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<blockquote data-quote="Simon Collins" data-source="post: 3197073" data-attributes="member: 9860"><p>I seem to have run out of books by authors I enjoy and was hoping someone might recommend me an author I've not come across before. I'm pretty picky about genre and style, so some background to my likes and dislikes are below, for anyone who wants to suggest:</p><p></p><p>First off, I'm talking fantasy only (not necessarily just Tolkienesque though). No sci-fi, no horror, no comedy, no really weird stuff, no spin-offs from movies or RPGs.</p><p></p><p>Ideal - the storytelling ability of David Gemmell, the style of Tanith Lee, the characterisation of Katharine Kerr.</p><p></p><p>Other authors I like: Charles de Lint, Robert Holdstock, Guy Gavriel Kay, JRR Tolkien, Robin Hobb, Bernard Cornwell, Greg Keyes, Trudi Canavan, Mervyn Peake, Alan Garner, Lloyd Alexander, Susan Cooper, Mary Stewart, AA Attanasio, Emma Bull, William Horwood, Ellen Kushner, Diana Paxson, George RR Martin</p><p>Authors that I have read and reasonably enjoyed: Kirsten Britain, Tamora Pierce, Glen Cook, Patricia McKillip, Ellen Datlow, Stephen Donaldson, CJ Cherryh, Ursula LeGuin, Terry Goodkind, Janny Wurts, Raymond Feist, Martha Wells, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Robin McKinley, Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Moon, Michael Moorcock, Orson Scott Card, Neil Gaiman, RA McAvoy, Robert E Howard, Fritz Leiber, John Crowley, JV Jones, Juliet McKenna, Octavia Butler, Simon Green, Katherine Kurtz, Patricia Kenneally, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Judith Tarr, Sheri Tepper, Freda Warrington, Jane Yolen</p><p>Authors I don't particularly like in the genre: Steven Erikson, Tad Williams, Kate Elliott, Terry Brooks, Robert Jordan, David Eddings, Susanna Clarke, Robert Silverberg.</p><p></p><p>I tend to dislike any style that pads out the story to extend the 'action' to the set of three or five (or more) books the author plans, at the cost of the story. As you'll see from my favourite authors I have a penchant for Celtic and Arthurian themes, and I wish that Tanith Lee would write more books where the heroines are more than just accomplices to fate - I like my characters heroic or anti-heroic and they need to grow emotionally through the story.</p><p></p><p>Anyhow, if anyone has any constructive thoughts, they'd be much appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simon Collins, post: 3197073, member: 9860"] I seem to have run out of books by authors I enjoy and was hoping someone might recommend me an author I've not come across before. I'm pretty picky about genre and style, so some background to my likes and dislikes are below, for anyone who wants to suggest: First off, I'm talking fantasy only (not necessarily just Tolkienesque though). No sci-fi, no horror, no comedy, no really weird stuff, no spin-offs from movies or RPGs. Ideal - the storytelling ability of David Gemmell, the style of Tanith Lee, the characterisation of Katharine Kerr. Other authors I like: Charles de Lint, Robert Holdstock, Guy Gavriel Kay, JRR Tolkien, Robin Hobb, Bernard Cornwell, Greg Keyes, Trudi Canavan, Mervyn Peake, Alan Garner, Lloyd Alexander, Susan Cooper, Mary Stewart, AA Attanasio, Emma Bull, William Horwood, Ellen Kushner, Diana Paxson, George RR Martin Authors that I have read and reasonably enjoyed: Kirsten Britain, Tamora Pierce, Glen Cook, Patricia McKillip, Ellen Datlow, Stephen Donaldson, CJ Cherryh, Ursula LeGuin, Terry Goodkind, Janny Wurts, Raymond Feist, Martha Wells, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Robin McKinley, Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Moon, Michael Moorcock, Orson Scott Card, Neil Gaiman, RA McAvoy, Robert E Howard, Fritz Leiber, John Crowley, JV Jones, Juliet McKenna, Octavia Butler, Simon Green, Katherine Kurtz, Patricia Kenneally, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Judith Tarr, Sheri Tepper, Freda Warrington, Jane Yolen Authors I don't particularly like in the genre: Steven Erikson, Tad Williams, Kate Elliott, Terry Brooks, Robert Jordan, David Eddings, Susanna Clarke, Robert Silverberg. I tend to dislike any style that pads out the story to extend the 'action' to the set of three or five (or more) books the author plans, at the cost of the story. As you'll see from my favourite authors I have a penchant for Celtic and Arthurian themes, and I wish that Tanith Lee would write more books where the heroines are more than just accomplices to fate - I like my characters heroic or anti-heroic and they need to grow emotionally through the story. Anyhow, if anyone has any constructive thoughts, they'd be much appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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