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 Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:52 am
Does anyone else here read a lot of sci-fi and fantasy authors from our parents generation? I'm talking about Piers Anthony (he's a genre unto himself), Marrion Zimmer Bradley, Mercedes Lackey, Andre Norton, David Eddings, and Raymond E. Fiest. If you do, which one do you think was the best of that era of writing. My personal pick for the best of that time is definatly Piers Anthony.
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:16 pm
Thorne Smith!
No one under the age of sixty has ever even heard of him. The Night Life of the Gods (published in 1931) is one of my absolute favorite books. It's about a scientist and his pixie girlfriend turning a bunch of statues of old Greco-Roman Gods back to life and gallivanting around New York.
Also, Peirs Anthony = Win.
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:37 pm
I've read some of Raymond E. Fiest new works but none of his older works and can't compare him to any of the others because I haven't read them....Marrion Zimmer Bradley you say....I actually have read some of The Mists of Avalon and I like it better then Raymond E. Fiest. As for Isaac Asimov I've only read I Robot but mother has The Stars Like Dust which I plan on reading when I finish the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. But Asimov is a good sci-fi author I want to read more of his works.
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:17 am
Having been introduced to the weird fiction of H.P. Lovecraft at the tender age of ten years old, (causing permanent damage to my psyche and possibly my cerebral cortex) I'm a major fan of fantasy and horror stories from the pulp era, i.e. Robert E. Howard, Henry Kuttner, C.L. Moore, Frank Belknap Long, Fritz Leiber, L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt, Clark Ashton Smith, and Frederic Brown. Does anyone else share my affliction?
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:51 am
godhi Having been introduced to the weird fiction of H.P. Lovecraft at the tender age of ten years old, (causing permanent damage to my psyche and possibly my cerebral cortex) I'm a major fan of fantasy and horror stories from the pulp era, i.e. Robert E. Howard, Henry Kuttner, C.L. Moore, Frank Belknap Long, Fritz Leiber, L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt, Clark Ashton Smith, and Frederic Brown. Does anyone else share my affliction? I was not introduced to those authors. My mother let me read her sci-fi, fantasy collection when I was in 7th grade and that was what I got hooked on. Half the time when I mention an author from her collection to someone else, they have no idea who I am talking about. The ones you metioned sounded interesting, do you have any book suggestions?
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:59 am
LOL, those are books of my generation - because I'm old sweatdrop
I'd recommend the HalfBlood Chronicles by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey. If I recall, the books are Elvenbane, Elvenblood and Elvenborn.
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:26 am
Gryphonchild godhi Having been introduced to the weird fiction of H.P. Lovecraft at the tender age of ten years old, (causing permanent damage to my psyche and possibly my cerebral cortex) I'm a major fan of fantasy and horror stories from the pulp era, i.e. Robert E. Howard, Henry Kuttner, C.L. Moore, Frank Belknap Long, Fritz Leiber, L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt, Clark Ashton Smith, and Frederic Brown. Does anyone else share my affliction? I was not introduced to those authors. My mother let me read her sci-fi, fantasy collection when I was in 7th grade and that was what I got hooked on. Half the time when I mention an author from her collection to someone else, they have no idea who I am talking about. The ones you mentioned sounded interesting, do you have any book suggestions?
Here are Wikipedia links to some of my favorite authors:
Clark Ashton Smith
L. Sprague deCamp
Frederic Brown
Fritz Leiber
H.P. Lovecraft
Manly Wade Wellman
Robert E. Howard
arrow Black Seas of Infinity by H.P. Lovecraft
arrow From These Ashes and Martians Go Home! by Frederic Brown*
arrow Night's Black Agents and Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber
arrow Who Fears the Devil? by Manly Wade Wellman
*Here is a link to the classic short-short story, Answer by Frederic Brown:
Answer
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:15 am
bookgoddesslibris LOL, those are books of my generation - because I'm old sweatdrop I'd recommend the HalfBlood Chronicles by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey. If I recall, the books are Elvenbane, Elvenblood and Elvenborn. I own all of those and endorse them as well. Mercedes Lackey was the first adult fantasy writer that my mom let me read. You should also try her Valdemar series. The first three chronolgically are The Black Gryphon, The White Gryphon, and The Sivler Gryphons. (bet you can guess where I got the idea for my username, huh?)
