John Sandford. I love his Prey novels, and there has only been one that I would prefer never to read again.
xvart.
John Sandford. I love his Prey novels, and there has only been one that I would prefer never to read again.
xvart.
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is a genuis!
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I've got nothing else to say...
Alright, one more thing to say... Bernard Werber is a genuis too!
For me!? I'd say;
Ronald Dahl (I loved his stories when I was younger! I still read them now!)
Alison Croggon (By far, one of the best fantasy novelist and poets during this day and age)
Bryce Courtenay (Most of his stories are recollections of true events and are incredibly powerful)
J.K. Rowling (I love her stories. But I can't stand the movies, I fell asleep during the last one)
J.R.R Tolkien(I tried to read the first page of Lord of the Rings and was lost by the third word. Love the movies though, very nice!)
Can't miss means you will automatically read anything they put out?
Zelazny and Saberhagen (fantasy that is) when they were alive.
I was reading all Feist's books up until King of Foxes. I could not get into it. I am reading Conclave of Shadows II now though.
Bujold up until the most recent book or two. I perceive them as being a romance/fantasy.
Non SFF - I read pretty much anything Robert Parker (Spenser) puts out, though for years they have been very much "paint by the numbers". I did give up on the latest Sunny Randall book, after a page or two, recently.
Joseph Conrad
Ernest Hemingway
Slyvia Plath
T.S. Eliot
R. Scott Bakker
Robin Hobb
There are others but I can't think right now.
I was in the bookstore yesterday, and somehow I missed that the newest Prey novel had been released! Phantom Prey has been bumped to the "on-deck" position of my book pile, once I finish Storm of Swords again.Originally Posted by xvart
xvart.
For me
-David Weber
-David Feintuch
-David Gemmell
-Elizabeth Moon
-Terry Pratchett
Terry Prachett
Neil Gaiman
Brian Jacques(Though High Rulhain I found a tad disappointing)
If we are including late Authors
HP Lovecraft
PG Wodehouse
Hmmm, there are a few I can think of.
Ray Bradbury
Arthur C. Clarke (except for the ones he co-wrote with others)
John Crowley
Stephen R. Donaldson
Robin Hobb (so far, as I haven't read everything by her yet)
Patricia McKillip
Robert J. Sawyer
Having now started Quicksilver I'm going to add Neal Stephenson to my list.
My list:
E. Hemingway
Steven Erikson
N. Gaiman
Brad Thor
Tom Clancy
Vince Flynn
Brent Weeks
Conn Igguldon
Christopher Moore
Mark Frost
Edgar Allen Poe
Recent newcomers:
Brent Weeks
Brian Ruckley
Patric Rothfuss
Peter V Brett
My list overlaps some others.
Genre Authors:
Arthur C. Clarke (even those he's co-written with others)
Ray Bradbury
Robin McKinley
Patricia A. McKillip
Patricia C. Wrede
Pamela Dean
Guy Gavriel Kay
Sheri S. Tepper
Tom Holt
Neil Gaiman
Non-Genre Authors:
John Donne
Euripides
Pindar
Alexander Pope
Alexandre Dumas
Relatively New Authors that I Like So Far (but their bibliography isn't very large):
Scott Lynch
Joe Abercrombie
Alan Campbell
Sarah Micklem
Oscar Wilde
George Orwell
Guy Gavriel Kay
They've never missed for me.
Last edited by Syrio; July 23rd, 2009 at 05:55 PM.
Conn Iggulden
David Gemmell
Brent Weeks
Neal Asher
Dean Koontz (older stuff, still getting into his new ones)
Stephen King (same as with Koontz)
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