SciFi and Fantasy Book Club discussion

Tee wrote: "Malin wrote: "Hi, I'm Malin from Sweden and am both a reader and a writer of sci-fi/fantasy. Nowadays it's been mostly writing, but I've done a lot of reading 'in my past' (sounds a bit strange whe..."

No, I work with Word and my own head, that's it. I get some spelling and thesaurus help through Word, and whenever I can't think of the word in English, I use online translation services (English is my second language).

The best help is to find a critique group and share your work!

The future should have been perfect. Microscopic robots known as nans could repair any damage to your body, keep you young by resetting your cellular clocks, and allow you to download upgrades like intelligence, muscle strength, and eyesight. You were supposed to be able to have anything you wanted with a simple thought, to be able to fly without the aid of a machine, to be able to live forever. But when a small group of five terraformers working on Venus return to Earth, they discover that every other human in the solar system has been gruesomely murdered. Now, James Keats and his four companions must discover what happened to the rest of humanity and fight back if they wish to avoid the same, horrifying fate. Welcome to the post-human era.

If you like you can check out my book trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4lSYR...
my website :http://post-humannovel.com/
let me know what you guys think.
thank you!

Hello all!

I was born in '83 in Maine, USA. I lived there for four years, before moving to Virginia, where I lived for one year. I grew up in New Jersey. I went to college in Philadelphia. After university, I worked in Hollywood for three years. Then, I moved to Japan to teach English for the better part of a year. Now I'm back in New Jersey.

I've been searching for a book club that fits my taste (as I don't ONLY read sci-fi or fantasy), and this really seems to be the best thing I've stumbled across. There really appears to be a strong group here, and I'm really excited to jump in and start participating in this community.

Some of the books I've read so far this year parallel what you've been reading, so that's a nice coincidence. Here's my list for 2009, in no particular order, as of today:

The Graveyard Book
War of the Worlds
I, Robot
Neuromancer
Snow Crash
Starship Troopers
Soon I Will Be Invincible
I Am Legend
World War Z
The Diamond Age

...plus many more outside the genres of sci-fi and fantasy.

Nice to meet you all! Can't wait to start reading along!

Hi everyone,I was born in 1952 and exposed to the Ace Doubles and Perry Rhodan novels in the early 1970's. Being a slow reader and with not a lot of SFF books at the local library and on very low income I read mostly Marvel comic books for much of the 1970's and early 1980's. I read 2-6 books/year the 1980's and 1990's but it wasn't until this decade did I catch the full time reading bug. I think this was due to the lack of SFF on TV and I had a bit more of a disposable income. I now special order SFF books from my book store and over the last 4 years or so buy a book/week. Drives my wife nuts hehehe, she's not a reader unfortunately.

My favorite authors though are Clifford D Simak, James P Hogan, C.S. Freidman, Piers Anthony, Robert J. Sawyer, Margret Weise, C.J Cherryh, Elizabeth Haydon, Julie C. Czernada, William King and others.

Nice group and I hope to make some friends and my blog is
here

Malin wrote: "Tee wrote: "Malin wrote: "Hi, I'm Malin from Sweden and am both a reader and a writer of sci-fi/fantasy. Nowadays it's been mostly writing, but I've done a lot of reading 'in my past' (sounds a bit..."

Hi Malin,

Thank you for the pointers. At first I found that having a pen in hand make the words flow and would go back to edit for grammar and spelling later. Now that I'm more comfortable working at the computer I find it easier to do the composing and correcting for spelling at the same time. Still need to go back for the grammar after the idea is out my head and onto the page.

Once I'm done with course work I'll try your suggestion about reviewers.

Thanks again,
Tee

I just stumbled on this site. I've been looking for a reliable sorce of book title for a while now.

I've read:
All of the potters
All of David Gemmell
Most of Feist, Edding, Salvator.
All of Terry Goodkind (except the last the voyage ones)
Most of Robin Hobb
Most of L.K. Hammilton (stoped when it went porn on me)
Jim butcher.

many more varied writers. I'm mainly into fantasy. My favorite writer, god rest his soul, is David gemmell. I Like Goodkind, but i swear i can smell his ego in the last few books. I just read Malazan, book of the fallen #1. And my current projects are P. Anthony and the Twilight books, I'm on eclipes.

