Anne McCaffrey - Pern is a wonderful world and the relationships between the dragons and their riders is marvelous. And the Harper's Hall is the best.

Bob Salvatore - My older daughter and I fought over reading the Drzzt books. We kept swiping them from one another.

C S Lewis - I didn't care for the Narnia series, I wasn't mature enough to enjoy juvenile literature. I loved Out Of The Silent Planet.

David Eddings - Great characters and interaction between the characters. Unfortunately those characters are usually so strong that there seems to be no real danger and thus, no suspense.

Douglas Adams - Brilliant! He has such a wonderful imagination. I get such a kick out of the Hitchhiker books and the others also stand brightly in my mind.

Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser - I have a compilation of all these stories. Good stuff over and over.

Guy Gavriel Kay - I fell in love with his books and devoured each one. Now I have to dig them out of their box and re-read them.

H. Rider Haggard - Fine adventure. It's been years since I read him but I've enjoyed everything I've read.

Harry Turtledove - I love his alternate histories, Guns Of The South and World Out Of Balance. I need to try his others.

Peter Beagle - While his other stuff is good I loved The Innkeeper's Song. If you want strong women fairly portrayed this is the book for you. Just watch out for the twist.

Piers Anthony - Xanth is fine but the story of the Indians in Pre-Spanish Florida was excellent.

Roger Zelazny - Lord Of Light, Amber, Roadmarks, etc. As was mentioned above the later Amber novels get somewhat complicated and I tended to lose my way in them but I dogged read every one. Lord of Light is my favorite.

Steven Donaldson - I have a soft spot for tormented heroes so Thomas Covenant was great. I consider him the hero I love to hate because he let so much happen that he could have prevented if only he believed.

Terry Brooks - The Shannara books were OK but I was turned off by the obvious Tolkien rip-off.

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I'm glad to see Terry Goodkind didn't make the cut. My kids and I tried to read Wizard's First Rule and couldn't get past the first few chapters. We dubbed it Wizard's First Drool.

Phillip Jose Farmer for his Riverworld Series

Mark Twain for Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court

And my all time favorite C. J. Cherryh's books about Morgaine and Vanye. These two characters represent all the things I like in a book. She is grieving her lost companions and desperate to complete their mission. He is locked to her by his word and his love. She appears to be inhuman in her seemingly mindless quest while he suffers from the agony of being too human with too much compassion. Gotta dig those out too.