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Who Are Your Top 10 Fantasy Authors

Philip Overby

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Great list. I haven't read Richard K. Morgan. I've read all of the others. I couldn't get into the first Brett novel for some reason. I'll have to revisit it.

I think Brett was hard for me to get into also at first. But once I stuck with it, I sort of liked the simplicity of his style. He's definitely not someone I'd normally read, so his inclusion is sort of like "one of these things it's not like the other."

Morgan is probably better known for his sci-fi work, but his fantasy is very good as well. He reminds me of Abercrombie in some ways, but with a fouler mouth. :)
 

TWErvin2

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1. Roger Zelazny
2. Steven Brust
3. Kevin Hearne
4. Michael Moorcock
5. Stephen R. Donaldson
6. Fred Saberhagen
7. Barbara Hambly
8. Terry Brooks
9. C. Dean Andersson (Asa Drake)
10. C. S. Lewis

Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Boyer, Poul Anderson, Sterling E. Lanier, Laurell K. Hamilton, me (hey, I like my published works pretty well ;) )
 

Steerpike

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1. Roger Zelazny
2. Steven Brust
3. Kevin Hearne
4. Michael Moorcock
5. Stephen R. Donaldson
6. Fred Saberhagen
7. Barbara Hambly
8. Terry Brooks
9. C. Dean Andersson (Asa Drake)
10. C. S. Lewis

I like your top ten. I've read everyone on it except C. Dean Andersson (Asa Drake). I'll have to look up some of his stuff.
 

TWErvin2

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I like your top ten. I've read everyone on it except C. Dean Andersson (Asa Drake). I'll have to look up some of his stuff.

Here's a link: C Dean Andersson

I really enjoyed his Bloodsong Saga. It's soon to be re-released (originally published in the late 1980s.) He also read an ARC of Flank Hawk and provided a blurb.
 

Steerpike

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Oh, those Bloodsong books look very interesting. I'm going to have to get those. Thank you!
 
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