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weeelll, thats over quite a few years, and plus i passed year 12 reading fantasy and sci-fi books!
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but theres more! hehe

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Female authors ...

well I started out with Katherine Kerr, Im hanging out for her last book
Kate Forsyth, great if you like witches, wars and fairy creatures
Trudi Canavan, a newie just released her second book
Lynn Flewelling, she has two series, the nightrinner series and the Tamir triad, both enjoyable

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Do you do anything else?

Dear God.

I have only read like :
Fiona McIntosh
Sara Douglass
Robin Hobb
Elizabeth Moon

from that list you gave. Of course there are a number of Male writers I have read as well.

Maybe I should quit my job? Doh! How the hell am I going to pay for all those books if I do. Catch 22?

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OMG!!
Lisa you missed Robert Jordan!
ok, I realise alot of ppl hate his work...but not me. As for George Martin, the books are really worth the read.
I'm notoriously fussy when it comes to fantasy and have read about 1/3rd of the woman and 1/4 of the men authors. If it doesn't grab me at the end of the first book it gets donated to the local library ">

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male fantasy guys i have read (and am still reading)

1. Piers Anthony (though the Xanth novels are getting boring now and over Punned)
2. Robert Asprin ("Myth-ing Persons" as a title just says it all)
3. James P. Blaycock
4. Terry Brookes (*argh* i want mass paperback Antrax)
5. Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl had me in stitches and nearly wetting myself on the train towards the end of the book)
6. Hugh Cook (i made myself read these ones, didnt like them much though)
7. Gordon R. Dickson (the dragon knight series is a killer!)
8. David (& Leigh) Eddings (like Lisa, i think ive outgrown the belgariad and the others, but i liked althalus myself, though i wish he had made it at least two books, it takes up too much room in my bag)
9. Greg Egan (did not like terenasia)
10. Raymond E. Fiest (just started all the ones dad has, good so far)
11. David Gemmell (kinda grew on me, like mould)
12. Lyndon Hardy (kept putting off reading them, but picked one up and couldnt put it down till id finished the trilogy)
13. Robert Holdstock
14. Ian Irvine (kinda like them, waffle a bit though)
15. Mike Jefferies
16. Robert Jordan (when he gets to the main action i like the books! he describes things a bit much!)
17. C.S. Lewis (one of the first fantasy i read when i was 5)
18. R.A. MacAvoy (the book of kells was interesting)
19. Julian May (hang on aint she a girl??)
20. Dave Morris (i went through a RPG stage there once)
21. Terry Pratchett (i lurve the discworld books!)
22. R.A. Salvatore (okay, when inm in the mood)
23. Tolkien (took me AGES to read them, which is unusual for moi)
24. Gene Wolfe
25. oh and all the star wars, star trek books with Kevin J. Anderson

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well, my dad has been building the collection up for years, i've only been adding to it for the last couple of years, and i do do other stuff....sometimes.... ">

anyone want a list of male readers??

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I heard of most of those girls. Have read... maybe half of them, and of those half, only about half of them have really stuck with me. I don't think Janny Wurts is aussie... I might be wrong though.

Hmm, male authors on my shelf.

1. David Eddings (I think I have out grown him now, even though he was my first... hehe. Couldn't read Althalus, was too... eh)
2. Raymond Feist (classic epics like no other...)
3. David Gemmell (there is no beating Jon Shannow, but his books are starting to get a little... stale)
4. Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park is brilliant... and his other books are good too)
5. Terry Brooks (classic Shannara... the new Running with the Demon books are great)
6. Kenneth Flint (ever heard of him? used to write celtic mythology, but I think he's disappeared now)
7. Tad Williams (Memory Sorrow and Thorn, great books, haven't read any others, I think Fiona has though...)
8. Sean Russell (my new hero. Loved the One Kingdom. brilliant imagry)
9. Steven King (eh, read one, read 'em all...)
10. Dale Elvy (awaiting the second Spirit Shinto book, due out soon)
11. Douglas Adams (enough said)
12. Timothy Zahn (sci-fi but good anyway, hehe. life would be better if I could find a copy of the second conquerers book...)
13. Edgar Allen Poe (enough said)
14. George RR Martin (liked Game of Thrones, but haven't read on, people apparently can't get enough of him)
15. Tolkein (hmm, maybe if I read these again, I would actually fall asleep at night...)

There are others, can't see them or think of them at the moment though.

Couple of girlies I'd like to add...

1. Laurel Hamilton. (Anita Blake kicks good butt)
2. Lynn Flewelling (Bone Dolls Twin very good)
and just because she wrote two good books
3. Anne Rice

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Tvahlya,

Do you do anything other than read?

