{"id":6840,"date":"2015-08-02T21:24:48","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T01:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=6840"},"modified":"2019-03-02T13:21:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T18:21:20","slug":"authors-you-cant-go-wrong-with-part-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/authors-you-cant-go-wrong-with-part-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Authors you can&#8217;t go wrong with, part 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This list continues from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/authors-you-cant-go-wrong-with-part-5\/\">part 5<\/a>. It contains 60 authors, and I&#8217;m going to call it done for now.<\/p>\n<h2>Ray Bradbury<\/h2>\n<p>Bradbury&#8217;s masterpiece is a linked sequence of stories set on Mars, where humans are colonizing despite the Martian inhabitants.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>The Martian Chronicles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great book\n<ul>\n<li>Fahrenheit 451<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good book\n<ul>\n<li>Dandelion Wine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>David Brin<\/h2>\n<p>Both of Brin&#8217;s books I&#8217;ve read so far are almost masterpieces.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>Kiln People<\/li>\n<li>The Postman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ted Chiang<\/h2>\n<p>Chiang is not very prolific and he&#8217;s only published short stories &#8212; but every story is a masterpiece.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Stories of Your Life and Others (collection)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>A. C. Crispin<\/h2>\n<p>Crispin&#8217;s masterpiece takes place after <strong>Star Trek VI<\/strong>, when Sarek&#8217;s first wife Amanda is dying.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li><em>Star Trek<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Sarek<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li><em>Star Trek<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Yesterday&#8217;s Son<\/li>\n<li>Time for Yesterday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>The Eyes of the Beholders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Michael Jan Friedman<\/h2>\n<p>Friedman was also the writer of the <strong>Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/strong> comic book for many years.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li><em>Star Trek<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Double, Double<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>A Call to Darkness<\/li>\n<li>Death in Winter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li><em>Star Trek<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Legacy<\/li>\n<li>Faces of Fire<\/li>\n<li>The Disinherited (with Peter David &amp; Robert Greenberger)<\/li>\n<li>Shadows on the Sun<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Doomsday World (with Carmen Carter, Peter David &amp; Robert Greenberger)<\/li>\n<li>Fortune&#8217;s Light<\/li>\n<li>Requiem (with Kevin Ryan)<\/li>\n<li>Reunion<\/li>\n<li>Crossover<\/li>\n<li>Kahless<\/li>\n<li>The Captain&#8217;s Table &#8212; Dujonian&#8217;s Hoard<\/li>\n<li>The Modala Imperative (graphic novel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good books\n<ul>\n<li><em>Star Trek<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>My Brother&#8217;s Keeper &#8212; Republic<\/li>\n<li>My Brother&#8217;s Keeper &#8212; Constitution<\/li>\n<li>My Brother&#8217;s Keeper &#8212; Enterprise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>Star Trek: Stargazer<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Oblivion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>William Gibson<\/h2>\n<p>Gibson is known for being a pioneer in the cyberpunk genre &#8212; he invented the word &#8220;cyberspace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great book\n<ul>\n<li>Pattern Recognition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good books\n<ul>\n<li>Burning Chrome (collection)<\/li>\n<li>Neuromancer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Joe Haldeman<\/h2>\n<p>Several of Haldeman&#8217;s books stem from his experience in the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>The Forever War<\/li>\n<li>The Accidental Time Machine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good books\n<ul>\n<li>Forever Peace<\/li>\n<li>Forever Free<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Barbara Hambly<\/h2>\n<p>Hambly wrote fantasy for many years but now writes mainly mystery and historical fiction.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li><em>Star Trek<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Ishmael<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>Winterlands<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Dragonsbane<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li><em>Star Trek<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Ghost-Walker<\/li>\n<li>Crossroad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>Darwath<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>The Time of the Dark<\/li>\n<li>The Walls of Air<\/li>\n<li>The Armies of Daylight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>Sun Wolf and Starhawk<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>The Ladies of Mandrigyn<\/li>\n<li>The Witches of Wenshar<\/li>\n<li>The Dark Hand of Magic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>Winterlands<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Dragonshadow<\/li>\n<li>Knight of the Demon Queen<\/li>\n<li>Dragonstar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>The Windrose Chronicles<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>The Silent Tower<\/li>\n<li>The Silicon Mage<\/li>\n<li>Dog Wizard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Search the Seven Hills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>J. Gregory Keyes<\/h2>\n<p>Keyes also publishes under the name Greg Keyes, and has written science fiction and fantasy outside the <strong>Babylon 5<\/strong> universe.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li><em>Babylon 5<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Final Reckoning &#8212; The Fate of Bester<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li><em>Babylon 5<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Dark Genesis &#8212; The Birth of the Psi Cops<\/li>\n<li>Deadly Relations &#8212; Bester Ascendant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Jack McDevitt<\/h2>\n<p>McDevitt&#8217;s science fiction is highly entertaining &#8212; you&#8217;ll end up in a different place than you expected.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great books\n<ul>\n<li>Ancient Shores<\/li>\n<li>Eternity Road<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This list continues from part 5. It contains 60 authors, and I&#8217;m going to call it done for now. Ray Bradbury Bradbury&#8217;s masterpiece is a linked sequence of stories set on Mars, where humans are colonizing despite the Martian inhabitants. Masterpiece The Martian Chronicles Great book Fahrenheit 451 Good book Dandelion Wine David Brin Both [&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-6840","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\/6840","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=6840"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13983,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6840\/revisions\/13983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}