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#1 Coco with marshmallows

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Posted 20 August 2015 - 09:51 PM

So, perusing my (fairly vast) library and it occurs to me that there are some truly prolific authors around at the present time.

Sanderson, of course, continues to knock books out at an astonishing rate.

However what prompted me to post this was actually reviewing just how many books by Harry Turtledove I have (the answer is "a lot")

So, who else do you all think is notable for the consistently high volume of output?

And, just to rule out people that pour out any old crap, let's further refine it into consistently decent output as well.

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Posted 20 August 2015 - 10:04 PM

Coco with marshmallows, on 20 August 2015 - 09:51 PM, said:

Well, you already mentioned my number one candidate, Sanderson, so I'll have to go with Erikson! He's slowed down slightly after TCG was released but he's still been pretty productive in his career.

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Posted 20 August 2015 - 11:34 PM

Since her first book was released in 2005, Elizabeth Bear has published 21 solo novels, several novellas and short-story collections, and three co-authored novels (with Sarah Monette). Which isn't a bad clip to be going on at, especially considering how good her writing is.

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Posted 21 August 2015 - 12:15 AM

Well Jim Butcher has been cranking them out at a fair rate for some time now. Initially doing Dresden and Codex Alera at the same time, and now having a steampunk series alongside Dresden.

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Posted 21 August 2015 - 01:52 AM

I haven't read him myself (though I've seen a few of the movie adaptations of course), but Elmore Leonard is quite famously prolific.

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Posted 21 August 2015 - 02:18 AM

Catherine Webb aka Kate Griffin aka Claire North has written 16 books between 2002 and now and I believe she has more 2015 books to go. Her books range from quite good to amazing.

Daniel Abraham has written 9 books under his own name, 5 books under the James Corey collaboration pseudonym and 5 books under the MLN Hanover pseudonym between 2006 and now. I haven't read the Hanover books but I think most here will agree the other books are pretty awesome.

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Posted 21 August 2015 - 08:17 AM

Robin Hobb isn't doing too bad either. Apart from a hiatus in the noughties, she seems to put out roughly about a book per year.

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Posted 21 August 2015 - 10:19 AM

Terry Pratchett pretty much consistently published 2 books a year over his 30 odd year writing career, if you discount his slowdown due to alzheimers towards the end of his career and include his co-authored works it becomes even more impressive. 70+ books in ~32 years and nearly all of them of very high quality.

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Posted 21 August 2015 - 06:39 PM

Victoria (V.E. Schwab) has put out 8 books since 2011, with another already submitted for editing/coming out in 2016.

I quite liked Vicious and A Darker Shade of Magic, but haven't gotten to her earlier stuff.

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Posted 22 August 2015 - 06:45 PM

TBH i thought about Butcher, but left him out as even though he's producing books at an impressive rate, they don't add up to a huge amount of volume - he tends to the shorter length novel I feel.

David Weber seems to knock them out at a hell of a clip, but i appreciate that his style of mil-sci-fi certainly isn't for everyone (though i recommend Off Armageddon Reef and it's (so far) 6 sequels (no 8 in the series is out in October) to everyone to at least try)

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Posted 23 August 2015 - 01:58 PM

Bernard Cornwell has released 55 books and 1 short story in the last 34 years.

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Posted 23 August 2015 - 05:19 PM

Aside from those mentioned, Chris Wooding, Neal Asher and Cherie Priest come to mind. Maybe Charlie Stross.

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Posted 26 August 2015 - 09:11 PM

Not sure on the numbers but Gemmell has a ton of great stuff churned out, has to be at least thirty novels in a....20?year career.

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Posted 27 August 2015 - 03:13 AM

They've been around a long while, but Gene Wolfe, Glen Cook, and Michael Moorcock all have extensive bibliographies.

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