乃鼎斋——科幻资讯

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100. James Herbert

Haven't read. Can't recall anything by this dude.

99. Gwyneth Jones

Have heard of her, but again, nothing read by her.

98. Sara Douglass

Based on that godawful Wayfarer Redemption series that I sampled years ago, I'd rather not read anything else by her again.

97. Charles Stross
查尔斯·斯特罗斯，这厮的风格和我的文学口味简直是水油不溶（水火不容）。
His style and my literary preferences are like oil and water.

96. Terry Goodkind
奇幻作家，《真理之剑》系列作者，泰瑞·古德坎
读过他的七本书，这家伙上辈子肯定是受虐狂。
Read 7 of his books. Must have been a masochist in a former life.

95. Brian W. Aldiss

Someone I know I should have read by now, but I haven't. Yet.

94. Ken MacLeod

I enjoyed some of his short stories, but am uncertain about his The Execution Channel. Need to resume reading it soon.

93. Olaf Stapledon

No clue what this due wrote.

92. Michael Marshall Smith

Same here.

91. Jon Courtney Grimwood

I've considered reading him on occasion, but nope, haven't yet.

90. Christopher Priest

Enjoyed reading The Prestige about 4 years ago. Need to read more of his work.

89. Jonathan Carroll

The American Neil Gaiman before Neil Gaiman was even the British Neil Gaiman. Don't think I've read a story of his yet that I didn't like at least to some degree.

88. Scott Lynch
《绅士盗贼拉莫瑞》作者斯科特·林奇
第一击还行，第二本书就差了。他为什么在这个名单上，我很困惑。
OK first effort, weaker second effort. Puzzled why he's on this list.

87. David Weber

No desire to read any of his work.

86. M. John Harrison

Should have been in the Top 10 here, but "literary" works rarely have mass appeal.

85. Jacqueline Carey

Might try her Kushiel series later, but not now.

84. Kim Stanley Robinson
科幻作家金·斯坦利·罗宾逊
作品有好有坏，可即使在他写得最糟糕的时候，对我来说他也是过得去的。
Has his ups-and-downs, but even at his worst, he's passable for me.

83. Theodore Sturgeon

One of the "Golden Age" old farts I've yet to read.

82. J.V. Jones

Haven't read her work yet.

81. Joe Abercrombie

OK to showing promise at time, but needs much more work on characterizations, plotting, and pacing.

80. Joe Haldeman

OK, but his stories haven't really appealed to me.

79. Simon Clark

Who?

78. George Orwell

Much better than most of the schmucks "above" him in this list.

77. Samuel R. Delaney

Ditto to what I just said.

76. Charles de Lint

Enjoyable urban fantasies, but I can't seem to read more than one of his stories in a month or two span. Don't really know why.

75. Julian May

Haven't read him.

74. Edgar Rice Burroughs

OK early 20th century pulp, but his Mars stories didn't really appeal to me.

73. Robert Silverberg

I liked many of his SF and fantasy efforts, but he's not one of my favorite writers.

72. Susanna Clarke

Very strong debut novel, with some very good short stories.

71. Stanislaw Lem

I liked his The Cyberiad much more than Solaris.

70. Larry Niven

No desire to read him.

69. Alfred Bester

Will get around to reading him in the near future.

68. Katherine Kerr

No desire to read her work.

67. Jack Vance

Someone whom I need to read at length shortly. What I've read, I really liked for the style and humor.

66. Harry Harrison

Who?

65. Marion Zimmer Bradley

Don't know why I haven't read her yet.

64. Richard Matheson

Ditto.

63. Dan Simmons

Writes strong standalones and first volumes to duologies; second half of duologies seem to be much weaker than the first installments.

62. Elizabeth Haydon

No desire to read her work.

61. Terry Brooks

Didn't like the original Shannara trilogy when I read them in 1997. His recent graphic novel, The Dark Wraith of Shannara, wasn't bad at all, although still not a great work by any stretch.

60. Richard Morgan

Written some excellent stories, but I can only take his style in measured doses. Do think he has the potential to write something deeper than what he has attempted so far.

59. Stephen Baxter

Haven't read him, not for sure when I will.

58. Jennifer Fallon

No interest.

57. Mercedes Lackey

Certainly no interest.

56. CJ Cherryh

Will try reading her earlier work someday.

55. Harlan Ellison

Better storywriter than friendly person, to say the least...

54. Jasper Fforde

In the future, perhaps.

53. Octavia Butler

Great talent. Would have been hovering around the top 10 if I were voting.

52. J.G. Ballard

Ditto. Damn good writer.

51. Robert E. Howard

Have yet to read his pulps.

50. Sherri S. Tepper

Maybe soon?

