favorite science fiction/ffantasy authors - what are yours?

[susanmcgee48176]

> Alla:
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> Hm, I think the only one I would cross out from your top picks list is Mercedes Lackey or at least limit myself to her earlier books - goodness love Herald Mage trilogy, I vented more than once here as to how much in my opinion her books went down in quality since she started publishing several books a year in great details. Everybody else you listed I love, I mean no wait, I have not read McKinley.
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McKinley's writing is for juveniles, but they are good for totally hopeless, simple romantics like me...my spouse and I had not only BOTH read The Blue Sword but liked the SAME PASSAGE in it...(discovered in our early courtship; the rest is history)..



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> Whom would I put on top? Very tough question, but since the question says your favorites, not the ones I consider most skilled, I would do something like that:


EXACTLY...I did NOT ask for best written!


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> 1. Alfred Bester (The demolished man is one of my  favorite books of all time, period)
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> 2. Jim Butcher (Hey you asked for favorites, I am not claiming that his skills are near on the level of Tolkien or Susan Cooper, but I think he writes intelligent books, cool stories and created great characters)
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> 3. J.K. Rowling. (Yes, I do believe that books will stand the test of time).
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> 4. Tolkien (I love the books, but just cannot love the characters on the same level as I love the others, but I certainly give him the first place of the most skilled one, wait no I think Bester is close)
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> 5. OMG I used to love Heinlein when I was younger, have not read anything of his recently.
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> 6. Susan Cooper I love the Dark is rising.
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> 7. There are several russian fantasts I adore, but see no point in listing them, I am not even sure if they are translated.
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