Who Are Your Top 10 Fantasy Authors

1. JRR Tolkien
2. Terry Pratchett
3. JK Rowling
4. OR Melling
5. Brian Jacques
6. CS Lewis
7. David Clement-Davies
8. Kenneth Oppel
9. Justin Somper
10. Piers Anthony

 

I don't think I've read a single author on your list. XD Some of them I hadn't even heard of.

 

Sounds cool! I'll look for him next time I'm in a bookstore.

 

Hmm, let's see if I can do this.

No particular order:

1. Robert Jordan
2. George R.R. Martin
3. J.R.R. Tolkien
4. Douglas Niles
5. Dan Parkinson
6. Brandon Sanderson
7. R.A. Salvatore
8. Piers Anthony
9. Robin Hobb
10. Terry Brooks

 

I probably stepped on the out of bounds marker on that one. He's likely better known for his westerns back in the 80's and 90's, but I got hooked on him because of the five Dragonlance novels he did about the dwarves. He's also done some sci-fi. I pretty much soaked up all of his works before he passed in '01.

 

Hmmm....

In no particular order...

1. Raymond E Feist
2. HP Lovecraft
3. Glen Cook
4. Kate Elliot
5. Clark Ashton Smith
6. Terry Pratchet
7. George RR Martin
8. Fritz Leiber
9. JRR Tolkien
10. Ursula LeGuin

I believe I've read all of those on Steerpikes list except maybe Angela Carter (or maybe I have and just don't remember the titles right off.)

I've only read about half the names on Ireths list, though I've heard of a couple of the others. (And saw some of the movies, in the case of Rowling).

As to Ankari's list...I believe I've read works by all of them except Jacqueline Carey and Robert Jordan.

 

In somewhat particular order:

1. Robin Hobb - still gets first place even though The Rain Wild Chronicles was kind of a let down.
2. George RR Martin
3. Raymond E. Feist
4. Robert Jordan
5. Brandon Sanderson
6. John Marco
7. JRR Tolkien
8. Troy Denning
9. Megan Lindholm (I may be cheating here hehe)
10. Piers Anthony

 

1. Terry Pratchett
2. Douglas Adams
3. George R R Martin
4. David Gemmell
5. Dan Abnett
6. Graham McNeill
7. Not so much an individual author, but GW/Black Library's Trollslayer series (William King, Nathan Long, Josh Reynolds et al)
8. Michael Moorcock
9. Mary Gentle
10. Sandy Mitchell

I really need to diversify my reading list, Black Library are so prolific that by the time i've read one book they've released a dozen others and I don't want to fall behind with the adventures of Gotrek & Felix, the misadventures of Ciaphas Cain, the twists and turns of the Horus Heresy and the Sabbat Worlds Crusade.

I made a point of reading Martin's Song of Ice & Fire books, and managed to track down a couple of old anthologies for the Dunk and Egg short stories (Hedge Knight / Sworn Sword / The Mystery Knight) and will be ordering the Dangerous Women anthology (due out Dec 3) for the prequel short Dance of the Dragons. I also want to check out Joe Abercrombie's stuff, Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company, and the Simon R Green Hawk & Fisher novels (i remember browsing one or two of them many years ago but didn't pick any up).

 

He only has the one full lenght novel so far - Road of Skulls which i really enjoyed - gives a tantalizing glimpse of Gotrek's earlier life. He has some short stories in various anthologies - Charnel Congress, Berthold's Beard which you can get individually as ebook versions from the Black Library website, and A Cask of Wynters, which i think is only available as part of the Gotrek & Felix anthology