Fantasy Hall of Fame

**Radone** · September 14th, 2012, 07:18 AM

Who would make it of 'newer' authors?

The criteria:

A) Made their mark on fantasy between 25-40 years ago (lifted that from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame).
B) Likely to still be read 25 years from now

Obviously, Tolkien, CS Lewis, Lord Dunsany, Jules Verne, etc would be in the Hall of Fame, but who from more recent times would make it?

**mshnd06** · September 14th, 2012, 08:42 AM

Off the top of my head:

Definitely: Stephen Donaldson, Michael Moorcock, Roger Zelazny, Fritz Leiber, Gene Wolfe, Jack Vance, M. John Harrison, Tanith Lee, Marion Zimmer Bradley, John Crowley, Angela Carter, Stephen King, Ursula K Le Guin, Patricia McKillip, Terry Pratchett, Poul Anderson, Mervyn Peake, George R.R. Martin, Guy Gavriel Kay, Shirley Jackson, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Maybe: Glen Cook, David Gemmell, Katherine Kurtz, Terry Brooks, David Eddings, Raymond Feist, Robert Silverberg, Anne McCaffrey

Additional older guys: George MacDonald, William Morris, E.R. Eddison, Robert E. Howard, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, H. Rider Haggard, Edgar Allen Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jorge Luis Borges

**Randy M.** · September 14th, 2012, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by mshnd06

Off the top of my head:

Definitely: Stephen Donaldson, Michael Moorcock, Roger Zelazny, Fritz Leiber, Gene Wolfe, Jack Vance, M. John Harrison, Tanith Lee, Marion Zimmer Bradley, John Crowley, Angela Carter, Stephen King, Ursula K Le Guin, Patricia McKillip, Terry Pratchett, Poul Anderson, Mervyn Peake, George R.R. Martin, Guy Gavriel Kay, Shirley Jackson, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Maybe: Glen Cook, David Gemmell, Katherine Kurtz, Terry Brooks, David Eddings, Raymond Feist, Robert Silverberg, Anne McCaffrey

Additional older guys: George MacDonald, William Morris, E.R. Eddison, Robert E. Howard, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, H. Rider Haggard, Edgar Allen Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jorge Luis Borges

I would think Jonathan Carroll, Avram Davidson, Zenna Henderson and Guy Gavriel Kay (sp?) would all be considered.

Randy M.

**Radone** · September 14th, 2012, 11:19 AM

Would anyone put Piers Anthony on that list? Mercedes Lackey?

**PeteMC** · September 14th, 2012, 11:54 AM

Michael Moorcock, George Martin, Tanith Lee, Terry Goodkind (I know, but he sold a shedload of books), John Norman (I know, I know, but no one's likely to forget him!), Lovecraft, Robert E Howard, possibly Robert Jordan, Anne Rice if we're including that as fantasy.

**PeteMC** · September 14th, 2012, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by Radone

Would anyone put Piers Anthony on that list?

Hmmm, maybe

Mercedes Lackey?

No

**Simon F** · September 14th, 2012, 05:41 PM

Robert Jordan i think he did more than enough to be a definate!

David Gemmell - for me the best

**owlcroft** · September 16th, 2012, 04:17 AM

I don't really know the years for most writers save in a very, very general sense. Given that some may be too recent or (much more likely) too old, and that I'm sure this overlaps some lists already given. This is by no means exclusive, just some essential names.

Grand Masters:
Borges, Jorge Luis
Calvino, Italo
Lafferty, R. A.
Tolkien, J. R. R. (dicey inclusion; dating based on posthumous publications)
Vance, Jack

Other Masters:
Aickman, Robert
Beagle, Peter S.
Bellairs, John (adult work pre-1972, but long YA career)
Blaylock, James
Carroll, Jonathan
Chabon, Michael
Davidson, Avram
Harrison, M. John
Hoban, Russell
Lee, Tanith
Lightman, Alan (small oeuvre)
Millhauser, Steven
Mills, Magnus
Pratchett, Terry
Ruff, Matt
Rushdie, Salman
Wangerin, Walter Jr.
Whittemore, Edward
Wolfe, Gene