My favorite Authors and Books.
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Science Fiction.
80 percent of science fiction published is drek, but there are a few decent new books each year:
Vernor Vinge. "A Fire Upon the Deep" was the best SF I had read in years.
Robert Heinlein. Mostly great books, but some are dated, and he won't be writing any more..
Larry Niven. Mostly great, especially Protector, Ringworld, and The Mote in God's Eye.
John Varley. All Great.
Hal Clement. All Great.
Peter Hamilton. All great.
Neal Stevenson. Awesome. "Snow Crash" and "The Diamond Age" are both intersting and original.
Jack Chalker. Not great, but entertaining and readable.
Phillip Jose Farmer. Entertaining.
Gibson. Neuromancer was great.
Fantasy.
95 percent of fantasy is unreadable, but there are a few authors that do it well.
JRR Tolkein. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are Great. He invented the epic fantasy series, and most recent fantasies are poor imitations.
David Eddings. The Belgariad and Mallorian series are great. His latest, "Belgarath the Sorcerer", is OK.
Robert Jordan. His Wheel of Time series is great, although it gets a little slow after the 5th book.
Steven Brust. All great, and he avoids the multi-book quest format.
Anne Rice. A little slow, but quite original.
Raymond Feist. All readable.
Novels.
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