This is driving me crazy, who's the fantasy author that you love?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Sean Russle, I'm sure. Second only to Piers Anthony in Tom's book.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
*blink* It's like being asked "what's the kind of ice cream you like?"
But I'm going to go out on a limb and say Tad Williams, not because he's necessarily my favorite fantasy author but because it's what people would say I would say. Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
That was it! I was trying to think of the name to tell someone and I drew a complete blank. Thanks!
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
"Sean Russle, I'm sure."
Watch it, Noemon! He likes him now.
Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
Hrm. Shadowmarch bothered me a bit. Its very good, no question, but he seemed to be plagarizing himself Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
What is Shadowmarch?
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Never mind, just answered my own question.
Tom, I need a Tad Williams " Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn" caliber finite fantasy series. Which one should I try next?
Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on :
What did you think of Otherland?
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
"Tom, I need a Tad Williams " Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn" caliber finite fantasy series."
Does it have to be a series? Because, if not, you will never forgive yourself for not reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. And it's just the one really huge-ass book.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Huge-ass is fine. It just can't be Jordanesquely interminable. Thanks.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Is this one of those books that's so large that as you begin to measure the number of pages more exactly you can no longer quite tell how wide each page is?
Hobbes Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
What? Orson Scott Card isn't you favorite?!?!?! I must be on the wrong board again….. I seem to do that often…
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
That's right, you betrayers of Uncle Orson!
I want everyone who claimed enjoyment of another author in this thread to say 13 Hail Enders and report to the rectory for cleaning duty.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
I am so sorry, Annie! I am off to follow the pattern on my orange and brown 1970's-patterned kitchen floor, as there is not enough room in the bedroom to follow the wood grain.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Dagnabbit. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell was not at the store, and I did not want to get Otherland until I heard more Hatracian chat on it. So, I got the fourth Rhapsody book and a Knights of the Templar mystery which looked really fun.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Otherland's worth a read, Liz, although it's not a fantasy and is quite different in tone from Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn. It also features the best character name ev-ar.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Is it sci fi? (I actually like DD Shade's list of speculative fic categories)
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
It's a cyberpunk framing story built around literally dozens of smaller genre novels. It was written so Tad could play with other settings without having to write whole books about 'em.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Hmm. It does not sound like my thing so much.
Posted by prolixshore (Member # 4496) on :
Hmmm. Somewhere along the lines, I must have gotten confused about Tom's taste in authors. If pressed, I would have said Stephen R Donaldson. Perhaps I was confusing Tom with someone else, but that seems so difficult to do...
--ApostleRadio
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
I also like Donaldson's stuff, although not his novel-length fantasy.
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