Neal Stephenson - Cryptonomicon Roger Zelazny - Lord of Light / early Amber Chronicles Three Men in a Boat Discworld - Terry Pratchett Douglas Adams - Dirk Gently and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Frank Herbert - Dune Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game Dianna Wynn Jones JK Rowling - Harry Potter Ursula Le Guin - Earthsea Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones Michael Crichton - Jurassic Park Asimov - Foundation, some short stories Larry Niven - Mote in God's eye, Moat Around Murchusun's Eye, Ringworld, Warlock universe Mervyn Peake - Titus Groan Tim Powers - Anubis Gates Vernor Vinge - Fire upon the Deep, Deepness in the Sky
P.S. I've never read a *bad* Stephen King. Boring maybe, but not bad. I know he's a bit full of himself, what with his how-to-write manuals and such, but technically I think he's preety good. The only thing I'd criticise strongly is when he writes big long monologues about random people or towns that aren't story-centric.
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Date: 2007-04-03 05:16 pm (UTC)Neal Stephenson - Cryptonomicon
Roger Zelazny - Lord of Light / early Amber Chronicles
Three Men in a Boat
Discworld - Terry Pratchett
Douglas Adams - Dirk Gently and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Frank Herbert - Dune
Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game
Dianna Wynn Jones
JK Rowling - Harry Potter
Ursula Le Guin - Earthsea
Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones
Michael Crichton - Jurassic Park
Asimov - Foundation, some short stories
Larry Niven - Mote in God's eye, Moat Around Murchusun's Eye, Ringworld, Warlock universe
Mervyn Peake - Titus Groan
Tim Powers - Anubis Gates
Vernor Vinge - Fire upon the Deep, Deepness in the Sky
P.S. I've never read a *bad* Stephen King. Boring maybe, but not bad. I know he's a bit full of himself, what with his how-to-write manuals and such, but technically I think he's preety good. The only thing I'd criticise strongly is when he writes big long monologues about random people or towns that aren't story-centric.