Anyone else discovered new authors lately?

[GaYellowDawg]

I've recently discovered John Scalzi, and this month, Julie Czerneda. I've really enjoyed their books.

[Lakerstan]

1. I just finished a great book called "Dreams from my father"

By some guy - Obama something or other...

[GaYellowDawg]

5. Great author!

I read his "Audacity of Hope" a couple of years back. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

[MrModerate]

2. Richard Morgan, a Brit Sci-Fi rising star . . .

His books include "Altered Carbon," "Broken Angels," "Market Forces," "Woken Furies," and "Thirteen."

They're very hard-core noirish dystopias. Sort of a cross between Dashiell Hammett and William Gibson.

And he's coming out/has come out with a hard-core, noirish, sword-and-sorcery epic that ought to be really nasty (for people of the opinion that solving conflicts with pieces of sharpened steel could make life really tough) -- called "The Steel Remains."

He's been active for a handful of years, but I just found out about him. Highly recommended.

And if you like Scalzi, I have to assume you also know Peter F. Hamilton.

[GaYellowDawg]

4. I've been reading Morgan for a while

I picked up Altered Carbon in the Napa,CA bookstore for a flight home and was riveted, even though it wasn't normally the kind of reading I'd like. I've got all his books.

I don't know Peter Hamilton! I hope you've given me another author to read; I consider that a true gift. :-)

Have you read Czerneda? I really enjoyed her "Species Imperative" trilogy - and the funny thing is, I picked up her book wondering how some science fiction author had screwed up the concepts, not knowing she's a biologist!

[MrModerate]

6. Hamilton is an absolute must-read . . .

Most of his stuff takes place in the same universe, and it's a very large one indeed. Start with the "Night's Dawn" trilogy and work out from there.

I don't know Czerneda. I'll have to look her up.

[msedano]

3. Tana French was new to me...

her second novel, The Likeness. NY: Viking/Penguin, 2008. ISBN 9780670018864

http://labloga.blogspot.com/2008/10/review-likeness.html

How about Arturo Pérez-Reverte, his recent in the Alatriste series. The King's Gold. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2008. ISBN 9781436240598

http://labloga.blogspot.com/2008/10/bits-and-pieces-of-kings-gold.html

[YankeyMCC]

7. New to me this past year is Dan Simmons

obviously he's already pretty well established with a long career but I only picked up his Hyperion and Ilium/Olympos novels last year and really really enjoyed them.

I want to get some of his mystery stuff under my belt now.

[fadedrose]

8. Sean Chercover - just finished his 2nd book TRIGGER CITY

Real good, detective in Chicago - also involved police, FBI, CIA, etc.

[SheilaT]

9. I just finally got around to

reading Ha Jin's books. I've only read WAITING and A FREE LIFE so far, but they are marvelous, and I intend to read all of his works.

[Onceuponalife]

10. Peter F. Hamilton

"Pandora's Star" blew me away. Great characters and epic scope. I picked up "Fallen Dragon" and "Judas Unchained" and am dying to get the "Night's Dawn" trilogy if only I could find it.

Can't think of any "new" authors that I am impressed with off hand. Perhaps Kate Elliott. I enjoyed "Spirit Gate."

[pitohui]

12. i will second this one

although with a caveat that i am not best pleased with the "ending" or lack thereof of "pandora's star"

warn us next time so we'll have the exciting conclusion on hand to read after finishing the first one!

[Lex]

11. Martin Clark.

Great! Esp. The Legal Limit. http://www.amazon.com/Legal-Limit-Martin-Clark/dp/0307268357/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228364321&sr=8-1

[Posteritatis]

13. I'm working through everything Alastair Reynolds has written as of late (nt)

[pitohui]

14. any iain bank should love alastair reynolds, and i have the same project

there is some really outstanding stuff out there in what we once called "space opera"

[Posteritatis]

15. I haven't read any Banks yet, though it's on my list

...Right below "everything Reynolds ever wrote, the addictive bastard."

[jellen]

16. new author

David Wroblewski's First book : Edgar Sawtelle. It's great. Anyone heard of it?

[Onceuponalife]

17. I'm reading Tom Robbins currently

"Another Roadside Attraction" The man writes outstanding prose, great characters. I've also read Robbins' "Skinny Legs and All". Just love his writing.