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Re: Favourite authors. Dark Knight Send a noteboard - 06/01/2012 07:45:27 PM
I'm not sure I can really answer this the way it's set up. I don't read much science fiction. My favourite author overall is Neil Gaiman, for the way he paints fairy tales and dreams with deceptively simple words that reach out to the ancestral root of myths inside us.

But overall I have a classification system for my authors. I have A-List authors, whose works I purchase as soon as they are released, in hardcover if that's how they're published, and then I have B-List authors, whose works I collect over time, often in paperback and years after they're published. Then there's everyone else, some of whom I like, some of whom I don't, some of whom I haven't read.

At any rate, my current A-List is, in no particular order: Neil Gaiman, Brandon Sanderson, Matthew Stover, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, George Martin.


Never heard of Matthew Stover. He is pretty good then? And is Scott Lynch the guy that partners with Steven Erikson?

My current B-List is: Guy Gavriel Kay, Robin Hobb, Tad Williams, Stephen King, R. Scott Bakker, Steven Erikson, Jim Butcher, J.K. Rowling, Gene Wolfe, Dan Simmons.


I would put JK Rowling and Robin Hobb on the A list. Though Rowling was only for HP books. Sadly, I did do the midnight release parties. And I didn't buy Robin Hobb's last two books until they were in paperback. Possibly Jim Butcher now that I am caught up. I agree on all the others
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Favourite authors. Rebekah - 06/01/2012 07:03:35 PM 1264 Views
Re: Favourite authors. Nate - 06/01/2012 07:27:01 PM 950 Views
Re: Favourite authors. Dark Knight - 06/01/2012 07:45:27 PM 934 Views
Re: Stover and Lynch Nate - 06/01/2012 08:15:31 PM 994 Views
Ian C Esslemont ... Jacob - 06/01/2012 08:36:16 PM 999 Views
I thought the beauty of the question is that it asked for ONE author to each question. *NM* Aeryn - 06/01/2012 09:48:37 PM 417 Views
Well, I did give one author to the question I could answer. I just added a bunch of others after. :p *NM* Nate - 06/01/2012 10:03:59 PM 396 Views
Matthew Stover. rebelaessedai - 07/01/2012 01:05:24 AM 863 Views
I think the second book is out of print... jh - 07/01/2012 01:14:16 AM 853 Views
Yeah. rebelaessedai - 07/01/2012 01:20:12 AM 815 Views
Re: Matthew Stover. Nate - 07/01/2012 01:16:45 AM 899 Views
Re: Matthew Stover. rebelaessedai - 07/01/2012 01:19:44 AM 932 Views
this is hard and it will change if you ask me again in 6 months random thoughts - 06/01/2012 08:43:09 PM 930 Views
This is trickxsy. jh - 06/01/2012 10:37:40 PM 907 Views
I forgot about Stephenson. Nate - 06/01/2012 10:47:35 PM 804 Views
I suck at choosing absolute favourites, I like far too much stuff for that, but okay... Legolas - 06/01/2012 11:38:30 PM 908 Views
You should read more scfi Ray - 07/01/2012 12:08:21 AM 811 Views
I know. I do read some - but somehow it's usually one book per author. Legolas - 07/01/2012 01:03:19 AM 864 Views
Try reading Hamilton Ray - 07/01/2012 05:47:51 AM 776 Views
yes, Pandora's Star is my favorite of his. *NM* Aeryn - 10/01/2012 03:55:43 PM 366 Views
SF suggestion... rebelaessedai - 07/01/2012 01:08:22 AM 933 Views
The questions get easier as I go from top to bottom for me. Tom - 07/01/2012 12:31:24 AM 872 Views
You and I actually agree on something?! rebelaessedai - 07/01/2012 01:09:37 AM 875 Views
I think you mean to be surprised that we agree about something book-related. Tom - 07/01/2012 01:20:25 AM 892 Views
Well, yes, but you are a Republican, aren't you? rebelaessedai - 07/01/2012 01:40:31 AM 1040 Views
I'm nominally Republican Tom - 07/01/2012 03:30:26 AM 949 Views
Fair enough. rebelaessedai - 07/01/2012 04:12:37 AM 1149 Views
No one will share my answers, I'm sure. rebelaessedai - 07/01/2012 01:03:35 AM 950 Views
Authors suck. I like books. *NM* Cannoli - 07/01/2012 04:30:34 AM 362 Views
At first, I thought this said "boobs." rebelaessedai - 07/01/2012 07:48:07 AM 902 Views
now authors who both suck and have boobs are the best *NM* Ray - 07/01/2012 03:15:25 PM 376 Views
Re: Favourite authors. Stephen - 07/01/2012 02:20:52 PM 898 Views
Mine ranagrande - 07/01/2012 03:55:58 PM 1003 Views
Sanderson, no doubt.....Also..... Anonymous2000 - 07/01/2012 05:28:01 PM 873 Views
Re: Favourite authors. HousealThor - 11/01/2012 03:38:53 PM 859 Views
Ok. I've finally decided on my answers for this. Rebekah - 12/01/2012 08:46:55 PM 968 Views
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