Just curious. If so, which are your favourite authors and which books do you like?

And; is it just me, or do gamers read more than non-gamers? Seems like they do. 

Koontz--his frakenstien series ae very good, also i just really lke his books ingeneral

I grew up on fantasy, but I don't like it anymore. I started reading David Eddings, mostly. Read most of the usual suspects: Tolkein, Frank Herbert (Sci-Fi, I know).

Now I'm more into authors like Palahniuk, Denis Johnson, and Carl Hiaasen.


I don't believe, btw, that gamers read more than non-gamers. I think that there are many serious readers who believe that videogames are shameful and overly violent. They'd much rather curl up with a book than a plastic controller. Most of my friends are readers and gamers, but that is probably because I tend to be drawn to both those types of people.

So what kind of fantasy do you write?

But Koontz writes contemporary novels too, right?
@super_etocoon: Eddings is great fun, easier to read and plain satiric in his pen! Redemption of Althalus is perhaps the funniest book I've ever read!
Too bad his wife died some time ago though, they wrote a lot together.

My personal favourite is Raymond E. Feist. I laugh at some of the "fresh" authors in the genre, like Christopher Paolini. He should have a category on his own; "Thesaurus-riddled Plagiarism"

I at one pointed wanted to be a fantasy writer, but, well, I'm a terrible writer. I actually consider myself pretty similar to Tolkien: awesome story teller, terrible writer.

Tolkien of course is great and so is C.S. Lewis. I have been reading the Wheel of Time series over the past year. 6 books into that because I haven't much time to read but I'm going to be getting the next two for christmas. I'm so glad that Robert Jordan's widow found someone to finish up the series.

 Did you hear about how he burned down his garage and his office that contained many of the original manuscripts?  The picture of him in his bath robe explaining to firefighters what happened is priceless.

its sad but i am enjoying the Eragon Series--cant wait for the third book

Being an RPG fan, I read a lot of books published by TSR (now Wizards of the Coast)

 How did I miss that?! Damn, have a link to the story?

I'm trying to get published myself, I have ideas and notes for 7-8 series now... Have been working on one for a few years, building the world and society, flora and fauna etc. A lot of work indeed. Book one will be finished sometime next year, I really hope the publisher approves!

I write novels in my native tongue, but I love english and I use it for every short story I write, even in the same universe as the stories in norwegian.