Survivor Appendix E (5e) Authors- Ursula K. LeGWINS!

[Parmandur]

Ahmed, Saladin 18
Alexander, Lloyd 25
Anthony, Piers 12
Augusta, Lady Gregory 20
Bear, Elizabeth 20
Brooks, Terry 20
Bulfinch, Thomas 23
Cook, Glen 26
Froud, Brian & Alan Lee 21
Hickman, Tracy & Margaret Weis 5 I mean, I like their books, but they aren't particularly "good" or "influential" writers
Hodgson, William Hope 18
Jemisin, N.K. 21
Jordan, Robert 18 beautiful books that you can kill a grown man with, and much more "influential" than other authors in this competition.
Kay, Guy Gavriel 22
LeGuin, Ursula 25
Lynch, Scott 22
McKillip, Patricia 22
Mieville, China 14
Peake, Mervyn 21
Pratchett, Terry 24
Sanderson, Brandon 26
Smith, Clark Ashton 22
Tolstoy, Nikolai 8
Wolfe, Gene 22

 

[tglassy]

I hated what he did to one of the characters for the bulk of book three, but my god the payoff for it was everything. I hesitate to recommend the first Mistborn trilogy because book 2 gets a little soap-opera-y and book 3 can become a bit of a slog at times depending on what subplot you're following but if you can get through it, yeah, I cannot talk up enough how fantastic the ending to the trilogy is. And it builds upon everything leading up to it, including the frustrating and/or boring. The characters are pretty great throughout though, even if one of the characters turns into an obnoxious strawman in the third book.

There are very few book series where the freaking climax of the trilogy is foreshadowed in the first line of the first book. That was utterly fantastic.

And the second era with Wax and Wayne, the lawmen, are absolutely amazing, even though they are half the length.

 

[Reynard]

I ended up getting The Way of Kings based on the recommendations of some folks, including my brother. I am just a chapter and a half in at this point but I am intrigued. It is much higher fantasy than I was expecting, for one, and although I don't know where it is going, the story of the young soldier intrigues me because among my favorite series is Raymond Feist's Demonwar Saga. My first attempt at a fantasy novel many moons ago was essentially a Feist pastiche in fact.

 

[tglassy]

Way of Kings is great. Words of Radiance is better. Oathbreaker is phenomenal. The world gets a little bigger and more detailed with each book, but he does it in such a way that it never seems overwhelming.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Ahmed, Saladin 18
Alexander, Lloyd 25
Anthony, Piers 12
Augusta, Lady Gregory 20
Bear, Elizabeth 20
Brooks, Terry 20
Bulfinch, Thomas 23
Cook, Glen 26
Froud, Brian & Alan Lee 21
Hickman, Tracy & Margaret Weis 3
Hodgson, William Hope 18
Jemisin, N.K. 21
Jordan, Robert 18
Kay, Guy Gavriel 22
LeGuin, Ursula 25
Lynch, Scott 22
McKillip, Patricia 22
Mieville, China 14
Peake, Mervyn 21
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Pratchett, Terry 25​

Sanderson, Brandon 26
Smith, Clark Ashton 22
Tolstoy, Nikolai 8
Wolfe, Gene 22​

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Talented professionals aren’t considered good for starting things. They are considered good for finishing them.

That's why talented professionals =/= artists.

You know who was really, really good at not finishing things? Leonardo Da Vinci.

 

[Grognerd]

Ahmed, Saladin 18

Alexander, Lloyd 25
Anthony, Piers 12
Augusta, Lady Gregory 20
Bear, Elizabeth 20
Brooks, Terry 20
Bulfinch, Thomas 23
Cook, Glen 26
Froud, Brian & Alan Lee 21
Hickman, Tracy & Margaret Weis 3-2=1 Soon! Just punishment for afflicting the world with Raistlin!
Hodgson, William Hope 18
Jemisin, N.K. 21
Jordan, Robert 18
Kay, Guy Gavriel 22
LeGuin, Ursula 25
Lynch, Scott 22
McKillip, Patricia 22
Mieville, China 14
Peake, Mervyn 21+1=22

Pratchett, Terry 25
Sanderson, Brandon 26
Smith, Clark Ashton 22
Tolstoy, Nikolai 8
Wolfe, Gene 22​

 

[Nagol]

Ahmed, Saladin 18
Alexander, Lloyd 25
Anthony, Piers 12
Augusta, Lady Gregory 20
Bear, Elizabeth 20
Brooks, Terry 20
Bulfinch, Thomas 23
Cook, Glen 26+1=27
Froud, Brian & Alan Lee 21
Hickman, Tracy & Margaret Weis 1=2-0
Hodgson, William Hope 18
Jemisin, N.K. 21
Jordan, Robert 18
Kay, Guy Gavriel 22
LeGuin, Ursula 25
Lynch, Scott 22
McKillip, Patricia 22
Mieville, China 14
Peake, Mervyn 22
Pratchett, Terry 25
Sanderson, Brandon 26
Smith, Clark Ashton 22
Tolstoy, Nikolai 8
Wolfe, Gene 22

 

[akr71]

Ahmed, Saladin 18
Alexander, Lloyd 25
Anthony, Piers 12
Augusta, Lady Gregory 20
Bear, Elizabeth 20
Brooks, Terry 20
Bulfinch, Thomas 23
Cook, Glen 26+1=27
Froud, Brian & Alan Lee 21
Hodgson, William Hope 18
Jemisin, N.K. 21
Jordan, Robert 16
Kay, Guy Gavriel 22
LeGuin, Ursula 26
Lynch, Scott 22
McKillip, Patricia 22
Mieville, China 14
Peake, Mervyn 22
Pratchett, Terry 25
Sanderson, Brandon 26
Smith, Clark Ashton 22
Tolstoy, Nikolai 8
Wolfe, Gene 22​

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[Reynard]

Ahmed, Saladin 18
Alexander, Lloyd 25
Anthony, Piers 12-2=10 A Spell For Chameleon was my first Xanth book, and even at 12 I realized something was not quite right...
Augusta, Lady Gregory 20
Bear, Elizabeth 20
Brooks, Terry 20
Bulfinch, Thomas 23
Cook, Glen 27
Froud, Brian & Alan Lee 21
Hodgson, William Hope 18
Jemisin, N.K. 21
Jordan, Robert 16
Kay, Guy Gavriel 22
LeGuin, Ursula 26+1=27 Wizard of Earthsea is a completely wonderful book. Even if she was not the amazing writer she is, she would get upvotes for that alone.
Lynch, Scott 22
McKillip, Patricia 22
Mieville, China 14
Peake, Mervyn 22
Pratchett, Terry 25
Sanderson, Brandon 26
Smith, Clark Ashton 22
Tolstoy, Nikolai 8
Wolfe, Gene 22