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[Lews Therin]

I've searched the forum for new authors that I haven't read yet and made a short list. Can you please choose the best of the above authors because I don't have much free time to read them all( for now) Thanks
P.S. Pls comments will be very useful

 

[ChrisW]

Twas not easy to choose from that list as they are all good authors apat from China Mieville. I ended up picking Rawn as her two Dragon trilogies are great and her Runins of Ambria trilogy is even better even though i'll probably die of old age before the third book is released.

If I had to rak them them i'd put them as follows:

1. Rawn
2. Carey
3. Brust
4. Stover
5. Moorcock(just for Corum)
6. Wolfe
1000000000000000. Meiville

Of all of them Brust is the best if you are just looking for some short adventure light fantasy kinda thing. Vlad Taltos novels are very entertaining.

Based on the prefs of the most frequent poster here i'd say Mieville or Stover will win the poll.

 

[Beleg]

Of the authors mentioned here I have read Stover, Mieville, Carey, Rawn, Moorcock and Wolfe. Haven't read Burst yet.

I loved Carey's Kushiel Books, liked Rawn's two Dragon Triologies a great deal and was happy with Stover's Heroes Die. Moorcock's Elric of Melniborne was okay and Wolfe is a great short story writer though I haven't checked his longer fiction yet. China Mieville is a tough nut to crack. He managed to improve my vocabulary drastically but his language can be awefully hard to follow not to mention checking the dictionary after every second sentence really grates on your after a while.

Therefore I voted for Carey which has everything from pacy adventures to meticulus political intrigue and extremely well-wrought characters!

 

[Eldanuumea]

My personal favorite from your list so far is Carey, but I checked Stover for you, because I think his work would have broader appeal for guys in general.

Haven't cracked Perdido Street Station yet but it's in my TR pile.

 

[Spears&Buckler]

Lews Therin, even if he doesn't win the poll, READ MATT STOVER!!! Believe me, Friend, you will not be disappointed. He is unlike anyone I have read before.

 

[Lews Therin]

Thanks to all, so far I think to read Stover first and then perhaps Rawn. Two questions though:
1) From Stover, should I read only Heroes Die ?
2) Carey sounds interesting but in amazon.com they say that it has a lot sex/S&M... not that i totaly hate( Martin rules) but I'm not sure about that one

 

[AuntiePam]

I probably shouldn't have voted. I've read Wolfe (Book of the New Sun) and Mieville (King Rat) and a few pages of Carey (Kushiel's Dart) -- so it's not really fair.

But I voted anyway.

 

[Eldanuumea]

Thanks to all, so far I think to read Stover first and then perhaps Rawn. Two questions though:
1) From Stover, should I read only Heroes Die ?
2) Carey sounds interesting but in amazon.com they say that it has a lot sex/S&M... not that i totaly hate( Martin rules) but I'm not sure about that one

You won't want to stop at Heroes Die, believe me. Go right on to Blade of Tyshalle.

As for Carey, her main character is a courtesan whose specialty is the receiving of pain......she is called an anguisette. So, yes, there is a great deal of BDSM-type sensuality in the books, by virtue of her career. If that sort of thing makes you uncomfortable, I wouldn't recommend them for you.

 

[Drakonslair]

Ive only read Mieville and Moorcock so I recommended those as they are excellant authors

 

[rune]

If you only have time to read one authors books at the moment, then go for China Mieville

 

[Shehzad]

Haven't read Rawn or Brust; out of the others you can't go wrong with either Stover, Mieville, Carey or Moorcock. Wolfe is on my TBR pile.

Stover'd (obviously) be my first choice: Heroes Die and Blade of Tyshalle are both magnificent books, are relatively quick reads and self-contained. Mieville's Perdido Street Station is worth reading, as is The Scar- haven't got Iron Council yet. Carey has a completed series, but like Elda says, it has strong BDSM elements.

 

[Lews Therin]

Okay, thank you all. this was quite helpful, I'll read Stover first and then go through the rest when I have more time.
Eldanuumea, thanks for the information, I'll probably give Carey a try someday.

 

[DarthV]

Guess it depends on what kind of book you're looking for... gritty and bloody? Stover! Rich & thick use of language? Mieville!