11-04-2007, 09:41 AM | #1 |
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Which Authors do you have on your auto buy list?
I used to have a list of authors in my head for whom I would automatically buy their books in hard cover edition and couldn't wait the year for the cheaper paper back edition to come out. The list has dwindled lately though so I need to recharge. Which authors would you put on this list? I'll start with my current list.
Jack Whyte Guy Gavriel Kay Bernard Cornwell Conn Iggulden |
11-04-2007, 10:14 AM | #2 |
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Not that my list would necessarily be your list, but in no particular order:
Garth Nix Tamora Pierce Steven Brust Charles de Lint Shannon Hale Robin McKinley Diana Wynne Jones Barbara Hambly Spider Robinson Patricia A. McKillip Sherri Tepper Iain M. Banks P.C. Hodgell Jonathan Stroud Kim Stanley Robinson R.A. MacAvoy Gillian Bradshaw Tanya Huff Carole Nelson Douglas Orson Scott Card (but not quite an automatic purchase anymore) Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey used to be on the list, but not anymore due to quality problems. Same with Marion Zimmer Bradley. Heinlein used to top the list, but of course there are very few new Heinlein books these days. I used to read a lot of Katherine Kurtz, but she got depressing, so I stopped. I hear her later books are less depressing, so I might try some. I usually check to see what William Gibson and Neal Stephenson have been up to, though I don't buy everything they write. I'm just starting to get into John Barnes and Tanith Lee. I should probably add Neil Gaiman to the list. Terry Pratchett gets inspection when new books come out, but I don't like all the Discworld books, so I tend to buy the ones with the witches in them. Happy reading! |
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11-04-2007, 02:14 PM | #3 |
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My buy on publication list would be as follows (restricting myself to living authors only), in no particular order after the top 4:
Peter Hamilton David Weber Lois Bujold Neal Asher IM Banks John Ringo JC Grimwood Sarah Monette Steph Swainston Steven Saylor (anything historical) Adam Roberts Alastair Reynolds Gary Gibson (UK only) Richard Morgan Tom Kratman Jack McDevitt Mary Gentle RC Wilson Chris Moriarty Scott Bakker Peter Watts Gregory Norminton (UK hist fiction) Mark Frutkin (Canada) Jonathan Strahan (anthologies) John Julius Norwich (non-fiction) William Barton Jim Grimsley (sff only) John Meaney Steve Jordan Any 163* alt history (Eric Flint and others) Marianne De Pierres Patrick Rothfuss Joe Abercrombie Scott Lynch Brian Ruckley China Mieville (not YA though) GRRM's famous series Howard Hendrix (despite the famous scab controversy I like his sf) Kristine Smith Mary Rosenblum (sf only) KA Bedford (Australia and Canada mostly) Alan Furst Steven Pressfield Michael Curtis Ford Last edited by Liviu_5; 11-04-2007 at 02:18 PM. |
11-04-2007, 06:32 PM | #4 |
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Wow do you really buy all those authors at premium first release prices? I've read some of them but normally wait until the price drops to mass market prices.
I was thinking more of the authors that jump immediately to the top of your reading list although probably already have 50 on the list. I've never had more then 10. |
11-04-2007, 06:39 PM | #5 |
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11-04-2007, 06:44 PM | #6 |
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What I buy in expesive first release is Charles Stross and Steven Brust. And I will by Scott Lynch's third book directly when it is available.
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11-04-2007, 07:55 PM | #7 | |
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I hate mmpb and I use them just for portability for some authors that have huge hc (Peter Hamilton comes to mind - I have most of his books as hc, mmpb and some even bought as e-books too) I also buy the UK (or Canadian for that matter) first edition if it appears first even if the US appears only a month or two later (bookdepository.co.uk has excellent prices and free and fast - 5 working days from order to my door - shipping) |
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11-04-2007, 11:37 PM | #8 |
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I started to begin a list, but then I realized that I won't necessarily reflexively buy any book. There are those I'm pretty likely (say, 90%) to buy, but even authors I know I enjoy I look over the books to make sure the premise is interesting to me before I fully decide to buy them. I'd still keep Anne McCaffrey (non-collaborations, I mean) on my "most likely" list, but she doesn't seem to be writing much these days -- I don't mean to imply that the Lady hasn't earned whatever rest she cares to take! Collaborations, which lately seems to mean "mostly written by the 'collaborator'" definitely get looked at, but I wouldn't say I'm more likely than not to buy them.
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11-05-2007, 12:28 AM | #9 |
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I don't buy all my favorite authors in hardcover-- some I get at the library-- but the top six on my list plus a few others I do tend to buy in HC as soon as they come out, and for many of the others, I used to buy MMPBs and currently try to buy ebooks as soon as they become available. Also, I've been reading Patricia Briggs this year, so she might go on the list too.
The last McCaffrey I read that I really liked was The Masterharper of Pern. I was traveling and desperate for something to read, and saw it in MMPB in a supermarket, of all places. It was much better than the previous few books of hers that I'd read. The most recent Mercedes Lackey that I liked was Exile's Honor, I think. The first of that pair, whichever one it was. (The second one had too much Mary Sue in it for me.) J.K. Rowling would have been on the list, but she's done for the moment, I guess. I suppose I'd look into whatever else she might write if and when she eventually does. I also haven't included older authors whose works I'm still collecting, like Clifford D. Simak or Rumer Godden. Oh, and Richard P. Feynman. But again, he's no longer among the living (sniff). |
11-05-2007, 09:39 AM | #10 |
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These days: None. I've gotten too particular about what I read to automatically buy any author's material sight-unseen. I have a number of authors that I look for, of whom I love some of their books, but couldn't care less about the others.
My transition from paper to electronic has encouraged this change in habits, as I discover new authors and more varied story lines. I shop by story type and writing quality now, as opposed to shopping by author. |
11-05-2007, 09:49 AM | #11 |
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Pretty much the same thing here. I more have a list of authors that I automatically consider buying, but it's not really a sure thing anymore like certain authors used to be.
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11-05-2007, 01:33 PM | #12 |
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Keeping in mind David McCullough's observation: "You are what you read," these authors I look for and usually buy:
David McCullough GRRM (Ice and Fire series for sure; Fictionwise has some of his short fiction) Robert Harris Stephen King Lee Iacocca (writes seldom but always has something to say) There are several others whose back-lists I'm still watching for. I want the eBook versions but most of these back-listed books aren't available (as eBooks). Still, I keep looking: Richard P. Feynman Anne Rice David Halberstam |
11-06-2007, 08:40 AM | #13 |
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As Steve Jordan said: These days: None.
It used to be Anne Rice, Robert Jordan, Robin Hobb, Glen Coock, Steven Erikson, Raymond E. Feist, G.K. Kay...not anymore. |
11-08-2007, 08:47 PM | #14 |
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Guy Gavriel Kay - though I didn't enjoy his last novel
John Crowley George RR Martin R. Scott Bakker Steven Erikson Thomas Disch Cormac McCarthy Margaret Atwood Philip Roth Michael Chabon Michael Ondaatje Salman Rushdie Last edited by iamcanadian; 11-08-2007 at 08:49 PM. |
12-05-2007, 02:37 PM | #15 |
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My only "automatic-buy as soon as available" author is Milan Kundera (but unfortunately, his last novel was published in 2003.... ).
I have many other favorite authors, but I won't "automatically" buy their books in hardcover edition. |
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