{"id":6768,"date":"2015-08-02T11:27:28","date_gmt":"2015-08-02T15:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=6768"},"modified":"2016-06-17T18:54:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T22:54:45","slug":"authors-you-cant-go-wrong-with-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/authors-you-cant-go-wrong-with-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Authors you can&#8217;t go wrong with, part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This list continues from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/authors-you-cant-go-wrong-with-part-1\/\">part 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Douglas Adams<\/h2>\n<p>Adams&#8217; most famous work, the <strong>Hitch Hiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy<\/strong> series, started out as a radio show. He also worked on TV shows and computer games. <strong>The Hitch Hiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy<\/strong> is the funniest book ever written.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li><em>Hitch Hiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>The Hitch Hiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy<\/li>\n<li>The Restaurant at the End of the Universe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Last Chance to See (nonfiction, with Mark Carwardine)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li><em>Hitch Hiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Life, the Universe and Everything<\/li>\n<li>So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good book\n<ul>\n<li><em>Hitch Hiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Mostly Harmless<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Strange little book\n<ul>\n<li>The Meaning of Liff (with John Lloyd)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Iain M. Banks<\/h2>\n<p>Banks&#8217; science fiction books are mostly in his <strong>Culture<\/strong> series, in which the stories in each book are unconnected but take place in the same universe.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>The Player of Games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>Consider Phlebas<\/li>\n<li>Use of Weapons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Stephen Baxter<\/h2>\n<p>Baxter had the audacity to write a sequel to H.G. Wells&#8217; <strong>The Time Machine<\/strong> &#8212; but it was brilliant. His novel that told the story of various species of mammals millions of years apart was also brilliant.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Evolution<\/li>\n<li>The Time Ships<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li><em>Time&#8217;s Tapestry<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Emperor<\/li>\n<li>Conqueror<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good but very science-y\n<ul>\n<li>Manifold: Time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Alfred Bester<\/h2>\n<p>Bester wrote some brilliant science fiction and then sadly left the field for many years, working in television and magazines. The character of Alfred Bester in <strong>Babylon 5<\/strong> was named after him.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>The Demolished Man<\/li>\n<li>The Stars My Destination<\/li>\n<li>Virtual Unrealities (collection)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>Redemolished (collection)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Philip K. Dick<\/h2>\n<p>Dick became more famous after his death, when his work became the source for a bunch of movies &#8212; the best of which are <strong>Blade Runner<\/strong>, <strong>Minority Report<\/strong>, and <strong>The Adjustment Bureau<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>The Man in the High Castle<\/li>\n<li>Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick (collection)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?<\/li>\n<li>Ubik<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Jim Munroe<\/h2>\n<p>Munroe has only written four books but they&#8217;re all worth reading. He&#8217;s also worked on graphic novels, video games, and movies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask<\/li>\n<li>Angry Young Spaceman<\/li>\n<li>Everyone in Silico<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good book\n<ul>\n<li>An Opening Act of Unspeakable Evil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sean Russell<\/h2>\n<p>Russell started out writing fantasies, but lately he&#8217;s branched out to historical fiction.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li><em>Initiate Brother<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>The Initiate Brother<\/li>\n<li>Gatherer of Clouds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li><em>Moontide and Magic Rise<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>World Without End<\/li>\n<li>Sea Without a Shore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Dan Simmons<\/h2>\n<p>Simmons has written in several genres, but his four-volume science fiction series is brilliant.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li><em>Hyperion Cantos<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Hyperion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li><em>Hyperion Cantos<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>The Fall of Hyperion<\/li>\n<li>Endymion<\/li>\n<li>The Rise of Endymion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Vernor Vinge<\/h2>\n<p>Vinge helped popularize the idea of the &#8220;singularity,&#8221; the point at which artificial intelligence is created &#8212; he proposes that there is no way to predict what will happen after this event.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li><em>Realtime\/Bobble series<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Marooned in Realtime<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>Zones of Thought series<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>A Fire Upon the Deep<\/li>\n<li>A Deepness in the Sky<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li><em>Realtime\/Bobble series<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>The Peace War<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Connie Willis<\/h2>\n<p>Willis has written several brilliant books about time travel, and one brilliant book about near-death experiences.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Doomsday Book<\/li>\n<li>To Say Nothing of the Dog<\/li>\n<li>Passage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>Lincoln&#8217;s Dreams<\/li>\n<li>Impossible Things (collection)<\/li>\n<li>Bellweather<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good books\n<ul>\n<li>Remake<\/li>\n<li>Uncharted Territory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This list continues from part 1. 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