My favorite living authors were:
- Neal Stephenson
- William Gibson
- Hunter S. Thompson

I also like the translations of Boris Akunin's books - they are huge blockbusters in Russia, and are just being released here. The first, "The Winter Queen" was better than the second "Murder on the Leviathan."

Also, Richard K. Morgan's "Altered Carbon" is absolutely brutal but very good. It's cyberpunk mixed with 1930s pulp crime fiction. The sequel, "Broken Angels" is also good but not as insane.

Douglas Adams is good, as is Piers Anthony...

RIP HST

C

Update: don't look down on J.K. Rowling. The 4th Harry Potter book was very, very good. The rest are definitely a fun read!
- posted by Christoph Roggenkamp @ 2/24/2005 05:36:00 PM