[Steamer]

NefaraisBredd, on 23 April 2018 - 01:37 AM, said:

SE is one of my favorites. There are many.

Tad Williams, Stephen Donaldson, etc

I have never read a Tad Williams novel.

I heard alot of them a bloated messes.

What one do I start with? DragonBone Chair?

[Andorion]

SE always ties with Terry Pratchett for me.

[Macros]

Gemmell and Prachett. I can't think of any of their works that I didn't at least like. certainly nothing that I didn't easily finish.

Erikson, I love the first 7 books of the series, the rest I can leave, FoD was painful drag and FoL I will never finish. so definitley not my favourite author.

[Gorefest]

Pratchett for me by a country mile. Discworld-related stuff dictated much of my late teens/early twenties and I would not have met my wife without Discworld. Erikson is probably a decent second, though.

[Zuzu Bolin]

I'd have him in the top 3 along with James Ellroy and Ian M Banks.

[BAD]

Easily, however you can't beat a good bit of David Gemmell. RIP

[Kanese S's]

Yes.
Only ICE and Pratchett come close.

This post has been edited by Kanese S's: 03 February 2020 - 04:31 PM

[Abyss]

S'funny to look back on this.

In 2004, MT just done, multiple rereads of MOI and DG, NoK a year away, TB two years away, TCG still 7 years away, SE stood 'unchallenged'.


Now the top of my list is more populated, including with authors i was reading then but whose work has improved to the point that i anticipate their new stuff as much as a new Erikson. Fair to say SE remains my FAVORITE favorite, but there are a bunch of authors barely a smidge below him on the list who weren't there or weren't as close back when the pole rolled.

[Light]

Can't say Steve Erikson is my favourite favourite, but he's warming on me.... Other favourites of mine include (the usual) George R. R. Martin, Brandon Sanderson, Glen Cook, and (the unusual) Bent Weeks, David Webber, Neal Stephenson, Isaac Asimov, Phillip Pullman, and Pierce Brown. Gotta mention Ray Bradbury and Richard Matheson for Fahrenheit 451 and I Am Legend, respectively. Those are two books I won't ever forget Is sci-fi off-topic for a fantasy forum?

This post has been edited by Light: 07 February 2020 - 11:05 PM

[Emancipor Reese]

Yeah Erikson is deffo in top 3 authors along with GrrM,Lovecraft,Tacitus,Kirkman(the walking dead) Hawking,Pratchett and will always have a soft spot for Douglas adams,Clive Barker/Dean r Koontz/King for teenage giggles and frights in equal measure,, Gemmel,Sanderson,Jordan,Ambercormbe,Cook are all too Basic/simple/easy after having read Erickson+Martin but are good starters for young people? Tolkien while good just isn't aging well. Wide scope there but variety is spice of life.

[Abyss]

Am curious, are your faves lists an evolving thing or is it 'fixed'?

Mine has always evolved... I would have put GRRM on my list circa 2002ish when i read the first three SIF books and everyone expected bk 4 any minute. FEAST came out in 2005, disappointed, and down he plummets. I know, i know, he doesn't care, but the point is we've grown apart. Weber would have been on there once but i overWeber'd. Sanderson was an author i enjoyed circa MISTBORN but STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE pushed him to mytop tier. Since i discovered his work GGK has always been near the top, notwithstanding how little i enjoyed certain books. Pierce Brown has steadily climbed with every RED RISING book.


Btw Light yes sf is perfectly acceptable here as is thriller, historical, alt-hist, milsf, non-fiction, comics and pretty much anything else you read.

[Emancipor Reese]

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Am curious, are your faves lists an evolving thing or is it 'fixed'



Yeah for sure the Favs list evolves just as we all do as we grow older/wiser and harder to please and suprise!!

[Kanese S's]

Abyss, on 11 February 2020 - 06:59 PM, said:

Am curious, are your faves lists an evolving thing or is it 'fixed'?

Mine has always evolved... I would have put GRRM on my list circa 2002ish when i read the first three SIF books and everyone expected bk 4 any minute. FEAST came out in 2005, disappointed, and down he plummets. I know, i know, he doesn't care, but the point is we've grown apart. Weber would have been on there once but i overWeber'd. Sanderson was an author i enjoyed circa MISTBORN but STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE pushed him to mytop tier. Since i discovered his work GGK has always been near the top, notwithstanding how little i enjoyed certain books. Pierce Brown has steadily climbed with every RED RISING book.


Btw Light yes sf is perfectly acceptable here as is thriller, historical, alt-hist, milsf, non-fiction, comics and pretty much anything else you read.

Mine evolved a lot until I read Deadhouse Gates.