Poll - I'm over 25 and I've read....

[Mallus]

I knew more important authors were missing!

 

[Puggins]

No way to edit polls, I'm afraid. Yeah, missed quite a few- I just picked up the names mentioned by posters in the pre-25 poll and added a few off the top of my head. c'est la vie

 

[Bluenose]

Some of my favourites didn't get on there

No Elizabeth Moon, no Guy Gavriel Kay, no Marion Zimmer Bradley.

I've got to be honest though, apart from an occasional NPC they don't really influence my GMing much. And I probably take as many NPCs from non-fiction and historical fiction.

 

[Jeremy Ackerman-Yost]

I find your lack of Guy Gavriel Kay is disturbing.

I've read quite a ridiculous pile beyond what's listed, but I think he's the most notable of those missing.

 

[Khairn]

All of them but 2. I wonder how I missed them.

 

[Raven Crowking]

No Sylvia Townsend Warner.

Where would we be without Kingdoms of Elfin?


RC

 

[Wicht]

Edgar Rice Burroughs might also be a good addition. As would Philip Jose Farmer (World of Tiers, etc.), Gordon R Dickson (Dragon and the George, etc.), Anne McCaffrey (Pern, etc.), and even Patricia McKillip (Harper Series).

 

[GravyFingerz]

Charles Saunders deserves a mention (for his Imaro books).

 

[Scribble]

No Feist?

 

[Schmoe]

No Stephen R. Donaldson? Some of my favorites aren't on the list, but they may fall more within the sci-fi genre than strictly fantasy.