10 Amazing Fantasy Authors part 2

Posted by on Sep 22, 2011 in Book History, Booking the News, Featured | 68 comments

This is part 2 of 3: Read part 1 [ here ]

Last time we realized that we had just too many amazing authors so we split it up into three great groupings of authors. We hope you enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

J. R. R. Tolkien – Timeless classics that started many if not all down the path.

Ok, so that may be a little presumptuous of me but I’m not the only one to have said so. Several authors got their interest in writing from reading Tolkien’s books. As a rule I do not like to do things multiple times because it just bothers me having to repeats tasks but Tolkien’s books are a go to for me and each time I am greeted with new perspectives that I didn’t think about before.

 

George R. R. Martin – Known for the HBO series and great story concepts.

Everything about this author reminds me of J. R. R. Tolkien even down to the name but that isn’t a bad thing. Since there will never be another Tolkien book I think that someone similar is a great way to get your fix. I must admit out of full disclosure that the reason I started the books is because I absolutely love the show however even though I just started the books I can clearly see why they have been made into a series of their own. I’m looking forward to great things from Martin.

 

Louis Lowry - A great start for any young reader.

I started getting interested in reading sci-fi back in elementary school. Small books like “Animorphs” and gradually more and more that branched into issues that I didn’t truly appreciate at the time like “The Giver” or “Hatchet”. Looking back at the books now makes me rethink about the utopian societies and how they are built upon the degradation of humanity. Never discount a young reader’s book as the concepts that are formed as a child influence us as adults.

 

Hal Duncan – A more grown up version of Louis Lowry.

Hal Duncan brought back all those concepts and sci-fi goodness that was started for me back in my younger days. Although his repertoire is much smaller, his ideas are just as big. “Vellum” and “Ink” are both centered around a universe thrown into chaos where all it takes to become more powerful or disappear from the radar is a combination of past lives with your present reincarnation. The main characters are flung into worlds that are as twisted as anything before and underlying context and innuendo makes the books very good reads.