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Top 10 New Sci-Fi/SF Authors?

Posted by Cliff on from the rate-the-new-talent dept.

Dukebytes asks: "I am looking for the new RAH/Piers Anthony/Roger Zelazny/Weis & Hickman etc..., of the world. I have read just about everything I could find on King Aurthur, all of the Dragon Lance stuff, and all or most of the 'old school' hardcore. I don't know, I have maybe 4000 books at home, most of them Scifi/SF. I am looking for some new stuff. I haven't bought any kind of book other than techie for more than 2 years. I just keep reading the ones that I have over and over and over. What are you guys reading? If it is a series, please list ALL of the books in it!"

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  1. Too obvious? by dmah · · Score: 5, Informative

    Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon, Snow Crash, Diamond Age.

  2. Neil Gaiman by demi · · Score: 5, Informative

    His books are better than they have a right to be. Don't know about series, but I really enjoyed American Gods, Stardust is a great adult fairy tale, and Neverwhere was the book that got me reading fantasy again after a decade-long break.

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    demi
  3. Dozois anthologies by Onan+The+Librarian · · Score: 5, Informative

    Gardner Dozois edits a yearly anthology of science fiction that has turned me on to a variety of excellent new (and not-so-new) authors. To name a few whose work I'll read anytime: Lucius Shepard, William Sanders, Michael Swanwick, Robert Reed, Howard Waldrop, Terry Bisson, Ursula LeGuin, Mike Resnick, Kathryn Rusch, Karen Fowler... well, just about anyone he selects. I know there are other interesting yearly anthologies out there, and occasionally I buy one, but I've been purchasing Dozois's every year for the past 8 years. Worth checking out, might even be at your local library.

  4. Internet Top 100 List by chandoni · · Score: 5, Informative

    As much as I hate to do this to the site, check out the Internet Top 100 list. Google it if it's slashdotted.

  5. Where to start? by Nicholas+Schumacher · · Score: 5, Informative

    Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash, Cyrptonomicon, The Diamond Age)
    Guy Gavreil Key (The Fionavar Tapestry)
    Lois McMaster Bujold (the Vorkosigan books)
    Mercedes Lackey (the Valdemar novels)
    Michael A. Stackpole (Dragoncrown cycle)
    Spider Robinson (the early Callahan books)

    and a must read:
    Terry Pratchett (Diskworld novels)

    Those should keep you busy for a while :-)

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    -Nick
    My name is Obi-Wan Kenobi. You killed my master. Prepare to die.