. I don't know why people like Quentin Blake, they're like 'Oh! Look, his pictures are like they were drawn by a child so children can totally relate!'.. NO. THEY ARE SHIT.
While I do call his drawings childish, and not exactly frame-able or worth thousands of dollars like some artists, I wouldn't call them shit.

[Mulambo]

There needs to be a bewbs/never heard of him option.

[wertyn]

There needs to be a bewbs/never heard of him option.

by the time I thought of that I had already submitted the poll *shrug* sry

[Viluin]

BFG? Big Fucking Giant? I always loled at that.

[Car3b3ar]

I always thought his kids books were great, but some of the other stories are a bit creepy.

[Temet nosce]

BFG? Big Fucking Giant? I always loled at that.

Reminds me of the first time I saw the that book. See it was after I started playing doom...

[LoD_BlackJack]

BFG 4tw

[Oniloke]

great man... read the books and saw the movies based on them when i was a kid =)

[Nexus]

Goofy and fun, never really had anything against him.

A good person to make fun of, but that doesn't mean I don't like him.

[DR.NUMBERS]

There can be only one rating for any man that engaged in aerial combat with only 7 hours flight training and no special combat training and that is great.

He scored at least 5 aerial victories (more unconfirmed) and also did espionage work for intelligence services. He was also lucky, two of his air units suffered near total casualties yet he always managed to survive. He also survived a crash landing in the desert though concussed and blinded.


Even apart from his writing he had an awesome life.

[doma]

I loved his books as a kid!

[Delwyn]

The Witches and BFG was always a classic while I was a kid.

[Weeking]

He didn't only write books for kids. He wrote a bunch of short stories for adults f ex. Also he was conceived in Norway, just like Darkfall.

[Drohn Moharri]

my favorite book by him is his autobiography

[wertyn]

u guys should seriously try fantastic Mr. Fox. It's much better then witches and bfg (imo)

[wertyn]

my favorite book by him is his autobiography

boy?

[ejnomad07]

Your thread or not. Don't necro.

[Spinewire]

boy?
bump much?

[shnedit]

ill rape this thread like i do with dead in real life

[bleet]

edit: ... didn't realize it was a 3 months old bump <.<

[Virtra]

Your thread or not. Don't necro.
Meh, its only barely a necro.

I couldn't go less than 'great' because of the influence his books had on my overall reading experiences... But he's probably a bit over hyped.

[Natdaprat]

I really liked his work as a child.

[Ankh]

I read a bunch of his books when I was younger.

[Helgeran]

His books are so boring, it's as if they were written for mentally handicapped people.

[Drohn Moharri]

His books are so boring, it's as if they were written for mentally handicapped people.

childrens books?

[forestchild]

He was great i saw his tv shows with that old chair with a hole in it for his back he was sitting in and his wooded pencils.