Topic: What I'm reading. (Read 660 times)

Malcolm Gladwell, a journalist who publishes books that contain collected insights on how the world works
- The Tipping Point
- Blink
- Outliers

I remember reading Poul Anderson years ago. His story "Third World War" pretty much covers the future we are headed for with total American military rule over the earth.

Alastair Reynolds: science fiction space opera
- House of Suns
- The Prefect

Neal Stephenson: unclassifiable techno thriller
- Reamde
- Cryptonomicon

Dan Simmons: horror, historical fiction, thrillers, science fiction
- The Terror
- Summer of Night
- Carrion Comfort
- Hyperion
- The Fall of Hyperion

Jack Vance: unclassifiable space opera
- The Star King (Demon Princes, Vol. 1, Book 1)
- The Killing Machine (Demon Princes, Vol. 1, Book 2)
- The Palace of Love (Demon Princes, Vol. 1, Book 3)
- The Face (Demon Princes, Vol. 2, Book 4)
- The Book of Dreams (Demon Princes, Vol 2, Book 5)
- Planet of Adventure (Omnibus Edition)

Jeff Long: thrillers with a haunted feeling
- The Wall
- The Reckoning
- The Descent
- Year Zero

Bernard Cornwell: superb historical fiction
- The Archer's Tale (The Grail Quest, Book 1)
- Vagabond (The Grail Quest, Book 2)
- Heretic (The Grail Quest, Book 3)
- Agincourt
- Gallows Thief

Caleb Carr: historical thrillers
- The Alienist

Robert McCammon: historical thrillers and horror
- Speaks the Nightbird
- Usher's Passing

Robert Holdstock: contemporary haunted horror fantasy
- Mythago Wood

Robert Harris: historical and conteporary thrillers
- Fatherland
- Pompeii
- Enigma
- Archangel

Alan Furst: WWII espionage thrillers
- Night Soldiers

Elizabeth Kostova: historical thrillers
- The Historian

David Brin: science fiction
- Glory Season

James P. Blaylock: contemporary fantasy
- The Paper Grail

F. Paul Wilson: horror thrillers
- The Keep
- Sims
- Nightworld

Gordon R. Dickson: post apocalyptic
- Time Storm
- Wolf and Iron

Connie Willis: time travel
- Doomsday Book

Larry Niven: science fiction and post apocalyptic
- Ring World
- The Mote in God's Eye
- Lucifer's Hammer

Vernor Vinge: science fiction space opera
- A Fire Upon the Deep
- A Deepness in the Sky

Kim Stanley Robinson: hard science fiction
- Red Mars

Philip Jose Farmer: science fiction
- To Your Scattered Bodies Go

Orson Scott Card: science fiction
- Ender's Game

Nelson DeMille: thrillers
- The Charm School

Greg Iles: contemporary and WWII thrillers
- Spandeau Phonenix
- Black Cross
- Dead Sleep

Stephen King: horror
- Under the Dome
- The Stand

Dean Koontz: thrillers
- Intensity
- The Husband

I like all the classic sci fi writers.  Recently I found some Poul Anderson books that I bought a couple years ago and never read because right after I did I started working a lot of overtime and forgot about them.  They are pretty cool!  I really like the way he paints a detailed picture of the environment and there is something to be said for "dated" sci fi--they just don't write 'em like they used to.

 I was watching game of thrones and decided to read some of the books written by the same author the series is based on, George R.R. Martin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Cards should keep me busy for awhile.

Some of my other favourite authors
Neal Stephenson (I read cryptonomicon in one sitting on a train ride)
Isaac Asimov
Alduos Huxley (like george orwell but with lots more drugs)
Stephen King
Stephen R Donaldson
Megan McCafferty
Philip K. Dick
+ many more.

Who are your favourite authors? What are you reading now ? What is your favourite book ? Is there a tv/movie version of your favourite book/series and is it as good  ?