Calibandar Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 I'd like to see how we stand regarding the best authors you've read in this genre. This can be epic Fantasy, New Weird, Urban Fantasy, you name it, any sort of Fantasy will do, works from way in the past up until the most recent 2006 releases, just no SF in this poll. Please rate 1 to 5. You can also rate at random but in that case I will allocate 1 point to each listed name. I will tally up the votes and post the endresults. Hopefully as many old-timers ( who may have done this before) and newer posters as possible will respond. After the name you can also list the series or standalone that you rate the highest from that author. Alright, my top 5. 1) JRR Tolkien ( Silmarillion) 2) GRR Martin ( ASOIAF) 3) Robin Hobb ( Farseer/Tawny Man) 4) Guy Gavriel Kay ( Fionavar/Lions of Al-Rassan). 5) Scott Bakker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaceBannon42 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 GRRM Roger Zelazny R Scott Bakker John M Ford Graham Joyce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcf Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Hmm...I suppose I'll give it a try, though it is very hard. If I'm asked tomorrow the answer will probably be different. I'm simply going to base my rankings on my enjoyment of the books the author's have written, giving higher credit to 'better' authors. Of course, I am limited to authors that I have read. The authors are not in any particular order and it turns out that I'm listing 7 instead of 5. So, here are my top 7 SFF authors of the moment: Jeff VanderMeer R Scott Bakker Steven Erikson Kim Stanley Robinson Neil Stephenson China Mieville Charles de Lint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzlebane Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Terry Brooks David Eddings Terry Goodkind Robert Stanek Robert Jordan What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Baelish Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Steven Erikson (Malazan series) George RR Martin (ASOIAF) Robin Hobb (Farseer trilogy) Guy Gavriel Kay (Sarantine Mosaic) Terry Pratchett (Discworld series) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multaniette Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 1. Tolkien (Silmarillion) 2. George R. R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire saga) 3. Ian R. MacLeod (The Light Ages) 4. Guy Gavriel Kay (Tigana, The Lions of Al-Rassan) 5. Peter S. Beagle (Tamsin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arakasi Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 1. Erikson - Everything but DG is my fav 2. Martin - ASOIAF minus AFFC plus the Tuf Voyaging stuff 3. Tolkien (more for non LotR stuff, Silmarrilion, BolT, UT) 4. Zelazny - Lord of Light, Corwin's amber tales. 5. Feist (I know a weird choice considering his latest work sucks and I don't even read his new stuff anymore, but Empire, Riftwar, Serpentwar and the two in between books are all imo very enjoyable) Just out of the top 5 would be Lynch (needs to write more books but a great debut), Bakker (great writer, just don't like his subject material that much) and Rowling (very enjoyable stuff). Jordan has some great stuff, but the last 3 books are meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellis Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 1. Jeff Vandermeer - pretty much all solid output so far, but Veniss Underground is my favorite. 2. China Mieville (source of my username ) - ranked below Vandermeer bc his short story collection Looking for Jake is inferior to Jeff's Secret Life - Scar is my favorite. 3. GRRM - this is the ASOIAF board 4. Guy Gavriel Kay - for Tigana and other historical fantasy stuff right now - Gene Wolfe, Mervyn Peake and Scott Bakkar are fighting for the number 5 position. OK, i'm willing to accept an argument for Tolkien as well note: i'm disqualifying authors with a single work or who i've only read one of their works, e.g. Susanna Clarke (Strange and Norrell). also disqualifying magic realism otherwise Umberto Eco and Salman Rushdie would be fighting to be up there. bellis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stego Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Martin R. Scott Bakker Graham Joyce Tim Powers Gene Wolfe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 wolfe vance moorcock gaiman martin well five good ones anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valyriansword4sale Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Lin Nofziger Pat Buchanan Ann Coulter George Will Robert Novak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Fuck this shit, I'll define this the way I see 'fantasy' as being 1. Jorge Luis Borges (Ficciónes) 2. José Saramago (Blindness) 3. Umberto Eco (Foucault's Pendulum) 4. Gabriel GarcÃÂa Márquez (Cien años de soledad) 5. Mervyn Peake (Gormenghast) (tie) Gene Wolfe (Book of the New Sun, Latro in the Mist) There. It fluctuates a lot, but it is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtua Icon Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 1.) Terry Pratchett (Going Postal! Although, if you asked me in five minutes, it would probably change.) 2.) Neil Gaiman (Stardust) 3.) R. Scott Bakker (The Warrior-Prophet is probably my favourite of his trilogy) 4.) Richard Adams (Shardik) 5.) Eh. Let's go with Martin, because I can't think of someone else at this moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 1 - George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire, Fevre Dream) 2 - Guy Gavriel Kay (Tigana, The Sarantine Mosaic, A Song for Arbonne) 3 - Tim Powers (The Anubis Gates, Declare, On Stranger Tides) 4 - Steven Erikson (Deadhouse Gates, Memories of Ice) 5 - Raymond E Feist (Magician, the Empire trilogy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Thursday Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 1. Steven Erikson (Malazan Book of the Fallen, esp. Midnight Tides) 2. Terry Pratchett (Discworld, esp. Monstrous Regiment) 3. China Mieville (Bas-lag, esp. The Scar) 4. Janny Wurts (The Wars of Light and Shadow) 5. R Scott Bakker (Prince of Nothing, esp. The Darkness that Comes Before) Honourable mentions: Scott Lynch, Hal Duncan, Roger Zelazny, George RR Martin Sir Thursday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrim Fox Cauthon Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 - George R.R. Martin (ASoIaF) - Scott Bakker (Prince of Nothing) - J.R.R. Tolkien (Silmarillion) - Scott Lynch (Lies of Locke Lamora) - Frank Herbert (Dune) Wolfe and Kay are still pending. I have yet to start either The Book of the New Sun or Tigana, and university will undoubtedly cut a substantial amount of available reading time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aergern Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 1. GRRM 2. Steven Erikson 3. R. Scott Bakker 4. Greg Keyes 5. Scott Lynch and Daniel Abraham (tie) And these are not in any specific order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonKing Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 GRR Hobb Hugh Cook (Chronicles of an Age of Darkness series) Chris Bunch (Seer King series, Dragonknights etc) Lawrence Watt Evans (Lords of Dus, Esthar series, Dragon Venom etc) JV Jones Are the guys I would buy almost anything from, although I must admit Hobb's latest series is a bit of a dissapointment and Jones seems to be having trouble getting her publisher to actually release her last, completed book in a timely manner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caligula_K Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 1. George RR Martin (ASoIaF) 2. R. Scott Bakker (Prince of Nothing trilogy) 3. Guy Gavriel Kay (Sarantine Mosaic, Tigana) 4. J.R.R. Tolkien (The Lord of Rings, Silmarillion) 5. Steven Erikson (Malazan Book of the Fallen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of the Wineskin Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Terry Brooks David Eddings Terry Goodkind Robert Stanek Robert Jordan What? They will never find your body... Who is Robert Stanek? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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