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:17 am
godhi Gryphonchild godhi Having been introduced to the weird fiction of H.P. Lovecraft at the tender age of ten years old, (causing permanent damage to my psyche and possibly my cerebral cortex) I'm a major fan of fantasy and horror stories from the pulp era, i.e. Robert E. Howard, Henry Kuttner, C.L. Moore, Frank Belknap Long, Fritz Leiber, L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt, Clark Ashton Smith, and Frederic Brown. Does anyone else share my affliction? I was not introduced to those authors. My mother let me read her sci-fi, fantasy collection when I was in 7th grade and that was what I got hooked on. Half the time when I mention an author from her collection to someone else, they have no idea who I am talking about. The ones you mentioned sounded interesting, do you have any book suggestions?
Clark Ashton Smith
L. Sprague deCamp
Frederic Brown
Fritz Leiber
H.P. Lovecraft
Manly Wade Wellman
Robert E. Howard
arrow Black Seas of Infinity by H.P. Lovecraft
arrow From These Ashes and Martians Go Home! by Frederic Brown*
arrow Night's Black Agents and Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber
arrow Who Fears the Devil? by Manly Wade Wellman
*Here is a link to the classic short-short story, Answer by Frederic Brown:
AnswerThanks I'll check some of those out.
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:40 pm
David Eddings and Piers Anthony are some of my favorite authors. I have yet to read any Xanth, but I love the Adept Series! Although, The Belgariad and The Mallorean are my favorite books!
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 4:53 pm
This is also my generation stuff, these authors were in the libraries at my middle and high schools. I have quite a collection of Mercedes Lackey, David Eddings and Piers Anthony on my shelves, and I'll say this. David Eddings was my favorite author for all of my teen years and into my twenties. Mercedes Lackey saw me through high school. If you think you like Christopher Paolini's work, you should read these two, Paolini obviously did and took notes. Unfortunately, I find that more recent works by these authors are not up to their earlier standards. David Eddings' latest series left me bored and frustrated. I don't even bother with Piers Anthony anymore, his books have a sexist undertone that bothers me now that I'm an adult. Mercedes Lackey, I think, is churning out the books too quickly to really pay attention to the quality of the work, and it is suffering.
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:37 am
Delishka This is also my generation stuff, these authors were in the libraries at my middle and high schools. I have quite a collection of Mercedes Lackey, David Eddings and Piers Anthony on my shelves, and I'll say this. David Eddings was my favorite author for all of my teen years and into my twenties. Mercedes Lackey saw me through high school. If you think you like Christopher Paolini's work, you should read these two, Paolini obviously did and took notes. Unfortunately, I find that more recent works by these authors are not up to their earlier standards. David Eddings' latest series left me bored and frustrated. I don't even bother with Piers Anthony anymore, his books have a sexist undertone that bothers me now that I'm an adult. Mercedes Lackey, I think, is churning out the books too quickly to really pay attention to the quality of the work, and it is suffering. I agree. I really just love Lackey's Valdemar books and Most of the Bedlam books. As for the sexist tones of Piers Anthony, you got to take in the context of the time most of his books were written and his own age. He was writing for a 1960-1970's sci-fi, fantasy crowd which, at that time, was mainly male. He was writing before MZB, McCaffery, and Lackey became big and brought women into the mainstream sci-fi and fantasy world. So while his sexist tones do not seem appriate now, they aren't that bad if you take them in context.
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:23 am
H.G. Wells. I've only read The Time Machine so far, but that book blew me away. My personal interpretations didn't really add up with his intent, but the last line has stayed with me as I'm sure Wells wished it would.
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Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:12 am
I love David Eddings!!!!!!! heart heart heart heart
He's my personal favorite author though I've only read the Belgariad, the Mallorean and the accompanying novels (Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress) but stillI would highly reccomend him!!!!!
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Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 5:14 pm
Hold on, you are all missing a writer of my fathers generation, the one and only Isaac Asimov.
If you don't think he's that great, than you obviosly haven't read his work.
I, Robot, The Caves of Steel, you have to read them
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