arya_underfoot Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 [quote name='Shryke' post='1402400' date='Jun 18 2008, 02.21']No Bakker? Your subtitle lies Wert!!![/quote] yes, clearly this poll is fraudulent!! no bakker!! what nonsense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mashiara Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 I might as well add my own list. 100. [b]James Herbert[/b] 99. Gwyneth Jones 98. Sara Douglass 97. Charles Stross 96. [b]Terry Goodkind[/b] 95. Brian W. Aldiss 94. Ken MacLeod 93. Olaf Stapledon 92. Michael Marshall Smith 91. Jon Courtney Grimwood 90. Christopher Priest 89. [b]Jonathan Carroll[/b] 88.[b] Scott Lynch[/b] 87.[b] David Weber[/b] 86. M. John Harrison 85. [b]Jacqueline Carey[/b] 84. Kim Stanley Robinson 83. Theodore Sturgeon 82.[b] J.V. Jones[/b] 81. Joe Abercrombie 80. Joe Haldeman 79. Simon Clark 78. [b]George Orwell[/b] 77. Samuel R. Delaney 76. Charles de Lint 75. Julian May 74. [b]Edgar Rice Burroughs[/b] 73. Robert Silverberg 72. Susanna Clarke 71. Stanislaw Lem 70. Larry Niven 69. Alfred Bester 68. Katherine Kerr 67. Jack Vance 66. Harry Harrison 65. [b]Marion Zimmer Bradley[/b] 64. Richard Matheson 63. [b]Dan Simmons[/b] 62. [b]Elizabeth Haydon[/b] 61. [b]Terry Brooks[/b] 60. [b]Richard Morgan[/b] 59. Stephen Baxter 58. Jennifer Fallon 57.[b] Mercedes Lackey[/b] 56. [b]CJ Cherryh[/b] 55. Harlan Ellison 54. Jasper Fforde 53. Octavia Butler 52. [b]J.G. Ballard[/b] 51. Robert E. Howard 50. Sherri S. Tepper 49. [b]H.P. Lovecraft[/b] 48. Mervyn Peake 47. [b]Jules Verne[/b] 46. Alastair Reynolds 45. Neal Stephenson 44. [b]Clive Barker[/b] 43. Jim Butcher 42. [b]Tad Williams[/b] 41. Kurt Vonnegut 40. Trudi Canavan 39. Michael Moorcock 38. [b]David Eddings[/b] 37. Alan Moore 36. Orson Scott Card 35. [b]Stephen Donaldson[/b] 34. [b]Gene Wolfe[/b] 33. China Mieville 32. [b]Raymond E. Feist[/b] 31. Lois McMaster Bujold 30. Roger Zelazny 29. [b]Anne McCaffrey[/b] 28. [b]Steven Erikson[/b] 27. [b]William Gibson[/b] 26. [b]Guy Gavriel Kay[/b] 25. [b]CS Lewis[/b] 24. Diana Wynne Jones 23. John Wyndham 22. Philip Pullman 21.[b] Robin Hobb[/b] 20. [b]Stephen King[/b] 19.[b] Ray Bradbury[/b] 18. [b]Arthur C. Clarke[/b] 17. [b]Robert Jordan[/b] 16. [b]JK Rowling[/b] 15. Robert Heinlein 14.[b] Frank Herbert[/b] 13.[b] Peter F. Hamilton[/b] 12.[b] David Gemmell[/b] 11. Ursula K. LeGuin 10. [b]Robert Rankin[/b] 9.[b] HG Wells[/b] 8. [b]Philip K. Dick[/b] 7. Iain M. Banks 6. [b]Isaac Asimov[/b] 5. [b]George RR Martin[/b] 4.[b] Douglas Adams[/b] 3. [b]Neil Gaiman[/b] 2. [b]JRR Tolkien[/b] 1. [b]Terry Pratchett[/b] I've read books by 48 of them and haven't necessarily liked all of them. I should add that there are books by some of the authors who are missing from my list that are part of dalThor's book collection and I'll get to them eventually. All in all I'm fairly pleased with myself even though I think there are a few authors that I have overlooked. Most of them were already on my to-read list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beniowa Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Surprisingly, I've read almost half of the list and I have the books for about half of the rest. [quote name='sckma' post='1410096' date='Jun 21 2008, 21.12']wow... nobody has read Jennifer Fallon... and no comment either. its as if nobdy really cares, although i have heard good stuff about her.[/quote] I've only read her Second Sons trilogy, but she's pretty much average. Not bad, but not great either. Second Sons had a fair amount of political intrigue and while she has strong female characters they tend to lack complexity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deedles Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 96. Terry Goodkind 92. Michael Marshall Smith 90. Christopher Priest 88. Scott Lynch 86. M. John Harrison 85. Jacqueline Carey 84. Kim Stanley Robinson 82. J.V. Jones 81. Joe Abercrombie 80. Joe Haldeman 78. George Orwell 73. Robert Silverberg 72. Susanna Clarke 70. Larry Niven 68. Katherine Kerr 67. Jack Vance 63. Dan Simmons 61. Terry Brooks 60. Richard Morgan 58. Jennifer Fallon 57. Mercedes Lackey 54. Jasper Fforde 52. J.G. Ballard 51. Robert