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So, I like to read for pleasure, and without getting into a debate about what is 'real'
literature, I like a lot of semi-cheesy stuff, but I also read 'real' literature. Here's a partial
list of my collections of some favorite authors.
Michael Moorcock
Without a doubt, he is one of my most treasured authors. Admittedly, you have to be
in a certain frame of mind at times to read his work, but it can be read very superficially and
quickly for a good story, or you can read more in-depth and get at the metaphors that run through
his stories.
White Wolf Eternal Champion Omnibus Edition
- The Eternal Champion
- Von Bek
- Hawkmoon
- A Nomad of the Time Streams
- Elric: Song of the Black Sword
- The Roads Between the Worlds
- Corum: the Coming of Chaos
- Sailing to Utopia
- Kane of Old Mars
- The Dancers at the End of Time
- Elric: the Stealer of Souls
- Corum: the Prince with the Silver Hand
- Legends from the End of Time
Also...
The Laughter of Carthage
The Cornelius Chronicles
Behold the Man
Tales of the White Wolf (tribute/compilation)
Pawn of Chaos (tribute/compilation)
Many many many more paperbacks...
Raymond E. Feist
(Also check out
The Raymond E. Feist Internet Resource Index...)
Author of the rather successful (and surprisingly, quite good as well...) Riftwar saga,
The characters in these books are quite alive, and grab the reader almost immediately upon starting
one of his books.
Magician: Apprentice
Magician: Master
Silverthorn
A Darkness at Sethanon
Prince of the Blood
The King's Buccaneer
Daughter of the Empire (with Janny Wurts)
Servant of the Empire (with Janny Wurts)
Mistress of the Empire (with Janny Wurts)
Shadow of a Dark Queen
Rise of a Merchant Prince
Rage of a Demon King
Shards of a Broken Crown
Lois McMaster Bujold
Although I've heard her mentioned as 'soft' sci-fi, I particularly enjoy the
highly-developed characterization and intriguing plots she has crafted in most of her
novels. In my experience, few characters in novels actually inspire me to change my
personal life in even the slightest manner, but she has.
The Vorkosigan Series
(Chronological by plot, not by date published)
Falling Free
Shards of Honor
Barrayar
The Warrior's Apprentice
The Vor Game
Ethan of Athos
Borders of Infinity
Brothers in Arms
Mirror Image
Cetaganda
Memory
Komarr
Also...
The Spirit Ring
Dreamweaver's Dilemma
H.P. Lovecraft
If you haven't heard of H.P. Lovecraft by now, go back to your parent's basement. The
first true master of pulp horror, I have to admit a predeliction for his dream-stories rather
than the 'horror' stories, which I find too generally predictable.
The Dunwich Horror & Others (Arkham House)
The Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath
George Orwell
1984 is perhaps one of the best books I have ever read. The society he delineates, in
addition to the amazing language play makes it horribly intriguing to me, as interested as I am
in the psychology of language. Read this book. Read it!!!!
1984
Craig Shaw Gardner
Quite the humorist & satirist, Gardner has written perhaps the best fake fantasy novels ever,
far outclassing Piers Anthony's lame pun series, as well as Robert Aspirin's stuff.
The Ballad of Wuntvor, etc.
A Malady of Magicks
A Multitude of Monsters
A Night in the Netherhells
A Difficulty with Dwarves
An Excess of Enchantments
A Disagreement with Death
The Cineverse Cycle
Slaves of the Volcano God
Bride of the Slime Monster
Revenge of the Fluffy Bunnies
Yes, I am a huge geek.
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