What are some newer authors that you would recommend?
A guy called Brandon Sanderson…
Um, boy let’s see, how new is newer? Like, Rothfuss is not that new any more is he? Everybody’s already figured out Rothfuss. Um…but I really like Daniel Abraham’s work, and he’s a little bit lesser known, and he’s fantastic. I really like everything I’ve read by N.K. Jemisin. She writes these fantastic books— The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms was the first one, and it’s amazing. Slight content warning on that one, by the way, guys. But it was a gorgeous book, so those are books that I’ve enjoyed reading. I really like Mary’s books, if you haven’t read Mary Robinette Kowal. She is a friend, so I have to give that disclaimer, but her books are very awesome. They’re like regency fantasy, so it’s like Jane Austen with magic. And so I enjoy those…that’s just a few.
And my current favorite living author is Terry Pratchett, which is not—yeah, he’s been around for a while—but if you haven’t read Terry Pratchett, you should read Terry Pratchett, but don’t start at the beginning because he gets better with age. [laughter] I tried starting with the beginning in the 80s, and was like, “Oh, it was okay,” and then later, seven years later, I tried another of his books, and it just blew me away. So I suggest either starting with Guards! Guards! , The Truth , or my most recent favorite, Going Postal . The end of Going Postal is awesome…[audio break]…and then Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay. Slight content warning on that one as well. Tigana is gorgeous, the best one-volume epic fantasy book I’ve ever read. And he’s the guy who wrote The Silmarillion , so he did—what I’m doing with Robert Jordan, he did for Tolkien. He just didn’t get any acknowledgement for it except for a thank you on the acknowledgements page.
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