Authors you'd recommend - Page 2

SteveDallas · 04-26-2008, 10:27 AM

Have you looked at David Weber and John Ringo? They've done a lot of military SF.

regular.joe · 04-26-2008, 05:42 PM

Haven't read em, but, I will check them out sometime when I'm not learning Russian 8 hours a day. Promise.

Buffalo Bill · 04-27-2008, 06:14 PM

Brian Lumley and Guy Des Cars

Cloud · 04-27-2008, 06:49 PM

Really like David Weber's Honor Harrington series. And Ursula LeGuin has a new book out--Lavinia, about one of the characters in the Aeneid.

monster · 06-02-2008, 11:51 PM

Randy Wayne White -secret agent florida stuff. disturbing in a good way. ish

Carl Hiaasen -complet fruitcakesflorida stuff. funny, weird macabre, funny

Jilly Cooper (Riders onwards) very british. hilarious, excellent characters and insight

Steven Gillis literary fiction, varied, friend, but would diss if it was bad. Different. refreshing change. Bri's writing reminds me of this guy's work.

Lindsey Davis Roman detective, but more about the character and the lifestyle than the mysteries

Dick Francis -brit horse-racing related detective. dated. nostalgic and excellent character insight

Janet Evanovich (avoid the seasonal specials) light, silly funny

monster · 06-02-2008, 11:56 PM

(I'm working on the fleshing it out thing)

smoothmoniker · 06-03-2008, 09:26 AM

Michael Chabon.

A reviewer once said that Chabon only has one topic - male relationships.

His books are very well-crafted, they are paced and constructed with care for every phrase. I'm reading The Yiddish Policemen's Union right now, and it perfectly merges both the pulp detective style with the dark brooding and desperate undercurrent of Jack London and the klondike authors. I highly, highly recommend it.

After that, maybe read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, a story of two cousins who are early pioneers in writing and drawing comic book. This is the book that won him the Pulitzer Prize.

DanaC · 06-03-2008, 09:36 AM

Quote:

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

That is a fabulous title!

Sheldonrs · 06-03-2008, 05:10 PM

www.sheldonsiegel.com

:-)

Undertoad · 06-03-2008, 05:14 PM

That's not you, that dude has hair.

Clodfobble · 06-04-2008, 10:02 AM

Not to mention a wife and two kids.

Sheldonrs · 06-04-2008, 12:38 PM

But he is a friend of mine sort of and he's actually really a nice guy.
And the books are really good too.

headsplice · 06-04-2008, 03:43 PM

Iain M. Banks

DanaC · 06-04-2008, 03:59 PM

Wonderful writer. Though I think i prefer the stuff he writes under Iain Banks, the 'straight' novels, rather than the Sci-fi.

Sundae · 06-04-2008, 06:20 PM

I think I prefer the sci-fi actually. They're longer!
Although just today I was thinking of one of the details from The Wasp Factory (about being able to tell what someone has been drinking from their farts)...

He writes things that stick in the mind!

"All your nonsenses and truths, your finery and squalid options..."

04-26-2008, 05:42 PM	#17
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	Haven't read em, but, I will check them out sometime when I'm not learning Russian 8 hours a day. Promise. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

04-27-2008, 06:49 PM	#19
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Really like David Weber's Honor Harrington series. And Ursula LeGuin has a new book out--Lavinia, about one of the characters in the Aeneid. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-02-2008, 11:51 PM	#20
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Randy Wayne White -secret agent florida stuff. disturbing in a good way. ish Carl Hiaasen -complet fruitcakesflorida stuff. funny, weird macabre, funny Jilly Cooper (Riders onwards) very british. hilarious, excellent characters and insight Steven Gillis literary fiction, varied, friend, but would diss if it was bad. Different. refreshing change. Bri's writing reminds me of this guy's work. Lindsey Davis Roman detective, but more about the character and the lifestyle than the mysteries Dick Francis -brit horse-racing related detective. dated. nostalgic and excellent character insight Janet Evanovich (avoid the seasonal specials) light, silly funny __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart Last edited by monster; 06-03-2008 at 12:00 AM.

06-02-2008, 11:56 PM	#21
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	(I'm working on the fleshing it out thing) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-03-2008, 09:26 AM	#22
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	Michael Chabon. A reviewer once said that Chabon only has one topic - male relationships. His books are very well-crafted, they are paced and constructed with care for every phrase. I'm reading The Yiddish Policemen's Union right now, and it perfectly merges both the pulp detective style with the dark brooding and desperate undercurrent of Jack London and the klondike authors. I highly, highly recommend it. After that, maybe read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, a story of two cousins who are early pioneers in writing and drawing comic book. This is the book that won him the Pulitzer Prize. __________________ to live and die in LA

04-26-2008, 10:27 AM	#16
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Have you looked at David Weber and John Ringo? They've done a lot of military SF.

04-27-2008, 06:14 PM	#18
Buffalo Bill Resident President Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kanesatake, Québec, Canada Posts: 86	Brian Lumley and Guy Des Cars

06-03-2008, 05:10 PM	#24
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	www.sheldonsiegel.com :-) __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

06-03-2008, 05:14 PM	#25
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	That's not you, that dude has hair.

06-04-2008, 10:02 AM	#26
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Not to mention a wife and two kids.

06-04-2008, 12:38 PM	#27
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	But he is a friend of mine sort of and he's actually really a nice guy. And the books are really good too. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

06-04-2008, 03:43 PM	#28
headsplice Relaxed Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 676	Iain M. Banks __________________ Don't Panic

06-04-2008, 03:59 PM	#29
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Wonderful writer. Though I think i prefer the stuff he writes under Iain Banks, the 'straight' novels, rather than the Sci-fi.

06-04-2008, 06:20 PM	#30
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I think I prefer the sci-fi actually. They're longer! Although just today I was thinking of one of the details from The Wasp Factory (about being able to tell what someone has been drinking from their farts)... He writes things that stick in the mind! "All your nonsenses and truths, your finery and squalid options..." __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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