{"id":6766,"date":"2015-08-01T22:50:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-02T02:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=6766"},"modified":"2016-06-17T18:55:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T22:55:06","slug":"authors-you-cant-go-wrong-with-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/authors-you-cant-go-wrong-with-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Authors you can&#8217;t go wrong with, part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you pick up any book by these authors, you will be well rewarded. There may be some off-by-one errors in my ratings for books I read many years ago, but this gives you a good idea of the books I like.<\/p>\n<h2>Isaac Asimov<\/h2>\n<p>Asimov wrote more books than just about anybody, in a wide variety of fields. In particular he was a master at both science fiction and science.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Foundation series<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Foundation and Empire<\/li>\n<li>Second Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Foundation&#8217;s Edge<\/li>\n<li>Foundation and Earth<\/li>\n<li>Prelude to Foundation<\/li>\n<li>Forward the Foundation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The End of Eternity<\/li>\n<li>The Gods Themselves<\/li>\n<li>I, Robot (collection)<\/li>\n<li>Nightfall and Other Stories (collection)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>The Caves of Steel<\/li>\n<li>Gold (collection)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Orson Scott Card<\/h2>\n<p>Card is a master of both science fiction and fantasy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Ender Saga<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Ender&#8217;s Game<\/li>\n<li>Speaker for the Dead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>The Shadow Saga<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Ender&#8217;s Shadow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>The Tales of Alvin Maker<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Seventh Son<\/li>\n<li>Red Prophet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pastwatch<\/li>\n<li>Maps in a Mirror (collection)<\/li>\n<li>Keeper of Dreams (collection)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Ender Saga<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Xenocide<\/li>\n<li>Children of the Mind<\/li>\n<li>First Meetings (collection)<\/li>\n<li>Ender in Exile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>The Shadow Saga<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Shadow of the Hegemon<\/li>\n<li>Shadow Puppets<\/li>\n<li>Shadow of the Giant<\/li>\n<li>Shadows in Flight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>The Tales of Alvin Maker<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Prentice Alvin<\/li>\n<li>Alvin Journeyman<\/li>\n<li>Heartfire<\/li>\n<li>The Crystal City<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Homebody<\/li>\n<li>Enchantment<\/li>\n<li>Magic Street<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Arthur C. Clarke<\/h2>\n<p>Clarke was a master at both science fiction and science. He co-wrote the screenplay for <strong>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/strong> with Stanley Kubrick.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>The Nine Billions Names of God (collection)<\/li>\n<li>Expedition to Earth (collection)<\/li>\n<li>Childhood&#8217;s End<\/li>\n<li>The City and the Stars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>2001: A Space Odyssey<\/li>\n<li>The Fountains of Paradise<\/li>\n<li>Rendezvous with Rama<\/li>\n<li>The Songs of Distant Earth<\/li>\n<li>1984 Spring: A Choice of Futures (nonfiction)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Julie E. Czerneda<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ve only read Czerneda&#8217;s science fiction books so far, but lately she&#8217;s branched out into fantasy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li><em>Species Imperative<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Survival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li><em>Trade Pact trilogy<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>A Thousand Words for Stranger<\/li>\n<li>Ties of Power<\/li>\n<li>To Trade the Stars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>Web Shifters<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Beholder&#8217;s Eye<\/li>\n<li>Changing Vision<\/li>\n<li>Hidden in Sight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In the Company of Others<\/li>\n<li><em>Species Imperative<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Migration<\/li>\n<li>Regeneration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Guy Gavriel Kay<\/h2>\n<p>Every one of Kay&#8217;s fantasy books is brilliant. His books are typically more like historical fiction, with very little magic.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Tigana<\/li>\n<li>A Song for Arbonne<\/li>\n<li><em>The Sarantine Mosaic<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Sailing to Sarantium<\/li>\n<li>Lord of Emperors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li><em> The Fionovar Tapestry<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>The Summer Tree<\/li>\n<li>The Wandering Fire<\/li>\n<li>The Darkest Road<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Lions of Al-Rassan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ursula K. Le Guin<\/h2>\n<p>Le Guin is a master at both fantasy and science fiction. It seems she&#8217;s retired from writing novels, but she&#8217;s left an amazing legacy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li><em>Earthsea<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>A Wizard of Earthsea<\/li>\n<li>The Tombs of Atuan<\/li>\n<li>The Farthest Shore<\/li>\n<li>Tehanu<\/li>\n<li>Tales from Earthsea<\/li>\n<li>The Other Wind<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Left Hand of Darkness<\/li>\n<li>The Dispossessed<\/li>\n<li>The Telling<\/li>\n<li>The Birthday of the World (collection)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>Rocannon&#8217;s World<\/li>\n<li>Planet of Exile<\/li>\n<li>City of Illusions<\/li>\n<li>The Lathe of Heaven<\/li>\n<li>The Language of the Night (nonfiction)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Anne Rice<\/h2>\n<p>Rice writes books that are infused with history and details that will almost make you believe vampires and\/or witches are real.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Vampire Chronicles<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Interview with the Vampire<\/li>\n<li>The Vampire Lestat<\/li>\n<li>The Queen of the Damned<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>Lives of the Mayfair Witches<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>The Witching Hour<\/li>\n<li>Lasher<\/li>\n<li>Taltos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Robert J. Sawyer<\/h2>\n<p>Sawyer writes science fiction books that contain ideas worth thinking about, and characters worth meeting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Golden Fleece<\/li>\n<li>Starplex<\/li>\n<li>Factoring Humanity<\/li>\n<li>Calculating God<\/li>\n<li>Iterations (collection)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Neanderthal Parallax<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Hominids<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Identity Theft and Other Stories (collection)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Quintaglio Ascension<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Far-Seer<\/li>\n<li>Fossil Hunter<\/li>\n<li>Foreigner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>End of an Era<\/li>\n<li>The Terminal Experiment<\/li>\n<li>Frameshift<\/li>\n<li>Illegal Alien<\/li>\n<li>Flashforward<\/li>\n<li><em>The Neanderthal Parallax<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Humans<\/li>\n<li>Hybrids<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mindscan<\/li>\n<li>Rollback<\/li>\n<li><em>The WWW trilogy<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Wake<\/li>\n<li>Watch<\/li>\n<li>Wonder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Triggers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Neal Stephenson<\/h2>\n<p>Stephenson&#8217;s science fiction novels will help prepare you for the future.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Snow Crash<\/li>\n<li>The Diamond Age<\/li>\n<li>Cryptonomicon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>The Big U<\/li>\n<li>In the Beginning&#8230; was the Command Line (nonfiction)<\/li>\n<li>Some Remarks (mostly nonfiction)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Robert Charles Wilson<\/h2>\n<p>Wilson is a master at stories that feature a world-changing event and fascinating characters who react to that event.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>The Harvest<\/li>\n<li>Darwinia<\/li>\n<li>The Chronoliths<\/li>\n<li>Blind Lake<\/li>\n<li><em>The Spin series<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Spin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Perseids and Other Stories (collection)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>Mysterium<\/li>\n<li><em>The Spin series<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Axis<\/li>\n<li>Vortex<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Julian Comstock<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good book\n<ul>\n<li>Bios<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you pick up any book by these authors, you will be well rewarded. There may be some off-by-one errors in my ratings for books I read many years ago, but this gives you a good idea of the books I like. Isaac Asimov Asimov wrote more books than just about anybody, in a wide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[87,7,42],"class_list":["post-6766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-thoughts","tag-authors","tag-book","tag-lists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6766"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6866,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6766\/revisions\/6866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}