My favorite authors

One of the reasons readers trust a book reviewer’s judgement is because they know the reviewer’s taste, so can relate his opinions to their own views. With that in mind, here is a listing of which authors I have the most books by in my collection, as well as my personal choice for the best story or book by each of the authors mentioned.

Robert Silverberg / 42 books / Dying Inside
Roger Zelazny / 32 / Lord of Light
C.J. Cherryh / 24 / Downbelow Station
Clifford D. Simak / 22 / Way Station
Michael Bishop / 22 / Brittle Innings
Jack Vance / 20 / “The Last Castle”
Samuel R. Delany / 18 / Nova
Ursula K Le Guin /18 / The Dispossessed
Isaac Asimov / 18 / The Caves of Steel
Marion Zimmer Bradley / 17 / The Forbidden Tower
Gene Wolfe / 16 / The Fifth Head of Cerberus
Kim Stanley Robinson / 15 / The Wild Shore
Poul Anderson / 15 / Tau Zero
Orson Scott Card / 15 / Speaker for the Dead
Robert Heinlein / 14 / “Universe”
Stephen King / 12 / The Stand
Frederik Pohl / 10 / Gateway
Philip K Dick / 9 / Martian Time Slip
George R.R. Martin / 9 / The Armageddon Rag
John Varley / 9 / The Persistence of Vision
Greg Benford / 8 / Timescape
Brian W. Aldiss / 8 / Helliconia Winter
Kate Wilhelm / 8 / Welcome, Chaos