Hope this one hasn't been done to death already, but being the curious type I wanted to know :)

For the record mine would be :-

David Gemmell.

Julian May.

David Weber.

Paul Auster - incredible. Steven King when I was a kid.

Although more recently I'm ashamed to say I've loved reading Mike Gayle :rolleyes:

I will probably miss out loads, but:

Terry Pratchett
Tad Williams
Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
Robin Hobb
Stephen King
Stephen Donaldson
Robert Jordan (well, to begin with)
George R R Martin (ditto)
Raymond E Feist
James Patterson
Ben Elton

And going back to favourite authors when I was younger:

Brian Jacques
Enid Blyton
Diana Wynne Jones
C.S. Lewis
Agatha Christie

Umm.... I think that's enough. :)

I have no idea if you need to be ashamed or not, cos I haven't a clue who Mike Gayle is. :lol:

That is a good thing M, he writes what are basically girls books :rolleyes:

I also have a number of Ben Elton books (thanks for reminding me guys)

Don't worry neither do I :)

Nice to see a fellow Feist, Weis/Hickman fan :thumbsup:

That's pretty much my taste too.

I would add Jean M Auel, Julliette E McKenna, Katherine Kerr, Marrion Bradley and Julliette Marrilier too

Greg Bear, Stephen Baxter, David Brin, Stephen King.

I don't really read that much tbh, but here are the ones I do like:

Mario Puzo
John Grisham
Ben Elton
Danny Wallace (everyone should read "Join Me") :D

Dragonlance Chronicles - fave book of all time. :thumbsup:

Yeah, I agree with you there. Did you finish it? Did you then go and look at the website? ;)

I should probably check those out. I think I've been put off because they are basically game tie in books :unsure:

I've never played D&D and I still think those books are the dogs b*llocks. :D

Oh, I forgot an author too - R. Salvatore, who does the Forgotten Realms books about Drizzt the dark elf.

Terry Pratchett, J.R.R. Tolkein

Ooh, forgot Robert Rankin too. Although I still don't own any of his books.

J.R.R. Tolkien I suppose I should include too.

Dean R Koontz
Peter Straub
Dan Simmons
Stephen King
John Farris
Brian Lumley
Clive Barker
Jonathan Kellerman
Christopher Fowler
John Irving
Robert McCammon
F. Paul Wilson
Laurrel Hamilton

has he had anything out recently?

My ex wife used to love him, I remember being at least 4 of his books for her in hardback

My favourites would be:

Peter David
J.M.Dillard
John Gardner
Terry Pratchet
William Shatner
J.K.Rowling

(in no particular order)

Seconded on the Dragonlance Chronicles also Time of the twins series aswell.

Thought I'd throw in a mention for John Ringo and a recommendation for Ken(and everyone else really ;) ) to check out The Honor Harrington series by David Weber. You can download or read the 1st couple in the series from Baen.com, which has a free library - well worth a visit.

:)

Brian Lumley, Clive Barker, James Herbert, Dean R Koontz, early Stephen King, SK as Richard Bachman, some anne Rice, H P Lovecraft, Phillip K Dick, Ray Bradbury.

I should really put Storm Constantine, but must profess, I've never read anything by her (cos that would be just too weird) But hey, you have to plug don't you ;)

Name dropper :D ;)

Oi, it asked for fav authors. She's my fav author, albeit on a more personal level. I can't help having famous friends :P

I don't think she's that well known though :unsure:

:lol:

I can't remember you saying that before!

So, how do you know her? I haven't read any of her books yet, but my sister has and thinks they were good. So whenever I go in the bookstore/library I notice them and wonder whether to try them out. :)

Storm used to manage David's band Empyrean, so we spent a lot of time at her house, and also being dragged all over the place, for weird quests, gigs and conferences. But I did meet Brian Lumley through her :thumbsup:

She's really nice :)

Her books are supposed to be pretty good :thumbsup:




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Not yet Michelle! Working on it.

I’m not a very fast reader you see. :huh:

I have been on the website, yea. I was going to join the forum but it didn’t feel right not being a Joinee. So I’ve decided I will be Joining him! :D

Early Stephen King (up to about It)
Robert R McCammon
David Eddings
Stephen Baxter

and, of course, Peter F Hamilton ;)

Oh My favourite authors. Well OK here goes

1. Terry Pratchett

2. Peter David

3. Timothy Zahn

4. Robert Heinlein

5. John Whyndam


And so many others should get honourable mentions, Robert Rodi, Amistead Maupin, Frederik Pohl, Kevin J Anderson etc, etc, I could be here all night.

oh, I usually am until I discovered this board that is.... :D :D :D :D :D :D

Erm.....

Dean Koontz
Stephen King
Laurell K Hamilton
Kathy Reichs
Steve Harris
John Connolly
Robert Rankin
Terry Pratchett
Clive Barker
James Herbert

I could go on, but I won't!

In no particular order:

David Eddings
James Patterson
Robin Hobbs
Wilbur Smith (albeit less so these days)
Clive Cussler
Stephen King

I want to add Kelley Armstrong to my list of fav authors, this latest book of hers (Industrial Magic) is her best yet!! A proper little page turner ;)