MattD Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 1. Gene Wolfe 2. Italo Calvino 3. Catherynne Valente 4. Milan Kundera I'm not going to list a 5th because after #1 there's really just an amorphous ocean of about 50 different authors that all speak "quality" to me in different ways; the ones I picked here are just what happened to wash ashore today, but I could have picked a different set with equal honesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arataniello Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 [quote name='Blanc de Wert '79' post='1272398' date='Mar 14 2008, 10.11']If that's George MacDonald Fraser, I don't think he's eligible. He's never written any SF or Fantasy that I know of.[/quote] Nope it is a guy who inspired/influenced Tolkien (somewhat) - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Macdonald"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Macdonald[/url] We now return you to your regularly scheduled polling: "Norvege - nul points". Aratan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakehell Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 This was a lot harder than it sounded initially. 1 Harlan Ellison 2 Steven Brust 3 Roger Zelazny 4 Matthew Stover 5 Steven Erikson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fgalkin Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 1. Goodkind (just kidding.....) 1. Jorge Luis Borges 2. Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 3. J.R.R. Tolkien 4. Isaac Asimov 5. Edgar Allen Poe.(is he eligible? If not then...) Robert Heinlein. Borges is not my [i]favorite[/i] writer by any means, but he's head and shoulders above all the rest. Have a very nice day. -fgalkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellis Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 On second thought, I'm going to switch out my original #5 (Pynchon) for Homer (you know the blind epic poet). If he's eligible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sToNED_CAT Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 P.K. Dick Asimov Sapkowski GRRM Frederick Pohl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Oop North Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Tough Question. 1.) Gene Wolfe 2.) Dan Simmons 3.) J.R.R. Tolkien 4.) R. Scott Bakker 5.) Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brude Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 1. Dick 2. Italo Calvino (good one MattD, wouldn't have thought of him otherwise) 3. Le Guin 4. Tolkein 5. Stephenson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 1. Jorge Luis Borges 2. Italo Calvino 3. Gene Wolfe 4. Edward Whittemore 5. China Miéville If I had gone further, it would have been: Eco, Saramago, VanderMeer, Bakker, Tolkien, Bradbury, Hopkinson, and Le Guin. I like stopping at prime numbers ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 1. GRR Martin 2. JRR Tolkien 3. Robin Hobb 4. Guy Gavriel Kay 5. Scott Bakker P.S. I agree it might not be a bad idea to unpin the thread for a while so it gets more notice, I know I only noticed it after two days and I visit frequently. You can always sticky it again later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmac Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 [list=1] [*]GRRM [*]Douglas [*]Butcher [*]Tolkein [*]Lewis [/list] Bear with me, I'm only in High School, don't have a gigantic retinue of favorite authors. :leaving: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lessthanluke Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 1. GRRM 2. Tolkien 3. Abercrombie 4. Lynch 5. Dan Simmons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Alas, there are so many authors here that i've been meaning to read for a long time but never got round to, like Kay and Vance. But never mind..... 1. GRRM 2. Roger Zelazny 3. JRR Tolkien 4. Steven Donaldson 5. Robin Hobb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Almost missed the sticky... 1. GRRM 2. Lynch 3. McCaffrey 4. Bova 5. Ambercrombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpaint Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 1. Stephenson 2. Le Guin( well a wizard of earthsea and tombs of Atun, most of here other stuff is meh but those two were brilliant) 3. Bakker 4. Pynchon 5. GRRM/China/Erikson/ Charles Stross this thread reminds me that I have to pick up some Vance/Cooke/ Zelazny/ Abrecrombie stuff some time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
respectabull Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 what no one is nominating CS lewis? ahahahahahahahahaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Alright after some deliberation: 1. GRRM 2. Bakker 3. Charlie Huston 4. Graham Joyce 5. [s]Robin Hobb[/s] Joe Abercrombie (She gets the nod here over authors whose work I'm anticipating more because of her body of work, but these days I'd much rather read a new Abercrombie, Lynch, Sanderson, Buckell, or Abraham book) Edit: after finishing [u]Last Argument of Kings[/u], Joe gets the nod over Hobb. Best epic/heroic fantasy I've read in a long time, and it's very rare to read a series that each book is better than the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLU-RAY Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 1. Tolkein 2. GRRM 3. Bulgakov (is this legit?) 4. Douglas Adams 5. Scott Lynch If Bulgakov won't fly, I guess he gets moved off for Asimov or Abercrombie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I certainly wouldn't have noticed this unless it hadn't turned up on the last post thingy. 1 Donaldson 2 Vance 3 Bakker 4 Kay 5 Cook I'd like to have slipped Wolfe in there somewhere too, maybe in Kay's stead, but I think I'll go with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinDonner Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 *finally spots the sticky* Tough call. Deliberation could be long and messy, so I'm going with a 5-minute gut reaction that I will doubtless regret on hitting Post: 1. GRRM 2. Tolkien 3. Vance 4. Erikson 5. Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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