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Message: <blockquote data-quote="scitadel" data-source="post: 4479902" data-attributes="member: 73057">So. Lots of authors here I agree with, lots I don't or haven't gotten into.  China Melville I keep hearing good things about, but I couldn't even get past the first chapter.  I'll have to try him again since there's so much good things.From those already mentioned:- Jim Butcher.  Both Dresden and Codex Alera are fun, fun, fun. And the characters are pretty interesting and they change.  And he's managed to keep Dresden growing but not over-powered- Pratchet & Gaiman - my favourite two British authors. - Steven Erikson - long and hard to finish his books, but they really do come out even more when you re-read them and start going "oh, so that's how he ties this and that's what he meant here and...". I can see why he's not for everyone though- Gemmel - someone I'd get books from the library from. Light heroic fantasy. 'Nuff said.- Peter David - again, another light read. His Sir Apropos of Nothing series was a bit strange. Sort of like Pratchett turned dark, on good drugs.- Robert Asprin - library author. Fun to read, but not someone I'd buy.Authors who haven't been mentioned :- Lorna Freeman - the Covenant and the King's Own. Very good first book. Second book seemed a bit more disjoined, and certainly shorter. We'll have to see about 3rd but certainly interesting so far and worth a read.- Michelle Sagara - her "Cast in..." are pretty good.  A bit of a romance sub-plot, but it's really, really, really sub.  Interesting world and the first book was very well written.- Gail Z. Martin - the Blood King has been the only novel I picked up. Relatively formulaic fantasy, but good read.- Anne Bishop (was she mentioned) - her Black Jewels trilogy was very good. Very interesting magic system. Have not tried anything else as yet.And lastly, I'm surprised no one mentioned her more:- Lois McMaster Bujold.  Probably one of THE top writers alive right now. Though I'll admit her fantasy books aren't as good as her Miles series. Her focus is mostly characters and politics and interaction, but the interaction between her heroes and the Gods in the Curse of Chalion series is really well done.I'm not sure if this is straying too far since we're going into graphic novels but two series that I should add that do fantasy really well:- Lucifer (complete series. Perfect for creating a real bastard character)- Fables (on-going series)</blockquote>

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