49. H.P. Lovecraft

Excellent master of the short form atmospheric piece.

48. Mervyn Peake

Even better at atmospheric pieces.

47. Jules Verne

He and Bradbury kindled my love for certain forms of SF

46. Alastair Reynolds

No real interest in reading him at the moment.

45. Neal Stephenson

Mostly enjoyed his works, even if they're a tad on the long side...

44. Clive Barker
英国恐怖小说作家
Very good writer. Need to read more of his work.

43. Jim Butcher
都会奇幻作家
Maybe later...or maybe not.

42. Tad Williams
史诗奇幻作家
First part of his Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy didn't thrill me. I dropped it and then gave away the paperback copy.

41. Kurt Vonnegut

One of the better authors on this list, to say the least.

40. Trudi Canavan

Ummm....no.

39. Michael Moorcock
英伦科幻奇幻
OK, putting Eddings before Moorcock is criminal!

38. David Eddings

Hell no.

37. Alan Moore

Will read Watchman soon. I know, I know...

36. Orson Scott Card

Not interested in supporting him financially based on his ideological views, so no reads yet. Petty, I know, but true.
【连美国读者都会奥森·斯科特·卡德的意识形态有意见啊！】

35. Stephen Donaldson
奇幻作家
Flawed, but talented writer.

34. Gene Wolfe
奇幻科幻作家
Should have been in the Top 5 at least, if not #1.

33. China Miéville

Very, very talented author. I think he'll have written a megabestselling and creative novel before the next decade ends.

32. Raymond E. Feist

No interest.

31. Lois McMaster Bujold

Read part of one novel, The Curse of Chalion. Rather bland to me.

30. Roger Zelazny

Needs to be pimped more often.

29. Anne McCaffrey

Needs to be pimped less often.

28. Steven Erikson
近年来很厉害的奇幻作家
Frustrating to read at times. Has a great vision and some talent, but many of his stories feel "sloppy" to me.

27. William Gibson

Talented. Enjoyed what I have read of his works.

26. Guy Gavriel Kay
伪历史奇幻
Surprisingly difficult for me to read, perhaps because it's so close to actual historical eras that I know that I want to correct him on some of his interpretations.

25. CS Lewis

Good writer, but his best stuff is his theological writings, not his fiction.

24. Diana Wynne Jones

The Tough Guide to Fantasyland is a must-read for quite a few who seem to equate epic fantasy with all fantasy.

23. John Wyndham

Nope, not yet.

22. Philip Pullman
“黑质”
Maybe later.

21. Robin Hobb

The first Farseer book didn't work for me. No interest in reading any more.

20. Stephen King

Uneven, but at his best, a very entertaining and thought-provoking author.

19. Ray Bradbury

One of my favorites. Would have had him slightly higher than here.

18. Arthur C. Clarke

Interesting ideas, but his writing style just irritated me a bit too much at times.

17. Robert Jordan
已是故人。
Uneven in pacing and characterization. Ultimately lost interest about 8 years ago.

16. JK Rowling

Underrated for her pacing and characterizations.

15. Robert Heinlein

I just don't think I would be considered his "target audience."

14. Frank Herbert

Dune is a classic. Some of his other books are well above-average. Some are rather shitty in comparison.

13. Peter F. Hamilton
军事科幻小说家
Will read in the near future.

12. David Gemmell
军事奇幻
The one book of his that I read, I disliked.

11. Ursula K. LeGuin

Outstanding writer in whatever field she wanted to explore. Would have been in my Top 10.

10. Robert Rankin

Haven't read him.

9. HG Wells

Good, but I preferred Verne to him.

8. Philip K. Dick

Not much into Dick worship, to say the least...

7. Iain M. Banks

Only read one Culture novel, Look to Windward, and it was OK to good, but nothing that encouraged me to explore further immediately afterwards.

6. Isaac Asimov

HATE his writing style. Cannot stomach it.

5. George RR Martin

Very good short story writer whose SF/Horror tales (I read "The Pear-Shaped Man" in OMNI in my school's library when I was in 7th grade) have been overshadowed by that epic fantasy of his. I think many of those short stories are better in comparison.

4. Douglas Adams

Talented, funny, but a bit uneven toward the end.

3. Neil Gaiman

Reliably good, but outside of the Sandman comics, has trouble being consistently great for me.

2. JRR Tolkien

Still wonderful to read, after 20 years and multiple re-reads.

1. Terry Pratchett

Never really had an interest in reading his works, but then again, I rarely read humor pieces.

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100个人名看过来，发现还有不少遗漏啊。譬如罗伯特·索耶？

但我自己必须得意地说，上面我不认识的人名只有不到十个，哈哈