Anyway if you want a good book ask and i'll give you a title. If you see a writer I must read please feel free to say hello and toss a title at me.

joe

Joe wrote: "I just stumbled on this site. I've been looking for a reliable sorce of book title for a while now.

I've read:
All of the potters
All of David Gemmell
Most of Feist, Edding, Salvator.
All o..."

Hi Joe,

I ditched Hamilton for the same reason. Looks like we have read in the same circles. Try the Blood Books by Tanya Huff. Also the first set of the Pern (Dragon Flight, etc.) novels by Anne McCaffrey are very good. You might also like the DragonLance Chronicles by Weiss and Hickman.

If you get wind of a good successor to the Dune series, give me a shout. I'm building a reading to-do list for the first month after graduation.

Thanks in advance,
Tee

sadly i've never read the dune book. I tried the first one and just couldn't get into it. Someone told me once they get really good later in the series. Have you read the Butcher Dresdin files books? I'll have to look for huff. I've read the pern stuff a long time ago i think, and the origional Dragon lance series and a few of the associated stories.

Hey everybody. My name is Graham, I'm 33, married with a baby on the way, and I live in Chester, a small city between Liverpool and North Wales in the UK. Favourite SF/Fantasy authors at the moment include China Mieville, Graham Joyce and Gene Wolfe. I get a bit turned off by the long epic series fantasy novels, preferring writers who can say what they need to in one volume.

Hi Graham. You I'm guessing you read all of the david Gemmell books then. Since he was a UK writer. If not he definitely meats your criterea of being a 1 boook per story writer.

Joe wrote: "Hi Graham. You I'm guessing you read all of the david Gemmell books then. Since he was a UK writer. If not he definitely meats your criterea of being a 1 boook per story writer."

Yes, I've read many, if not all, of his books. I actually wrote to him when I was 14 or so, and he was kind enough to write back. A lovely man, I was very saddened to hear of his death.

Graham wrote: "Hey everybody. My name is Graham, I'm 33, married with a baby on the way, and I live in Chester, a small city between Liverpool and North Wales in the UK. Favourite SF/Fantasy authors at the moment..."

Hi! I got friends in Chester and have visited twice! Lovely town. Welcome, and thanks for sharing my dislike of series! ;)

Hello. I'm Joshua, 30 married with a ton of kids. I'm US ARMY currently in Hawaii. I enjoy sci-fi fantasy books the longer the series the better. My favorite authors are Tad Williams, Token, Stephen King and Terry Brooks. I do most of my reading while away from home kids and life being quite demanding. I joined to get ideas of new authors to read. I have an 11 year old who has read more books than I can count. I need ideas for him also.

Joe wrote: "sadly i've never read the dune book. I tried the first one and just couldn't get into it. Someone told me once they get really good later in the series. Have you read the Butcher Dresdin files book..."

Dune gets intense about the middle of the first book. If you have seen the mini series - the books are way better. I've read every Dresden file I could get access to. The whole urban wizard thing is outstanding and then for him to have a vampire sibling-good reading that.
Tee

Hi-ho. 43 year old attorney in Texas who should be working right now...Stanford Law degree (I was impressed with the place until they accepted me as a student). Father of a pack of daughters, all of whom have been raised to genuflect when "Ender's Game" is mentioned.
First turned on to Sci-Fi by Star Trek reruns and a mangled copy of the "Illustrated Man" that my brother gave to me.
Fantasy was introduced to me by a 5th grade teacher who read the Hobbit to us in his native Irish brogue. I still can't read Tolkein without hearing his voice.
I go easy on "hard" science fiction, especially if it starts to remind me of any classes that I tried to avoid as a history major in college. Don't spend 10 pages telling me how the inversion warp drive works...just tell me what the bad guy blew up.
I dig Card; I think that Terry Brooks best days are behind him; and I laugh to the point of bleeding lungs with Terry Pratchett. Scalzi is a new discovery for me. Gaiman's a freaking genius. And the Dresden Files are the best popcorn reading on the planet.
Always looking for good book suggestions, as opposed to just picking something off of the shelf at B&N based on cover art.

