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Selsaral · 03-13-2003, 07:16 AM

Tolkien
Tolstoy
Hawking
Clavell
Clancy

GunnerJ · 03-13-2003, 08:07 AM

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I couldn't possibly pick a single favourite, so here goes:

Marian Zimmer Brady

Paging QoS!

Seriously, since I don't want to retread what everyone's already said, i'll mention an author that no one (surprisingly) has: Vernor Vinge. A Fire Upon the Deep and its prequel A Deepness in the Sky are some of the best SF I've read in a while. His short sotries are good too.

Also, props to the guy who mentioned Jack Vance. I have very good memories of the Planet of Adventure and Demon Princes series.

Pensee · 03-13-2003, 04:09 PM

L. M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables series author)

beastmaster · 03-13-2003, 04:24 PM

Nowadays, William Faulkner

But I was raised on Stephen King -- he might as well have been my parents.

Supergirl · 03-14-2003, 01:25 AM

My fav is China Mi�ville. British, horror/ fiction (even described as wierd fiction) Very modern.

I have read Kingrat & Perdido Street Station (which have won the Auther C Clark award in 2000/01)

Currently busy with The Scar and as he writes more he just gets better. Just keep in mind to read his books in chronological order, even though they are not follow ups he does not rehash old theories firmly estabilshed in later books.

Farren · 03-15-2003, 04:52 PM

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Originally posted by Supergirl
My fav is China Mi�ville. British, horror/ fiction (even described as wierd fiction) Very modern.

I have read Kingrat & Perdido Street Station (which have won the Auther C Clark award in 2000/01)

Currently busy with The Scar and as he writes more he just gets better. Just keep in mind to read his books in chronological order, even though they are not follow ups he does not rehash old theories firmly estabilshed in later books.

China Mieville is the freshest thing to come out of fantasy writing in years! In fact he's the only fantasy writer I've read in years (unless Clive Barker counts). I read King Rat, Perdido Street Station and The Scar, and I have to say Perdidio street was the best for me.

Proctors_Gambit · 03-16-2003, 02:26 AM

George Orwell
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tolkien (of course)
Arthur Miller
Douglas Adams
The combined efforts of Grant and Naylor
Was also raised on S. King and must include him.
Shit, so many more....

-Gambit

Buddrow_Wilson · 03-16-2003, 03:11 PM

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Was also raised on S. King and must include him.

I wasn't going to admit it, but Stephen King was my introduction to novels. For some reason when I was in 7th grade, I started reading Christine, after that I read every Stephen King book in existence. Then I moved on to Koontz, Saul, etc. Maybe if not for the horror mystique of S.K., I would never have become a reader.

trekbette · 03-16-2003, 03:18 PM

Anne McCaffrey
Jack McDevitt
Iris Johansen
James Rollins
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Walter Becker
Arthur C. Clark

I love sci-fi, medical/biological mysteries and archaeological thrillers.

Right now, I am on time, in the Incarnations of Immortality series (Piers Anthony).

Love to read!

03-17-2003, 07:07 PM

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"...i'll mention an author that no one (surprisingly) has: Vernor Vinge. A Fire Upon the Deep and its prequel A Deepness in the Sky are some of the best SF I've read in a while. His short sotries are good too..."

Just got done reading A Fire Upon the Deep, and am looking foreward to the prequal whenever I can get my hands on it. It came highly recommended, and I can see why. Very good book, with some rather interesting and unique ideas...

Sci-Fi and Fantasy...

William Gibson,
Gregory Benford,
Stephen King,
Neal Stephenson,
Frank Herbert,
H.P Lovecraft

Westerns...

Larry MacMurtry

Science...

Timothy Ferris,
Stephen Hawking

Humor...

Cthulhu :notworthy

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trekbette Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 533	Love to read! Anne McCaffrey Jack McDevitt Iris Johansen James Rollins Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child Walter Becker Arthur C. Clark I love sci-fi, medical/biological mysteries and archaeological thrillers. Right now, I am on time, in the Incarnations of Immortality series (Piers Anthony). Love to read!

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03-13-2003, 07:16 AM	#81
Selsaral Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Posts: 3,095	Tolkien Tolstoy Hawking Clavell Clancy

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Pensee Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: florida Posts: 657	L. M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables series author)

03-13-2003, 04:24 PM	#84
beastmaster Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Madrid / I am a: Lifelong atheist Posts: 885	Nowadays, William Faulkner But I was raised on Stephen King -- he might as well have been my parents.

03-14-2003, 01:25 AM	#85
Supergirl Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: South Africa Posts: 94	My fav is China Mi�ville. British, horror/ fiction (even described as wierd fiction) Very modern. I have read Kingrat & Perdido Street Station (which have won the Auther C Clark award in 2000/01) Currently busy with The Scar and as he writes more he just gets better. Just keep in mind to read his books in chronological order, even though they are not follow ups he does not rehash old theories firmly estabilshed in later books.

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Proctors_Gambit Regular Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 372	George Orwell F. Scott Fitzgerald Tolkien (of course) Arthur Miller Douglas Adams The combined efforts of Grant and Naylor Was also raised on S. King and must include him. Shit, so many more.... -Gambit

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