{"id":6770,"date":"2015-08-02T13:06:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-02T17:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=6770"},"modified":"2016-06-17T18:54:26","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T22:54:26","slug":"authors-you-cant-go-wrong-with-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/authors-you-cant-go-wrong-with-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Authors you can&#8217;t go wrong with, part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This list continues from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/authors-you-cant-go-wrong-with-part-2\/\">part 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>James Alan Gardner<\/h2>\n<p>All of Gardner&#8217;s science fiction books are set in his League of Peoples universe. Sadly he hasn&#8217;t published a book in the last 10 years.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Radiant<\/li>\n<li>Gravity Wells (collection)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>Expendable<\/li>\n<li>Commitment Hour<\/li>\n<li>Vigilant<\/li>\n<li>Hunted<\/li>\n<li>Ascending<\/li>\n<li>Trapped<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Frank Herbert<\/h2>\n<p>Herbert is best known for <strong>Dune<\/strong> and its sequels. Even if it doesn&#8217;t become one of your favourite books, it&#8217;s still well worth reading.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li><em>Dune series<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Dune<\/li>\n<li>Children of Dune<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li><em>Dune series<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Dune Messiah<\/li>\n<li>God Emperor of Dune<\/li>\n<li>Heretics of Dune<\/li>\n<li>Chapterhouse: Dune<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Eye (collection)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Karin Lowachee<\/h2>\n<p>Lowachee burst on the scene with a trio of brilliant science fiction books in her <strong>Warchild<\/strong> universe &#8212; she&#8217;s since branched out into fantasy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>Warchild<\/li>\n<li>Burndive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good book\n<ul>\n<li>Cagebird<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Scott Mackay<\/h2>\n<p>Mackay hasn&#8217;t published any science fiction lately, but his books always have intriguing ideas.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>Outpost<\/li>\n<li>The Meek<\/li>\n<li>Orbis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Will McIntosh<\/h2>\n<p>McIntosh&#8217;s first book is a scary one, imagining that the world goes downhill gradually &#8212; with people ending up struggling to survive.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Soft Apocalypse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>Hitchers<\/li>\n<li>Love Minus Eighty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Kim Stanley Robinson<\/h2>\n<p>The vast majority of Robinson&#8217;s books are science fiction, but his recent book <strong>Shaman<\/strong> takes place thousands of years ago.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li><em>Three Californias<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>The Wild Shore<\/li>\n<li>The Gold Coast<\/li>\n<li>Pacfic Edge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2312<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great book\n<ul>\n<li>Shaman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good book\n<ul>\n<li>Red Mars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>John Scalzi<\/h2>\n<p>Scalzi always has fascinating ideas and a terrific sense of humour.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>Old Man&#8217;s War<\/li>\n<li>The Android&#8217;s Dream<\/li>\n<li>Redshirts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Clifford D. Simak<\/h2>\n<p>Simak&#8217;s masterpiece takes place far in the future when the world is populated by dogs and humans are a myth.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>City<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>Over the River and Through the Woods (collection)<\/li>\n<li>Project Pope<\/li>\n<li>Way Station<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good book\n<ul>\n<li>Highway of Eternity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Joan Slonczewski<\/h2>\n<p>When asked to name my favourite book I will say Slonczewski&#8217;s <strong>A Door Into Ocean<\/strong>. Slonczewksi, a biology professor, is also co-author of a textbook.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>A Door Into Ocean<\/li>\n<li>Brain Plague<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>Still Forms on Foxfield<\/li>\n<li>The Wall Around Eden<\/li>\n<li>Daughter of Elysium<\/li>\n<li>The Highest Frontier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good book\n<ul>\n<li>The Children Star<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.<\/h2>\n<p>Vonnegut&#8217;s experiences in World War II led directly to the book <strong>Slaughterhouse-Five<\/strong>, which is the one that put him on the map.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>Cat&#8217;s Cradle<\/li>\n<li>The Sirens of Titan<\/li>\n<li>Slaughterhouse-Five<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This list continues from part 2. James Alan Gardner All of Gardner&#8217;s science fiction books are set in his League of Peoples universe. Sadly he hasn&#8217;t published a book in the last 10 years. Masterpieces Radiant Gravity Wells (collection) Great books Expendable Commitment Hour Vigilant Hunted Ascending Trapped Frank Herbert Herbert is best known for [&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-6770","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\/6770","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=6770"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6895,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6770\/revisions\/6895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}