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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tenbones" data-source="post: 513743" data-attributes="member: 7499">Favorite AuthorsHeh this is always an impossible thread. But I can't resist.Mind you all, this is merely my own personal tastes and opinions.Fiction-Fantasy:Raymond Feist - I don't care about who created what first. I give the nod to Tolkien of course, and I acknowledge George R.R. Martin, Eddings, Gemmel and Jordan. Feist rocks them all. Horror:Clive Barker - I love Gaiman, Rice, Lovecraft, King, and Brite, but Barker is damn good, and when he's hot, he can scare the beejezus out of you in one paragraph, and sweep you away with panoramas of dark majesty in the next. Sci-Fi:David Brin - Again, Asimov, Heinlein, Card, Bear, Clarke, all of them are giants, NAY! TITANS! of their craft. This is a tough category, but I'm basing my judgement solely on which book brought me the most entertainment plus offered a lot of thought provoking ideas. I have to go with the Uplift Saga.Fiction:James Clavell: What can I say, the man rocks. His history might be totally screwed, his storytelling skills are superb.  Also mentionable: Daniel Quinn's "Ishmael", will make you rethink your entire life in different terms. Non-Fiction:Ken Wilber. Read his work. It will change your life. Joseph Campbell, Huston Smith are also indispensible.</blockquote>