Favorite author (spinoff from Current reads)

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Favorite author (spinoff from Current reads)

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Just thought I'd see who you like. I'm a die hard sci-fi-er.

Roger Zelazny tops my list, his Amber series is my all time favorite series. On the whole I prefer his early work (This Immortal, Dilvish the Damned), rather than his late collaborations....when he paired with another author I think he put out some garabage (especially his posthumous work).

Roger is closely Followed by:

Isaac Aasimov
Robert Silverburg
Larry Niven
Orson Scott Card
and Arthur C. Clarke

I am always looking for good Sci-Fi authors to read....so if you have some that are noteworthy...please share :P

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Terry Pratchett

Lol, there are some other authors of course, but he's certainly my all time favourite.

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Anthony Burgess <3
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Thomas Hardy all the way!

Oh, and of course Chesterton.


(sorry they're not not sci-fi... how about Bradbury?)
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J.D. Salinger

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Of what my friend calls "The Three Bs: Brin, Baxter, Baer", I'm most fond of the last two. I tried Brin once, and found the experience so aversive that I've not ever tried to read him again.
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Hmm... I guess I'd have to say Alexandre Dumas and Jane Austen.

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Very hard question to answer...I'd have to say Wilbur Smith or Colleen McCullough.

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I read only Latin and at this moment in time only Ovid!

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