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 Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 2:53 pm
I don't read how-to books. I've just never found them interesting. But I do read a lot of fantasy and Science Fiction, and I've found a lot that I've read have given me ideas for stories, and writing styles, and the like.
These are the books I feel have helped me the most.
The Neverending Story - Michael Ende
The Dark Tower series (7 books) - Stephen King
The Xanth series (Over 30 books) - Piers Anthony
The Landover series (4 books) - Terry Brooks
And almost everything by Bruce Coville
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:20 am
I like to mix it up, so while I like Enders Game and Orson Scott Card; I also like to read some fantasy like Mercedes Lackey Valdemar series. Oh and if anyone wants a good new author to read try S. L. Viehl. I believe the first book is called Star Doc and is very good.
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:14 pm
Saber Alli I like to mix it up, so while I like Enders Game and Orson Scott Card; I also like to read some fantasy like Mercedes Lackey Valdemar series. Oh and if anyone wants a good new author to read try S. L. Viehl. I believe the first book is called Star Doc and is very good.
Card is excellent, tho' he tends to re-write a lot of things (they just keep getting better and better every time he does, tho'), so isn't not as prolific as I'd like.
Lackey has a number of excellent series, including a few that she no longer writes (darn it!).
Viehl has a number of different series. I found her through the Darkyn series and plan to work my way thru the rest of her stuff as time and money permits.
I also love Jim Butcher's Harry Dresen series (quite a bit different from the scifi series, but every bit as tasty) and his Codex Alera series, Tanya Huff's books (yup, one of her series just got made into a tv series as well--Blood Ties, which is the name of the both book and tv series), the early Laurell Hamilton stuff (first book of the Gentry series, before it devolves into a sex fest, and the first 8-10 books of the Anita Blake series, again before it devolves into a sex/relationship fest), Anne Bishop's books (all 3 series--I broke down and got her last in hardback, despite money issues...), Charlaine Harris's Grave Site and Sookie Stackhouse series, Janet Evanovich's stuff (especially the Staphanie Plum series--it's a HOOT), and J. D. Robb's In Death series.
I could go on, but that's probably more than enough to give you an idea of what forms my own interests. What I like most and find interesting about each of those authors is how they create their own worlds, what they choose to populate them with, and how cohesively they make everything flow together--characters, settings, animals, creatures, magic, science, etc.
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