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Christopher Priest, Brian W. Aldiss, Paul Kearney, Chris Wooding Werthead Send a noteboard - 03/09/2009 03:52:49 PM
The author of the greatest piece of spec fic published this century, The Separation, and of several last century, such as The Affirmation and The Glamour. He's got a bit more cred these days since his novel The Prestige was turned into a hit movie, but still not as much as he should have.

Brian Aldiss is an SF writer who should be mentioned in the same breath as Heinlein, Asimov and Clarke. The Helliconia Trilogy is a superior work of worldbuilding power to Dune, whilst Non-Stop and Hothouse are indisputable classics. Report on Probability A is brain-meltingly bizarre as well.

Paul Kearney is one of our very best epic fantasy writers, better than Erikson, Keyes or Hobb and not far off Martin or Bakker, probably equal to Abercrombie and Lynch in quality. Definitely should be mentioned more often.

Chris Wooding is another excellent author with a varied career. His Braided Path trilogy is an excellent Oriental fantasy, whilst Retribution Falls (Firefly meets Crimson Skies) is the most outrageously fun book I've read in several years.
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Christopher Priest, Brian W. Aldiss, Paul Kearney, Chris Wooding Werthead - 03/09/2009 03:52:49 PM 1272 Views
My Amazon wishlist just got a lot longer. *NM* Haggard - 03/09/2009 04:10:51 PM 522 Views
Agrees on Kearney IndigoAjah - 04/09/2009 01:02:07 AM 1121 Views
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Priest and Aldiss are brilliant. I'll have to pick up some of Wooding's works. Jacob - 22/12/2009 05:39:14 PM 1249 Views
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I've read three and am on a fourth. Craig - 05/09/2009 01:54:49 AM 1220 Views
Thanks Larry. Seriana Sedai - 13/09/2009 10:22:57 PM 1122 Views
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