RE: completely off-topic question...

Just for the record, LeGuin's novel is entitled "The Dispossessed". But I agree that it's a great book.  

Just reread Asimov's "The Gods Themselves" two weeks ago. My favorite of his books, I stopped reading them when he started combining them into one mish mash of a future history.  

Whoever said Zelazny was one of their favorites, full agreement here. Lord of Light is probably my all time favorite sf work.  

Another current author worth checking out is Lois McMaster Bujold. She rights very fast moving, *very* readable sf novels (the whole Vorkosigan series, I'd recommend reading them in order) and has one excellent fantasy: The Spirit Ring.  

For current fantasy, I really like Stephen Brust, though he can be uneven. Still, if you're a fan of the The Three Musketeers then his book The Phoenix Guards is absolutely hilarious.  

And Rachel: I'm afraid I can't speak to you any more now that I know you don't like Tolkien :).  

Jay Miller

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rachel Carmichael [ mailto:carmichr_at_hotmail.com
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> I prefer Science Fantasy to Science Fiction (Marion Zimmer
> Bradley, Anne
> McCaffrey)

I'm the same way. I don't keep up with all the new authors, but someone needs to mention Larry Niven (his "known space" series is the one that taught me the acronym "tanstaafl") and Ursula K. LeGuin ("The Unpossessed" is one of my favourite books of all time; unfortunately she wasn't very prolific).

And of course an obeisance to Isaac Asimov. I can honestly say I think I've read all his science-fiction novels and short stories. H. G. Wells and Jules Verne should not be forgotten either.

Amongst the more recent authors I've encountered, I always recommend C. J. Cherryh (try "Downbelow Station" and "Cyteen") and Kim Stanley Robinson ("Red Mars", "Green Mars", "Blue Mars" - an excellent description of what problems a new society might run into on Mars)

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