From: Inigo Montoya 
Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 16:33:49 +1000

You asked for suggestions.. :)

	I actually found myself agreeing quite a lot with your opinions on
several authors and was glad to see reviews of some people I've been
deliberating reading (Melanie Rawn, Barbara Hambly, and some others). 
So I thought I'd suggest some I think you'd like too.

	By the way, I totally agree with your opinion of Terry Brooks.  I hated
"Sword" and couldn't finish it because it seriously WAS "LotR with
global replacement" (cute phrase).  However, I did like "Elfstones".

	Of the authors you've already tried :

	Robert Asprin - try the Myth Adventures too.  Perhaps a bit juvenile,
but I was very entertained by them.  Course, that was around 10 years
ago..

	Alan Dean Foster - you must read "To the Vanishing Point" at least for
entertainment's sake, and try his Spellsinger series.  I can't remember
all the titles in it, but some are "The Path of the Perambulator" and
"The DAy of the Dissonance".  Crossover story where a college kid goes
to a world inhabited by talking animals where music that he plays works
magic.. (ok, so it's been done before, but I liked it when I read it).

	Robert Heinlein - the *onlY* thing of his I"ve liked was "I Will Fear
No Evil".  There is almost NO description of anything physical - all
action takes place in peoples' minds, which is cool.  I couldn't stand
"STranger in a Strange Land" or "Job".. so...

	Anne McCaffrey - her Dragonriders of Pern series suffers from having an
excellent idea combined with mediocre writing.  But I think you'd like
the HarperHall books - "Dragonsong", "Dragonsinger", and "Dragondrums". 
For a more SF-oriented series, read "Killashandra" and "Crystal
Singer".. both good.  Also, try "Rowan" (or is it "The Rowan"?).  This
develops into a long series I still haven't finished.  THe 2nd one is
"Damia" but I didn't think it was quite as good as the first.

	Larry Niven - forgive me, but I found "Footfall" unbearably dull :) 
However, I really liked "The Integral Trees" and "The Smoke Ring".  (He
did write those, didn't he?)  Check 'em out.

	Christopher Stasheff - "Her Majesty's Wizard" is one of my very
favorites.  He did write a couple sequels but they really aren't worth
it.

	Now for some not on your list...

	Patricia McKillip - Riddle-Master of Hed series.  These reminded me
strongly of LeGuin's Earthsea books, which I also liked.   Probably
written to a middle-school level, but still good.

	Robin McKinley - now she is just awesome.  Try "Deerskin" for fairytale
fantasy tinged with horror (just like the Grimm bros wanted it?). 
"Beauty" for another fairytale retelling and quite excellent.  But most
of all, read "The Hero and the Crown".  The sequel "The Blue Sword"
isn't as good, but do read the first one.

	Sheri Tepper - "Gate to Women's Country", "Shadow's End", "Beauty" (not
the same as McKinley's!).  Yes, she has recurrent feminist themes.  But
it's great writing.

	Well, that ought to keep you busy for a while.  I'm sure you've had
some of these suggested to you by other people, and really, one can only
read so much at a time.. but enjoy!

	Cheers,

	Kiri Wagstaff (yes, the email says from Inigo Montoya.. it's just for
fun).

	http://www.cs.utah.edu/~wkiri/