Welcome to the group Monk. I always perk up when I hear the word "attorney" as I've worked in/for the legal industry for more than two decades now. Your post had me laughing. Looking forward to your reviews.

Monk wrote: "Hi-ho. 43 year old attorney in Texas who should be working right now...Stanford Law degree (I was impressed with the place until they accepted me as a student). Father of a pack of daughters, all..."

Hi Monk. You have a very happy turn of phrase! I'm still morning that more Dresden didn't make it to DVD. You have go to read "God's Demon" by Wayne Barlowe. Totally agree with your assessment of Terry Brooks - he is so done. Even Raymond Fiest and Brain Herbert are growing cold.
You have a unique voice - don't stop writing.
Tee

Marge wrote: "My name is Marge and I'm crazy about Dune and Lord of the Rings. I also love English literature, historical fiction, true crime and some mysteries and action novels. But I just love Dune and the ..."

Hi Marge,

You have the cutest dog! I first read Dune back in the 60's when my reading level really wasn't up to the task (LOL)and have been revisiting it ever since. Dune and She (H. Rider Haggard)are my favorite books. Lord of the Rings Movies are sadly a bit better than the books, but I've still enjoyed reading them. I'm also into anything about Anne Boleyn (but that's a different book group). Don't know where I'm going to get my new Dune fix, but are we not overdue for another movie in the series?
Tee

Tee wrote: "Monk wrote: "Hi-ho. 43 year old attorney in Texas who should be working right now...Stanford Law degree (I was impressed with the place until they accepted me as a student). Father of a pack of d..."

Thanks for the recommendation, Tee. I'll check it out sometime down the road and let you know what I think.

Please do the same and alert me of any titles that include magic, wizards, high adventure, dragons and dark lords.

Tee

Monk wrote: "Hi-ho. 43 year old attorney in Texas who should be working right now...Stanford Law degree (I was impressed with the place until they accepted me as a student). Father of a pack of daughters, all..."

Hi Monk - 'just tell me what the bad guy blew up' - run, do not walk, and get R. M. Meluch's Myriad series. Fast pace, great characters, funny as heck, and you definitely know what the bad guy blew up. - The first book is The Myriad

Janny wrote: "Monk wrote: "Hi-ho. 43 year old attorney in Texas who should be working right now...Stanford Law degree (I was impressed with the place until they accepted me as a student). Father of a pack of d..."

I'm on it like stink on a monkey. Thanks!

Hi I'm Valjeanne Jeffers (smile). Sorry I'm late but I was finishing up my MA in psychology and moving down south to be near my wonderful family. I'm a goodreads author and SF/fantasy nut:).

Here are some of my SF favorite books:

Wild Seed
Clay's Ark
Imago
The Good House
My Soul to Keep
Otherland (4 book series)
Dawn
The Gunslinger/Drawing of the Three
The Talisman
IT

Valjeanne wrote: "Hi I'm Valjeanne Jeffers (smile). Sorry I'm late but I was finishing up my MA in psychology and moving down south to be near my wonderful family. I'm a goodreads author and SF/fantasy nut:).

Her..."
Hi Valjeanne! Nice to meet another author/psychologist who mixes dreams with reality:)
Wendy

Valjeanne wrote: "Hi I'm Valjeanne Jeffers (smile). Sorry I'm late but I was finishing up my MA in psychology and moving down south to be near my wonderful family. I'm a goodreads author and SF/fantasy nut:).

Her..."

Hi Valjeanne,

We share a reading of "My Soul to Keep" and The Gunslinger. Have you read "The Living Blood" by Due?

Or anything by Brandon Massey? "ThunderLand" was a good read.

Hi Tee :) Yes I love My Soul to Keep -- I love what Due does with her characters! I've heard of Brandon Massey, but I've never read any of his titles, I'll have to check him out -:)

Valjeanne wrote: "Hi Tee :) Yes I love My Soul to Keep -- I love what Due does with her characters! I've heard of Brandon Massey, but I've never read any of his titles, I'll have to check him out -:)"

Brandon has a website:http://brandonmassey.com/
He writes in the same tradition as Due. There are not enough African American's writing in this genre!

