I never read any Terry Pratchett until about four months ago; since then I've read at least a dozen, probably 15 of his magna opera (most recently, speaking of opera, Maskerade, his takeoff on The Phantom of the). I think he's fantastic (or at least clever). ;-) (Even if he does kinda diss folk singing now and then.)

Julio Baghy
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Sándor Szathmári
Endō Syūsaku
Ursula K. Le Guin
Herman Melville

to name a few.

Haruo