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supergod Walking the Earth from the big city Since: Jun, 2012
Walking the Earth
#26: Jan 13th 2014 at 9:43:46 AM

Jack Vance and Gene Wolfe. Sure they're highly respected by people who are a bit deeper into the fantasy genre than the average person, but you don't see them talked about them as much as Martin, Sanderson, Gaiman, etc. I don't remember seeing to many R.I.P threads around the web when Vance died either.

For we shall slay evil with logic...
Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#27: Jan 13th 2014 at 12:10:53 PM

[up][up]"One-eyed weasel"... yeah, yeah, I know, That Came Out Wrong.

Heh heh, I said "came".

edited 13th Jan '14 12:11:54 PM by Twentington

lexicon Since: May, 2012
#28: Jan 13th 2014 at 5:16:06 PM

I second Neal Shusterman just for The Dark Side Of Nowhere.

Tamora Pierce creates a medieval world with knights and magic and royalty like I haven't seen anywhere else.

Phoenixflame Since: Nov, 2012
#29: Jan 13th 2014 at 11:07:50 PM

Paul Witcover; Waking Beauty is brilliant but I never see it mentioned anywhere. Mark Lawrence is awesome, but pretty new so it's understandable. Oh, Glen Duncan, particularly for his two werewolf books.

JHM Apparition in the Woods from Niemandswasser Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hounds of love are hunting
Apparition in the Woods
#30: Jan 14th 2014 at 11:49:49 AM

I like a good number of authors who are not terribly well-known outside of their fields but very well-respected: Elizabeth Hand, Thomas Ligotti, Arthur Machen, Angela Carter, T.E.D. Klein, etc. But there are a handful that I could name who really do not get much attention at all outside of tiny niches. Stepan Chapman's novella "The Revenge of the Calico Cat" stunned me, but I don't exactly see his name much even in fantasy circles; meanwhile, among the postmodernists John Hawkes is rarely referenced despite being a great visionary author. Then there are those authors who have written very little but still left a serious impression, such as Joan Bernott with "The Test Tube Creature, Afterward", a striking little vignette about the nature of love that is one of but five published tales by the same author.

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.
Ellowen My Ao3 from Down by the Bay Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#31: Jan 31st 2014 at 2:10:51 PM

yeah, Queen Tammy deserves all the awards. I also love R.J Anderson and Shannon Hale.

Got a degree in Emotional trauma via fictional characters aka creative writing. hosting S'mores party in Hell for fellow (evil) writers
PhilosopherStones Anyways Here's Darude Sandstorm from The North (lots of planets have them) (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Anyways Here's Darude Sandstorm
#32: Feb 5th 2014 at 2:40:25 PM

James Rollins

James Rollins

JAMES ROLLINS

GIVE ME YOUR FACE
Ellowen My Ao3 from Down by the Bay Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#33: Feb 5th 2014 at 6:00:02 PM

I read one of his [up] kid's books. It was good, and so was the second, but it's been two, three years now and there's no sign of a wrap up third book so I'm confused.

Got a degree in Emotional trauma via fictional characters aka creative writing. hosting S'mores party in Hell for fellow (evil) writers
PhilosopherStones Anyways Here's Darude Sandstorm from The North (lots of planets have them) (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Anyways Here's Darude Sandstorm
#34: Feb 5th 2014 at 6:41:20 PM

Well he's concentratin' on his Sigma Force Novels which are the best things ever.

GIVE ME YOUR FACE
TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#35: Feb 6th 2014 at 3:03:59 PM

Mercedes Lackey. Heralds of Valdemar books are enough reasons why.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#36: Feb 7th 2014 at 2:00:37 PM

This is either a complaint thread or a recommendations thread. Either way it ain't don't done belong here.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
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