Of these guys you list ive read C.S. Lewis Narnia series, a bit of David Eddings, and a bit of Robert Jordan.

I bought a book by Andrew Whitmore (Fireflaught). It looked promising but it flopped. He has such lovely discriptions, but its mostly about discriptions and not much action.

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I have just a few more to add

Terry goodkind ( sword of truth series)
Dave farland (Rune lord series)
dennis Jones


as for female authours here are a few of my favorites
melanie rawn
alma hromic
mindy klassey
anne bishop
julia gray
sarah zettle

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I don't know, work gets hectic for a couple of weeks (year-end tax planning time does that to us accountants) which means I don't have time to visit the board and everybody goes post crazy! And Fiona isn't even here.

Since everybody else is doing it I just thought I'd list the Fantasy authors on my book shelves, both male and female:

Lloyd Alexander
Poul and Karen Anderson
Mark Anthony
Piers Anthony
Elizabeth Boyer
Marion Bradley
Chas Brenchley
Kristen Britain
Terry Brooks
C J Cherryh
Susan Dexter
Stephen Donaldson
Carol Nelson Douglas
Sara Douglass
David and Leigh Eddings
Kate Elliott
Steven Erikson
Jennifer Fallon
David Farland
Raymond Feist
Lynn Flewelling
Kenneth C Flint
Alan Dean Foster
Maggie Furey
David Gemmell
Mary Gentle
Terry Goodkind
Tracey Harding
Lyndon Hardy
Elizabeth Haydon
Marcus Herniman
Robin Hobb
William Horwood
Ian Irvine
Kate Jacoby
Mike Jeffries
Oliver Johnson
JV Jones
Robert Jordan
Guy Gavriel Kay
Katherine Kerr
CS Lewis
Morgan LLywelyn
John Marco
George RR Martin
Julian May
D McAvoy
Fiona McIntosh
Dennis McKiernan
Martin Middleton
LE Modesitt Jr
Michael Moorcock
Douglas Niles
Melanie Rawn
Jennifer Roberson
JK Rowling
Sean Russell
Elizabeth Scarborough
Tony Shillitoe
Robert Silverberg
Sherri S Tepper
JRR Tolkien
Jack Vance
Weiss and Hickman
Jane Welch
Tad Williams
Gene Wolfe
Patricia C Wrede
Janny Wurts

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Oh oh oh!!!! You have Kenneth C Flint too!!! You must be about the only other person in the world who's got his books (well, in my world anyway, and it's rather small these days). And Sean Russell... I have only the One Kingdom. Do you have others?? What are they like??

And do you seriously alphabetise your books?? I tried that once... but now it's just my CDs, DVDs and videos that are alphabetised. ">

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Lisa

No I don't alphabetise all my books - just by author, and within author by publication date. I know its very sad but what's the point of having lots of books on bookshelves if you have to search everywhere to find a given book.

Plus I tend to be a bit of a library for friends so keeping them all in order helps me to keep track of what's been borrowed.

I'm somewhat scared that you have books by Kenneth Flint. I thought I was the only person alive who had heard of him let alone owned some of his books (admittedly only 3 in my case).

In relation to Sean Russell, like you I have only read The One Kingdom. But that was so enjoyable that I will be going out to buy another one as soon as I finish the last of Chaz Brenchley's Outremer series - which I am going to force myself to read now that I have finished Wizardborn by David Farland.

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Big Hills, re Flint.

I have... Otherworld, Cromm, The Hound of Cullan, Champions of the Sidhe, Master of the Sidhe, Challenge of the Clans and Storm Shield. Am missing the Riders of the Sidhe and Dark Druid. I've read them both but they're out of print so I can't get copies. ">

I will definitely be out getting the next Sean Russell book. The story was a bit... hard to get at first, but the imagery was just fantastic... and of course I am now hooked on the story.

Fiona, you love us anyway...

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Ooh, ooh. Back on the original thread... I would add C.S. Friedman. All of her books are great:

In Conquest Born
Madness Season
Coldfire Trilogy
This Alien Shore

Try her out if you haven't.

Brad

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You lot are scary. I'll never keep up with you!

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C.S> Friedman is difficult to get in Australia but I agree with BB they are a fantastic read... she is a great writer.

Cheers steve

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Some that haven't been mentioned that I didn't mind
Katherine Kurtz - the Deryni books
E Gary Gygax - the Gord the rogue series
Michael Moorcock - endless champion series (and it really seemed to be at times with all the different series tying in together)
Philip José Farmer - Riverworld series

just to name a few extra.........

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. Albert Einstein