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Poll - I'm over 25 and I've read....
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On Puget Sound
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Barry Hughart's Bridge of Birds is not to be missed!
Among obvious mainstream fantasy authors, you missed Marion Zimmer Bradley (Mists of Avalon, Darkover series)
Among obvious mainstream fantasy authors, you missed Marion Zimmer Bradley (Mists of Avalon, Darkover series)
ShadowDenizen
Explorer
I'm more well=read than I thought; I've read at least one book from everyone on that list.
(And I think you overlooked Tad Williams and Janny Wurts, two of my favorite authors.)
(And I think you overlooked Tad Williams and Janny Wurts, two of my favorite authors.)
Tequila Sunrise
Adventurer
I just don't buy into characters who embark on dangerous adventures just because they "fall in love" with some bloke or chick they've never met before. I just can't relate. I've fallen in love, but it was over the course of weeks/months. Maybe people really do fall instantly and madly in love and then decide to risk their lives fighting some soul-sucking overlord with their true love but I've never seen it in real life.
I wasted a month of reading time getting through a two book series in which the protagonists and plot was driven entirely by their absurd love and trust in each other, in the face of every reason to distrust each other. I kept thinking "there's gotta be an explanation for their seeming retardedness," but I was wrong. There was no explanation, and the last chapter was just as bad as the first chapter. And that's why I don't read books that start with absurd love scenes. [Okay, I don't really burn them.]
The Human Target
Adventurer
I'm exactly 25 and I feel left out.
Terry Brooks
Jim Butcher
R. Scott Bakker
Glen Cook
Susan Cooper
Lord Dunsany
Charles De Lint
David Eddings
Steven Erikson
Neil Gaiman
Gary Gygax
Hickman & Weis
Robert Howard
Frank Herbert
Robin Hobb
Robert Jordan
Brian Jacques
Mercedes Lackey
Fritz Leiber
H.P. Lovecraft
George r.r. Martin
Michael Moorcock
China Mieville
Terry Pratchett
J. K. Rowlings
R.A. Salvatore
J. R. R. Tolkien
Jack Vance
Terry Brooks
Jim Butcher
R. Scott Bakker
Glen Cook
Susan Cooper
Lord Dunsany
Charles De Lint
David Eddings
Steven Erikson
Neil Gaiman
Gary Gygax
Hickman & Weis
Robert Howard
Frank Herbert
Robin Hobb
Robert Jordan
Brian Jacques
Mercedes Lackey
Fritz Leiber
H.P. Lovecraft
George r.r. Martin
Michael Moorcock
China Mieville
Terry Pratchett
J. K. Rowlings
R.A. Salvatore
J. R. R. Tolkien
Jack Vance
Amphimir Míriel
Explorer
Can I vote twice for George R. R. Martin? He's that good (I just wish he'd hurry up and write the rest of his doorstopper saga)
And also, my missing author is Louise McMaster-Bujold, she's better known for her Sci-Fi Vorkosigan saga, but her fantasy books are also very good
And also, my missing author is Louise McMaster-Bujold, she's better known for her Sci-Fi Vorkosigan saga, but her fantasy books are also very good
baradtgnome
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What, no Roger Zelazny? No Heinlein? Clark? Bradbury? Brackett? (Notices Nellisir's list) And those?
Ah, well- no poll is perfect!
I voted for at least half the list presented though.
Ah, well- no poll is perfect!
I voted for at least half the list presented though.
Terramotus
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Wow... so about the same percentage of people have read Moorcock as have read Salvatore or Jordan? That's pretty darn awesome.
R. Scott Bakker is amazing, and anyone who's a big fan of Martin might want to consider checking him out. As well as anyone with a big history and/or philosophy background.
I'd like to raise a hand for one that didn't make the list - Scott Lynch. He only has two books under his belt - The Lies of Locke Lamora and Red Sails under Red Skies, but damn did I have fun reading them.
Agreed about the criticism of Gene Wolfe. He's a postmodernist, and while he's a good writer, he employs deliberate obtuseness masquerading as literary depth. It's hard to separate such viewpoints from the author, but I think if he hadn't gotten so mired in that viewpoint he would have been much better.
Oh, and thank you for not including Terry Goodkind. Otherwise I'd have to wonder whether having read the authors on the list is considered a good thing or not.
Oh, and beware: I'm pretty sure if you put Kevin J. Anderson on the list that Frank Herbert's shade will come after you seeking vengeance.
R. Scott Bakker is amazing, and anyone who's a big fan of Martin might want to consider checking him out. As well as anyone with a big history and/or philosophy background.
I'd like to raise a hand for one that didn't make the list - Scott Lynch. He only has two books under his belt - The Lies of Locke Lamora and Red Sails under Red Skies, but damn did I have fun reading them.
Agreed about the criticism of Gene Wolfe. He's a postmodernist, and while he's a good writer, he employs deliberate obtuseness masquerading as literary depth. It's hard to separate such viewpoints from the author, but I think if he hadn't gotten so mired in that viewpoint he would have been much better.
Oh, and thank you for not including Terry Goodkind. Otherwise I'd have to wonder whether having read the authors on the list is considered a good thing or not.
Oh, and beware: I'm pretty sure if you put Kevin J. Anderson on the list that Frank Herbert's shade will come after you seeking vengeance.
