From top left to bottem right, which is in order of preferance.
Terry Goodkind, George R. R. Martin, Harry Turtledove, Dan Abnet, William King (he entertains me, though the books aren't particularly great), Mathew Woodring Stover, David Eddings, Stephen Kenson, Terry Brooks, Brian Lumley, Larry Niven, Rpbert Asprin, Aldous Huxley, Pieres Anthony, William Gibson, George Orwell, Ian Livingston, Steve Jackson, Robert Jordan (I've never just stopped in the middle of a series before, especially so early), H.P. Lovecraft (Dream Quest of Unknown Kaddath ain't so good), and finally Richard Awlinson (I've never stopped reading a book before but this guy....yeeesh!)
Books I own, that you should read in order:
-Terry Goodkind; Wizards First Rule, favourite book series of all time, starts out like Jordan, but doesn't go into the crapper after book two.
-George R.R. Martin; A Game of Thrones, awesome, just awesome, many many characters, and many points of view.
-Harry Turtledove; In the Balance, it's an sci-fi alternate history to WWII.
-Matthew Woodring Stover; Iron Dawn, a severly underrated pair of books, the second being Jericho Moon. Basically it's set in the transition from the bronze age to the iron age, at the decline of Egyptian power. Basically all the gods are real, Ramses was infact the son of Horus, the Jew are carrying Yaweh in the Arc of the Covenant, and so on. It's about three mercenaries and their attempts to get ahead in the world, great characters, good story, and you could probably find it dirt cheap.
-Brian Lumley; Necroscope, when you die, your flesh ceases but the mind keeps going, bridge builders plan ocean spanning bridges, writers, not contrained by deadlines, write utter masterpieces perfecting every sentence and word. Harry Keogh can speak with them. Very very interesting story.
-William Gibson; Neuromancer, it's like....the cyber punk bible, baby.
-George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, classic, just classic.
-Robert Jordan; Eye of the World, after you read this book STOP! If I had done that, I might still have respect for Robert Jordan as an author.
-Richard Awlinson; Shadowdale, if you like self punishment this is the book for you!
Edit: Holy crap Lloyd you have the Satanic Bible? I have to borrow that sometime. <p><div style="text-align:center">
"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wagh'nagl fhtagn"-Call of Cthulhu</div></p>
Edited by: [url=http://pub30.ezboard.com/brpgww60462.showUserPublicProfile?gid=lordmcbastard>Lord] at: 10/26/03 3:40 am