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Burroughs, Edgar Rice 16 Carter, Lin 12 de Camp & Pratt 1 Dunsany, Lord 15 Leiber, Fritz 16 Merritt, A. 12 Offutt, Andrew J. 14 Pratt, Fletcher 10 St. Clair, Margaret 11 Tolkien, J.R.R. 15 - 2 = 13 Wellman, Manley Wade 14 Williamson, Jack 14 Zelazny, Roger 14 + 1 = 15

I am a lot more tolerate of long-winded audio books. Particularly, if the reader is good. (Dickens for example, is enjoyable if I can listen while doing other things.)

You can walk to the elemental planes (with a really good pair of boots). Cross the jade mountains of Qaf and walk far enough south and you enter the Land of the Efriti. Up above the clouds is the realm of Sky. To the north is the Endless Ocean. Below, lies the roots of the world, the realm of...

This comment explains oh so much :)

Boy howdy. When my friends tell me I'm missing a great series if only I could get through a couple of mediocre books to get to the good stuff (not necessarily Martin's unfinished opus), I just think of all the great books I haven't read yet. I now give a book about 70 pages. If its not great...

PS . . . and I only read the first two books in "A Game of Thrones" for the same reason. The first one was great, but after finishing the second and realizing that many of the characters who were introduced were never connected to any of the other characters (in fact a couple died before they...

Yeah. I shouldn't have brought up Sanderson, as he must be paid by the word. (Although his more recent Alloy of Law series is more to the point.) . . . and you're right it isn't necessarily the page count. Its what you do with those pages. There is a lot in the Lord of the Rings that is . ...

You assume too much! I read the hobbit in 4th grade (thank you Mrs. Christensen my 4th grade teacher) and have been hooked on RPGs, scifi and fantasy ever since. I devoured the Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion shortly thereafter and was mesmerized. However, I reread the Lord of the...

Bellairs, John 11 Burroughs, Edgar Rice 18 Carter, Lin 14 de Camp & Pratt 7 Dunsany, Lord 17 Fox, Gardner 3 Leiber, Fritz 17 Merritt, A. 16 Offutt, Andrew J. 14 Pratt, Fletcher 12 St. Clair, Margaret 12 Tolkien, J.R.R. 15 - 2 = 13 Wellman, Manley Wade 14 Williamson, Jack 16 Zelazny, Roger 16 + 1...

Thanks for the recommendation ! Its been quite a while since I read Beowulf (iff'n you don't count Crichton's Eaters of the Dead) and I am due for a reread.

The vast majority of the votes have involved Tolkien whether it was an up or down vote. I'm not going to count, because I don't wanna, but since we are on post 540, lets say that's 300 votes one way or the other for Tolkien. Since down votes are -2 and upvotes are only +1, the fact that...

Bellairs, John 13 Burroughs, Edgar Rice 16 Carter, Lin 14 de Camp & Pratt 15 Dunsany, Lord 17 Fox, Gardner 15 Leiber, Fritz 21 Merritt, A. 18 Offutt, Andrew J. 14 Pratt, Fletcher 12 St. Clair, Margaret 13 Tolkien, J.R.R. 15 - 2 = 13 Wellman, Manley Wade 16 Williamson, Jack 18 Zelazny, Roger 18 +...

Bellairs, John 13 Burroughs, Edgar Rice 20 Carter, Lin 16 de Camp & Pratt 15 Dunsany, Lord 19 Fox, Gardner 19 Lanier, Sterling 2 Leiber, Fritz 20 Merritt, A. 18 Offutt, Andrew J. 14 Pratt, Fletcher 12 St. Clair, Margaret 15 Tolkien, J.R.R. 14 -2 = 12 Weinbaum, Stanley 6 Wellman, Manley Wade 16...

Bellairs, John 13 Burroughs, Edgar Rice 21 Carter, Lin 16 de Camp & Pratt 15 Dunsany, Lord 19 Fox, Gardner 19 Lanier, Sterling 4 Leiber, Fritz 19 Merritt, A. 18 Offutt, Andrew J. 16 Pratt, Fletcher 12 St. Clair, Margaret 18 Tolkien, J.R.R. 21 - 2 = 19 Weinbaum, Stanley 8 Wellman, Manley Wade 16...

Bellairs, John 19 Burroughs, Edgar Rice 22 Carter, Lin 16 de Camp & Pratt 19 Dunsany, Lord 19 Fox, Gardner 19 Lanier, Sterling 12 Leiber, Fritz 20 Merritt, A. 18 Moorcock, Michael 8 Norton, Andre 3 + 1 = 4 Offutt, Andrew J. 16 Pratt, Fletcher 14 St. Clair, Margaret 18 Tolkien, J.R.R. 21 - 2 = 19...

Bellairs, John 19 Burroughs, Edgar Rice 22 Carter, Lin 16 de Camp & Pratt 19 Dunsany, Lord 21 Fox, Gardner 19 Lanier, Sterling 14 Leiber, Fritz 22 Merritt, A. 18 Moorcock, Michael 8 Norton, Andre 3 + 1 = 4 Offutt, Andrew J. 16 Pratt, Fletcher 16 St. Clair, Margaret 20 Tolkien, J.R.R. 25 - 2 = 23...

Really, and why do you say this? (Honest question).

Bellairs, John 19 Brown, Frederic 6 Burroughs, Edgar Rice 24 Carter, Lin 18 - 2 = 16 de Camp & Pratt 19 Dunsany, Lord 21 Fox, Gardner 19 Lanier, Sterling 16 Leiber, Fritz 23 Merritt, A. 18 Moorcock, Michael 13 Norton, Andre 10 + 1 = 11 Offutt, Andrew J. 16 Pratt, Fletcher 16 St. Clair, Margaret...

Bellairs, John 19 Brackett, Leigh 6 Brown, Frederic 12 Burroughs, Edgar Rice 23 Carter, Lin 18 de Camp & Pratt 19 Dunsany, Lord 20 Fox, Gardner 19 Howard, R.E. 7 Lanier, Sterling 18 Leiber, Fritz 25 Merritt, A. 18 Moorcock, Michael 19 Norton, Andre 13 + 1 = 14 Offutt, Andrew J. 16 Pratt...

I pretty much agree with Dausuul here. Tolkien would make my top ten, but not my top three. However, he's the biggest threat for a runaway, so he's getting downvotes until a bunch of the derivative pikers hit the trash heap (Linwood Carter, I'm eyeing you).