Tee

Co-sign! But check out this website:
www.blacksciencefictionsociety.com. Anyone can join but a bunch of writers of color hang out there -:)

Oh and here are my websites -:):

http://immortaldream.ning.com (just for readers) &

http://www.blackscififantasy24.ning.com


Valjeanne wrote: "Co-sign! But check out this website:
www.blacksciencefictionsociety.com. Anyone can join but a bunch of writers of color hang out there -:)"

Hello

My name is Lorne. I'm an Zoologist & Ecologist by training and a statistician by trade, who writes eco-fantasy on the side. Lately I've had a thing for animal fantasy, whether aimed at a young audience (e.g. Silverwing, Rat's of NIMH), or allegory/philosopy wrapped in an animal-fantasy guise (think Watership Down or even Life of Pi). The common theme for me is nature and its description--especially through fiction. Fiction engages me, and carries me to those places where non-fiction dares not tread (or else bores me en route). Suggestions for reading would be much appreciated!

I'm pleased to meet you all.
Kind Regards
Lorne Rothman, PhD
Author,
Southcrop Forest

Hello, My name is paul i Live in seattle Iwas born in '68 and grew up on star trek,heinlein, burroughs etc. Am a fan of sci-fi more than fantasy, I left the genre for a long time and now am back into it reading old and new titles.
sci-fi/fantasy I've read this year:

I, Robot by Asimov
The Martian Chronicles-Bradbury
Darkover Landfall-Bradley
Babel'17-Delany
Stone of Tears-Goodkind
The Giver-Lowry
Snow Crash
The Diamond Age-Stephenson
The Time Machine
The Invisible Man-Wells

2 I wish I hadn't read:
Twilight-Meyer
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X-Patterson

plus alot of non scifi books

this looks like a interesting group happy reading

Hello all! My name is Lindsay, I'm 23 (and a half, I guess, since today's my half birthday...:S), and I live in Salt Lake City, Utah. I'm currently attending the University of Utah as an Anthropology major, as well as working toward minors in Creative Writing, History, and Linguistics. Obviously I love words and people. I started reading very early on in my life, and have stayed ahead of the class in that regard ever since. It may have something to do with the hours spent at the library or the staying up all night to finish a book. I love books. But the genre that has always pulled me in has been fantasy. I've got loads more to say on the subject, but I'll refrain for now. In December of 2006 I had an epiphany - I realized that by not having a comprehensive list of all the books I've read, I'll forget them all. So January 2007 I started listing all the books, authors, and amount of pages (just for fun, to see how many pages I read a year). Well, that first year I got up to 31,107 pages of just recreational reading. So I've continued to keep track, and I absolutely love to look back over the list and remind myself of books that I spent hours with and the deserve to be remembered. I've read some fabulous books this past year, and I'll list them all here, but I'm still in the middle of several others plus textbooks. I highly recommend most of these books. Ask if you want to know more about any of them.

Green Rider - Kristen Britain
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett (I try to read this every single year because I love it so much)
The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie
Fortune and Fate - Sharon Shinn
Conf. of a Jane Austen Addict - Laurie Viera Rigler
Before They are Hanged - Joe Abercrombie
The Book of Lost Things - John Connolly
The Poe Shadow - Matthew Pearl
Interred With Their Bones - Jennifer Lee Carrell
Fragile Things - Neil Gaiman
The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
The Likeness - Tana French
Pick Me Up - Zoe Rice
The Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Elantris - Brandon Sanderson
Why Mermaids Sing - C.S. Harris
The Book of Air and Shadows - Michael Gruber
Silent in the Grave - Deanna Raybourn
Where Serpents Sleep - C.S. Harris
A Fatal Waltz - Tasha Alexander
A Poisoned Season - Tasha Alexander
Luck in the Shadows - Lynn Flewelling
The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
Silent in the Sanctuary - Deanna Raybourn
Silent on the Moor - Deanna Raybourn
Little Brother - Cory Doctorow
Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes
The Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie
Naamah's Kiss - Jacqueline Carey
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson
The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson
The Hero of Ages - Brandon Sanderson
Dictee - Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
The Genius - Jesse Kellerman
Bewitching Season - Marissa Doyle
The Gods of Amyrantha - Jennifer Fallon
The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories - Agatha Christie
Company of Liars - Karen Maitland
The Pale Horse - Agatha Christie
They Do It With Mirrors - Agatha Christie

Currently savoring The Illustrated Man again. I can only read bits of Ray Bradbury at a time because each story forces me to step back and admire his word-craft and genius. I'll stop typing now, but I look forward to discussions in this group!