E. Howard 47. Jules Verne 46. Alastair Reynolds 45. Neal Stephenson 43. Jim Butcher 42. Tad Williams 41. Kurt Vonnegut 40. Trudi Canavan 39. Michael Moorcock 38. David Eddings 36. Orson Scott Card 35. Stephen Donaldson 34. Gene Wolfe 33. China Mieville 32. Raymond E. Feist 31. Lois McMaster Bujold 30. Roger Zelazny 29. Anne McCaffrey 28. Steven Erikson 27. William Gibson 26. Guy Gavriel Kay 25. CS Lewis 24. Diana Wynne Jones 22. Philip Pullman 21. Robin Hobb 20. Stephen King 18. Arthur C. Clarke 17. Robert Jordan 16. JK Rowling 15. Robert Heinlein 14. Frank Herbert 13. Peter F. Hamilton 12. David Gemmell 11. Ursula K. LeGuin 10. Robert Rankin 8. Philip K. Dick 7. Iain M. Banks 6. Isaac Asimov 5. George RR Martin 4. Douglas Adams 3. Neil Gaiman 2. JRR Tolkien 1. Terry Pratchett 66 read. Wow, and I wouldn't consider myself particularly well read in the genre. A couple more are definitely on my to be read list though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Abercrombie Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 I've only written books by one of these authors: 100. James Herbert 99. Gwyneth Jones 98. Sara Douglass 97. Charles Stross 96. Terry Goodkind 95. Brian W. Aldiss 94. Ken MacLeod 93. Olaf Stapledon 92. Michael Marshall Smith 91. Jon Courtney Grimwood 90. Christopher Priest 89. Jonathan Carroll 88. Scott Lynch 87. David Weber 86. M. John Harrison 85. Jacqueline Carey 84. Kim Stanley Robinson 83. Theodore Sturgeon 82. J.V. Jones [b]81. Joe Abercrombie[/b] 80. Joe Haldeman 79. Simon Clark 78. George Orwell 77. Samuel R. Delaney 76. Charles de Lint 75. Julian May 74. Edgar Rice Burroughs 73. Robert Silverberg 72. Susanna Clarke 71. Stanislaw Lem 70. Larry Niven 69. Alfred Bester 68. Katherine Kerr 67. Jack Vance 66. Harry Harrison 65. Marion Zimmer Bradley 64. Richard Matheson 63. Dan Simmons 62. Elizabeth Haydon 61. Terry Brooks 60. Richard Morgan 59. Stephen Baxter 58. Jennifer Fallon 57. Mercedes Lackey 56. CJ Cherryh 55. Harlan Ellison 54. Jasper Fforde 53. Octavia Butler 52. J.G. Ballard 51. Robert E. Howard 50. Sherri S. Tepper 49. H.P. Lovecraft 48. Mervyn Peake 47. Jules Verne 46. Alastair Reynolds 45. Neal Stephenson 44. Clive Barker 43. Jim Butcher 42. Tad Williams 41. Kurt Vonnegut 40. Trudi Canavan 39. Michael Moorcock 38. David Eddings 37. Alan Moore 36. Orson Scott Card 35. Stephen Donaldson 34. Gene Wolfe 33. China Mieville 32. Raymond E. Feist 31. Lois McMaster Bujold 30. Roger Zelazny 29. Anne McCaffrey 28. Steven Erikson 27. William Gibson 26. Guy Gavriel Kay 25. CS Lewis 24. Diana Wynne Jones 23. John Wyndham 22. Philip Pullman 21. Robin Hobb 20. Stephen King 19. Ray Bradbury 18. Arthur C. Clarke 17. Robert Jordan 16. JK Rowling 15. Robert Heinlein 14. Frank Herbert 13. Peter F. Hamilton 12. David Gemmell 11. Ursula K. LeGuin 10. Robert Rankin 9. HG Wells 8. Philip K. Dick 7. Iain M. Banks 6. Isaac Asimov 5. George RR Martin 4. Douglas Adams 3. Neil Gaiman 2. JRR Tolkien 1. Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 And I guess you're incensed that you're not the top-rated Joe on that list, huh? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord O' Bones Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 [quote name='Joe Abercrombie' post='1410845' date='Jun 22 2008, 16.04']I've only written books by one of these authors:[/quote] Dude, you really need to catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkdaub Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 [quote name='Joe Abercrombie' post='1410845' date='Jun 22 2008, 16.04']I've only written books by one of these authors:[/quote] This post makes me certain I'll be reading Joe's work soon. ETA: posting the entire list is bad enough. Quoting it in order to reply to a post is even worse. - m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkdaub Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 Here's a few I would add... Peter S Beagle - Maybe not enough work to qualify? Michelle Sagara West - Tim Powers - Graeme Joyce - Jonathan Lethem - He is moving more into the 'literary' category but still... William Browning Spencer - Browning Spencer and Lethem are my favorite authors so I have to include