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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CCamfield" data-source="post: 4489577" data-attributes="member: 8123">I really would like to read some of Sanders' works but I just haven't been able to FIND any of them.The one story of his that I've read was in Lord of the Fantastic, the tribute volume in honor of Roger Zelazny.  I thought his story there was great, and quite funny.On that note, I want to mention Roger Zelazny, but NOT for his Amber books.  Sure, the first series was fantastic.  But I think some of his other books are even greater for their blending of mythology and science fiction - chiefly Lord of Light, and Creatures of Light and Darkness.Anyway, I want to mention some of my favorite authors who haven't been mentioned, maybe it's surprising, maybe not...Mary Gentle  Some here will remember Ash: A Secret History probably, which was a great alternate-reality story of medieval mercenaries and alchemy.  I just finished reading her 1610: A Sundial in a Grave.  Really excellent.  It's really something of a swashbuckler, with the main character... well.  It's a younger Rochefort.  As in, the villain from The Three Musketeers.  That man!  Anyway, the fantasy in it is that there is a mathematician who is able to predict the future based on probabilities.  And based on these predictions, a conspiracy is hatched, and Rochefort is being blackmailed into... assassinating a king.Patricia McKillip - almost every book of hers I've read has stunned me in some way.  She's amazing.  But, most of her stories involve a more mythic/fairy tale feel than many.  e.g. The Tower At Stony Wood, in which a knight discovers his king has unknowingly married a witch, and goes on a quest to find the real queen.  While at the same time, a prince of the northerners they conquered sets out to slay a dragon, and use its hoard to launch a new war of independence.</blockquote>

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