Hi all! My name is Josh, I was born and raised in Idaho where I still live today. I am not only new to this club but also new to Goodreads. I'm looking forward to reading and discussing some good books!

Hello. My name is Maura. I was born in Oslo, Norway in 1980. My name is a reference to the small village in Norway where I was conceived. My dad was in the military, so I’ve lived all over the United States.

I coach woman’s cross-country and am a competitive distance runner.

I now call farmland northeast of the Twin Cities home. I live there with my partner and our small heard of overly pampered bird dogs.

Hi All,

I'm not new here, just don't get to visit very often. Noticed a discussion about sci-fi sales at http://charsbookreviews.blogspot.com/ and thought some of you might be interested.

Happy Thanksgiving,
Charlotte

Charlotte wrote: "Hi All,

I'm not new here, just don't get to visit very often. Noticed a discussion about sci-fi sales at http://charsbookreviews.blogspot.com/ and thought some of you might be interested.

Ha..."

Hi Charlotte,

Thanks for the link and Happy Turkey Day!
Tee

Hi folks
New here, been planning on joining in for some time, but for time. I'm an old guy, 59 who loves sf, and tries to write it as well. Relax I'm not here to sale you anything. Don't have anything to sale yet, and when I do I won't puss it here. I'm reading a great book right now it's called Dragon, by Clive Cussler. Check it out for a good read. I live in Texas, but was born in Phoenix Ariz. I will ask you forgive my poor spelling, no spell check here. What do you people think of E-books? Are they the next thing? I think the problem is the cost of the readers. I'll try to join you when I can, or have a good new book I'm reading. skip miller word warrior www.skip-miller.com

Skip wrote: "Hi folks
New here, been planning on joining in for some time, but for time. I'm an old guy, 59 who loves sf, and tries to write it as well. Relax I'm not here to sale you anything. Don't have any..."

Hi Skip, Happy Turkey Day,

Clive usually writes "military" or mystery fiction? I didn't know he was trying his hand at Si-Fi. As for E-books (well audio books right now) are a God send. I get to listen to a fiction title while having hands free for other activities.
As for spell check, there's usually one on the Google tool bar that works for the browser. Hope that helps.

And you are not the only vintage car in this lot. LOL
Tee

Hi All,

I'm LeeAnn, 29 years old located in Houston, TX. I also have strong ties to New Orleans having attended elementary school there, and also having spent the first 3 years for my career (oil and gas industry) there. I love to read non-fiction (science, history of science, genetics, origins of the universe) and withing fiction I am and avid mystery, sci-fi, and fantasy reader. I have been reading a lot of mystery/fantasy lately.

Looking forward to contributing!

LA

Happy Cyber Monday!

I am Gary Ballard, a indie sci-fi author living in Jackson, MS. I've only been on Goodreads a week or so, and am just getting into the hang of the communities on here. I am an avid reader, though I read horribly slow so it takes me forever to go through books. I'm a huge sci-fi and fantasy fan, especially cyberpunk as that's the genre I've chosen to write in. You can see my book, Under the Amoral Bridge A Cyberpunk Novel as well as my author page. My favorite cyberpunk authors are what I call the big 3: Gibson, Sterling and Stephenson, though I've been meaning to try out some Morgan soon.

Hallo all! I'm 22 and from College Station, Texas. I go to Texas A+M University and I'm studying history and english. I work in the library on campus, and I can't remeber ever not loving sci-fi :p

My dad introduced me to his generation of authors when I was younger, so I'm very familiar with Asimov, Bradbury, Heinlein, etc.

You probably won't find another person with a quote from Theodore Sturgeon tattooed on them.

Looking forward to finding new books to read!

Jennifer wrote: "Hallo all! I'm 22 and from College Station, Texas. I go to Texas A+M University and I'm studying history and english. I work in the library on campus, and I can't remeber ever not loving sci-fi :p ..."

Out of curiosity which quote from Sturgeon do you have? Also, if you pay attention to football, good game against Texas.