them, but as I'm pretty much Browning Spencer's only fan I understand his being excluded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 Michelle West has [i]never[/i] been published in the UK (despite constant rumours that Orbit are going to take her up). Her absence from the list is undertandable. On a similar note, Celia Friedman was only published last year, so her work has neither had time to percolate into the reading conciousness, and in 2007/08 her series simply doesn't have the impact it did in 1991. [quote]No Bakker? Your subtitle lies Wert!!![/quote] Ha. I was expecting Bakker on there, as [b]Prince of Nothing[/b] has done quite well for Orbit. Not up there with Canavan or Jordan or Jones, but it's certainly sold well enough for them. However, his author awareness on UK sites seems quite low compared to US and Canadian-based ones. However, to make up for this they do have a full-page interview with Bakker later on in the special. We already knew that Bakker was crazy, I just didn't realise [i]how[/i] crazy until I read that interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salinea Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 [quote name='Werthead' post='1411286' date='Jun 23 2008, 15.30']However, to make up for this they do have a full-page interview with Bakker later on in the special. We already knew that Bakker was crazy, I just didn't realise [i]how[/i] crazy until I read that interview.[/quote] How so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 [quote name='Etrangere' post='1411324' date='Jun 23 2008, 15.02']How so?[/quote] He talks about how he spend a day suspending his own free will so he became just a passenger inside his own head, as part of his investigation of the arguments in [i]Neuropath[/i]. It was extraordinarily bizarre. The 'crazy' comment was meant positively, by the way. Me and Caladanbrood met him and his wife a couple of years back in London and he was a very cool guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sToNED_CAT Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 [b]100. James Herbert[/b] 99. Gwyneth Jones 98. Sara Douglass 97. Charles Stross [b]96. Terry Goodkind[/b] [b]95. Brian W. Aldiss[/b] 94. Ken MacLeod 93. Olaf Stapledon 92. Michael Marshall Smith 91. Jon Courtney Grimwood 90. Christopher Priest 89. Jonathan Carroll [b]88. Scott Lynch[/b] 87. David Weber [b]86. M. John Harrison[/b] 85. Jacqueline Carey [b]84. Kim Stanley Robinson[/b] [b]83. Theodore Sturgeon[/b] 82. J.V. Jones 81. Joe Abercrombie [b]80. Joe Haldeman[/b] 79. Simon Clark [b]78. George Orwell[/b] 77. Samuel R. Delaney 76. Charles de Lint 75. Julian May [b]74. Edgar Rice Burroughs[/b] [b]73. Robert Silverberg[/b] 72. Susanna Clarke [b]71. Stanislaw Lem[/b] [b]70. Larry Niven[/b] [b]69. Alfred Bester[/b] 68. Katherine Kerr [b]67. Jack Vance[/b] [b]66. Harry Harrison[/b] [b]65. Marion Zimmer Bradley[/b] 64. Richard Matheson [b]63. Dan Simmons[/b] 62. Elizabeth Haydon [b]61. Terry Brooks[/b] 60. Richard Morgan 59. Stephen Baxter 58. Jennifer Fallon [b]57. Mercedes Lackey[/b] [b]56. CJ Cherryh[/b] [b]55. Harlan Ellison[/b] 54. Jasper Fforde 53. Octavia Butler [b]52. J.G. Ballard[/b] [b]51. Robert E. Howard[/b] 50. Sherri S. Tepper [b]49. H.P. Lovecraft[/b] [b]48. Mervyn Peake[/b] [b]7. Jules Verne[/b] [b]46. Alastair Reynolds 45. Neal Stephenson 44. Clive Barker[/b] 43. Jim Butcher [b]42. Tad Williams 41. Kurt Vonnegut[/b] 40. Trudi Canavan 39. Michael Moorcock [b]38. David Eddings[/b] 37. Alan Moore [b]36. Orson Scott Card[/b] [b]35. Stephen Donaldson 34. Gene Wolfe 33. China Mieville 32. Raymond E. Feist[/b] 31. Lois McMaster Bujold [b]30. Roger Zelazny 29. Anne McCaffrey 28. Steven Erikson[/b] [b]27. William Gibson[/b] 26. Guy Gavriel Kay 25. CS Lewis 24. Diana Wynne Jones [b]23. John Wyndham[/b] 22. Philip Pullman [b]21. Robin Hobb 20. Stephen King 19. Ray Bradbury 18. Arthur C. Clarke 17. Robert Jordan 16. JK Rowling 15. Robert Heinlein 14. Frank Herbert 13. Peter F. Hamilton 12. David Gemmell 11. Ursula K. LeGuin [/b] 10. Robert Rankin [b]9. HG Wells 8. Philip K. Dick 7. Iain M. Banks 6. Isaac Asimov 5. George RR Martin 4. Douglas Adams 3. Neil Gaiman 2. JRR Tolkien 1. Terry Pratchett [/b] Looks like I've read all in top 20 except Robert Rankin (who the fuck is this guy?). [quote name='Astra' post='1408429' date='Jun 20 2008, 16.01']Writers I have never heard about before this list: ................................................................................ ..................[/quote] Ok I can understand most of them, but you never [b]heard[/b] about Niven, Cherryh or Silverberg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pita Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 [quote name='Datepalm' post='1404724' date='Jun 18 2008, 16.40']Really? I've seen Bakker plenty (most non-peripheria Stiematzky, some Tzomet) , never seen Abercrombie [i]anywhere[/i]. (I have The Darkness that Comes Before and I hate it. In case you haven't read it, it's yours if you want it (and are anywhere in my vicinity.)[/quote] I went to Stiematzky, and they didn't have it. I ordered it, and they said they'll get it. Four weeks later, they said there was absolutely no way they could get it, and they were canceling. There is no Tzomet near where I live, and my parents don't drive much. I live in the western Galilee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salinea Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 [quote name='Werthead' post='1411404' date='Jun 23 2008, 16.53']He talks about how he spend a day suspending his own free will so he became just a passenger inside his own head, as part of his investigation of the arguments in [i]Neuropath[/i]. It was extraordinarily bizarre.[/quote] Huh. Yeah, that's bizarre. How do you even go about that? Either you have free will or you don't, but the whole point is that even if you don't you're not aware of that fact, which makes suspending it, errr, impossible? Maybe I need to read Neuropath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 [quote name='Etrangere' post='1411814' date='Jun 23 2008, 19.22']Huh. Yeah, that's bizarre. How do you even go about that? Either you have free will or you don't, but the whole point is that even if you don't you're not aware of that fact, which makes suspending it, errr, impossible? Maybe I need to read Neuropath.[/quote] I cracked the cover but the book really didn't grab me at all, and I loved [b]Prince of Nothing[/b]. Maybe I'm not in the right headspace for reading it right now :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 [quote name='Un-Yearded Pita' post='1411680' date='Jun 23 2008, 18.17']I went to Stiematzky, and they didn't have it. I ordered it, and they said they'll get it. Four weeks later, they said there was absolutely no way they could get it, and they were canceling. There is no Tzomet near where I live, and my parents don't drive much. I live in the western Galilee.[/quote] Guys, you have to use Amazon.com It is the best way of getting books in English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Ent Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 [quote name='Werthead' post='1412395' date='Jun 24 2008, 03.52']Maybe I'm not in the right headspace for reading it right now[/quote] [i]You[/i] wouldn’t know. *rimshot* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salinea Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 [quote name='Werthead' post='1412395' date='Jun 24 2008, 03.52']I cracked the cover but the book really didn't grab me at all, and I loved [b]Prince of Nothing[/b]. Maybe I'm not in the right headspace for reading it right now :([/quote] Yeah, I loved Prince of Nothing, but nothing I heard about Neuropath made me want to read it... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datepalm Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 [quote name='Astra' post='1412708' date='Jun 24 2008, 10.13']Guys, you have to use Amazon.com It is the best way of getting books in English.[/quote] Theres apparently some sort of customs ban on amazon in Israel, so not really. While we're at it though, Bookfinder.com usually finds some (generally much cheaper) solution though. Pita, I'll Message you with my number. I'm heading north this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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