[Elan Morin Tedronai]

1.Robert Jordan
Raymond Feist
George Martin-I've read the novella from "Legends" collected by Robert Silverbirg-she's fantastic. And I also heard that his series are the best fantasy books ever!
4.Terry Brooks-better than Tolkien!
5.Weiss & Hickman-they're very good!
6.Robin Hobb-she's good!

[allanon]

Brr...so many lists...and the winner is the same...like F1 this season:
1 Raymond E. FEIST
2 Robert Jordan
3 Weiss&Hickman
4 Terry Brooks
5 George R.R. Martin[but I'm still waiting his legendary series]
6 Robin Hobb

[Barbarossa]

Out of competiton: J.R.R. Tolkien
(not meaning he's so good that he can't be compared, but that he has a special meaning that makes it impossible to me to compare him with others.)

1) George R.R. Martin: Song of ice and fire
2) Robin Hobb: Farseer & Lifeship traders
3) Guy Gavriel Kay: Tigana, Song for Arbonne ect. (switches places with Hobb depending on mood)
4) Terry Pratchett: Discworld, Good Omens ect. (whenever i'm depressive he will save me)
5) used to be Katherine Kerr's Deverry until recently, I think I settle for Mary Gentle: Ash, Grunts now

6) Katherine Kerr: Deverry series (see 5)

Runner ups: John Marco: Tyrants and Kings, I will wait for book three till I decide if he gets slot 6

Stephen Brust: Vlad Taltos novels

C.J. Cherryh: Fortess series

Stephen Donaldson: Mordant's need more than Covenant, I like his Sf stuff best.

Phillip Pullman: Dark materials (still waiting for book three


Promising stuff on the to read list:

Perdido street station
(If it's as good as people say there will be more reshuffles of the list soon)


Books to avoid (Books i would have thrown away after reading, had I been unlucky enough to own them: R.A. Salvatore "Icewind Dale", Brooks "sword of Shanarra"

Plenty of other books on my shelves but eithet not good or bad enough to mention (Including Feist *ducks Allanon's missiles)

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[neologik]

hmmmm. Top six? That's bizarre.

1. Michael Moorcock
2. Matthew Stover
3. China Miéville
4. Graham Joyce
5. M John Harrison
6.1 Michael Swanwick
6.2 Tad Williams

--gabe chouinard www.sfsite.com/fm (http://www.sfsite.com/fm) - Fantastic Metropolis
Dislocated Fictions, only @ SFSite.com

[Cadfael]

4.Terry Brooks-better than Tolkien!

Ahem... 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, okay... phew! I am okay now... http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

1. Tolkien
2. Donaldson
3. King
4. Hobb
5. Martin
6. Williams/Moorcock 50/50%

Elan... I am only joking with you, and I do respect your opinion. http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif

Allanon... I shall be with you next season, I wanna see the Fangio record matched http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif


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[Metosblat]

1:Martin
2:Jordan
3:Fiest
4 http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/biggrin.gifonaldson
5:Eddings
Toilet Paper: Tolkien

[Shehzad]

With my newfound maturity, I shall respond to those provoking me by running down Tolkien... http://www.sffworld.com/ubb/smile.gif
Well, I don't know if these are in any particular order, but hey, here goes...

Tolkien
Donaldson
Mieville (just one so far, but looking good...)
Martin
Williams
Feist (early stuff)

neologik: I read a Michael Swanwick short story once, and it was pretty good- what's his best stuff? If I remember correctly the story was called "Cold Iron" or something like that.

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[James Barclay]

1. David Gemmell
2. Terry Pratchett
3. JRR Tolkien
4. James Barclay
5. John Marco
6. Raymond Feist (early work)

There are plenty bubbling under - Martin, I've only read one so far so it's too early to judge, Joyce, likewise. Also Moorcock.

People very unlikely to appear are Brooks and Jordan but all things are possible...

[ChrisW]

1.Robert Jordan
2.Kate Elliott
3.Steven Erikson
4.Raymond E Feist
5.David Gemmell
6. Robbin Hobb, K J Parker, Chris Bunch, J V Jones,Lynn Flewelling, Stephen King, Melanie rawn.

er well yeah!

[Alucard]

no particular order here.....

Phillip Pullman
Niel Gaiman(he jumped up fast....neverwhere was amazing)
Diana Gabaldon
J.K. Rowling
George R.R. Martin
can't decide on a sixth at the moment.....