Steven wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Hallo all! I'm 22 and from College Station, Texas. I go to Texas A+M University and I'm studying history and english. I work in the library on campus, and I can't remeber ever not ..."

It's from Saucer of Lonliness:

"There is in certain living souls
a quality of loneliness unspeakable,
so great it must be shared
as company is shared by lesser beings.
Such a loneliness is mine; so know by this
that in immensity
there is one lonelier than you."

and yep, we gave Texas somethin to think about, that's for sure!

Hi all, I'm Mike, 32, from outside Boston. I typically just read sci-fi and fantasy, though my leanings will shift from one to the other almost seasonally; I'm rarely into both at the same time. Right now it's sci-fi.

Very occasionally I might read something outside those two genres, but that's becoming increasingly rare.

Howdy - Becky from western Mass. Been reading scifi fantasy since my stepbrother introduced me to reason for reading. I flip flop on genres and authors quite a bit, but when I'm into something I read as much of it as I can get hold of.

Lorne wrote: "Hello

My name is Lorne. I'm an Zoologist & Ecologist by training and a statistician by trade, who writes eco-fantasy on the side. Lately I've had a thing for animal fantasy, whether aimed at a you..."

I'm a bit late saying hi, but I've been busy with NaNo for all of november - anyway, fun to see another environmentally educated person around. Would love to read something you've written.

Hello all...Jonathan Maberry here. New to the board.

I'm a multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author (thrillers, horror, Young Adult, etc.) and a writer for Marvel Comics (Black Panther, Wolverine, DoomWar, etc.)

I'm the author of the Pine Deep Trilogy (Ghost Road Blues, Dead Man's Song, and Bad Moon Rising -Pinnacle Books), the Joe Ledger series (Patient Zero, The Dragon Factory --due March 2010; and The King of Plagues, March 2011; St. Martins Griffin); the novelization of The Wolfman (Tor, 2010); and the forthcoming dystopian YA series that kicks off with Rot & Ruin (September 7, 2010, Simon & Schuster). As well as a slew of nonfic books (Zombie CSU, They Bite, etc.).

I look forward to chewing the fat with you guys.

Jonathan

hi people. i am 22 year old, really into scfi books. have read almost all the interesting books -90%- of scfi books in my library :). so what can i say i enjoy reading any genre of book but prefer to read military scfi. ermm a little about myself lets see i am also into martial arts, i practice akido and i do like training to keep fit. plus i cant sleep till 3am most days :)

hi everyone.. I'm dokie, 29 yo, single, born, raised and live in jakarta, indonesia..

I like reading fiction-fantasy books, and sometimes enjoy non-fiction, self-improvement books too..
If anyone try force me to choose one book that I like the most, I might have to run, hide, and try to avoid him/her for the rest of my life.. =P

Several books that I like: Artemis Fowl Series, Harry Potter Series, Black Magician Series, To Kill a Mockingbird, Charlie, etc etc...

Btw, I'm new here and I really like to know what will we do here.. Are we going to have a trip to london and take hogwart express and visit Hogsmeade to try Butterbeer?

Hello, my name is Steven. I'll be 33 early next month. I was raised in a very science fiction friendly home. Oftentimes I'm somewhat out-of-sorts when it comes to picking a new novel as I'm unfamiliar with a lot of the living Sci-Fi authors.

At this point, I find I've been spending more time with audio books than with paper books. I've become a fan of Podiobooks.com and Librivox.org, two great sources for free audiobooks. (I don't mind paying for books, but I should visit the library more, as I don't like feeling like I'm at a crap-shoot.)

In terms of Sci-Fi I've read a lot of the classics. I cut my teeth on Asimov, Heinlein, Herbert, Niven, etc. I went out and searched for the Edgar Rice Burrows Barsoom stories after hearing them referenced by Heinlein.

In terms of fantasy I've read much less variety. My forays there were always less serious. A few years back I got on a bit of a Terry Pratchett and Charles de Lint kick.

Most recently I've enjoyed a lot of Scott Sigler's stuff (all recommended though they can be quite violent). A lot of his stuff borders on horror, though not as much as Phil Rossi (also recommended!). For fantasy, I'm a big fan of Tee Morris' Billibub Baddings stories, they're a genre-bending good time.