Bonus points for any books you believe are classics from that time period. Any language, but only fiction please.
I’m really excited to see what Lemmy has.
Really love how nobody is hating on any of the replies here.
A few years off from your criteria, but Ursula K. Le Guin released A Wizard of Earthsea in 1968. However, she had been pretty prominent in science fiction for the decade.
Important enough to inspire Pratchett and Miyazaki (of Studio Ghibli).
She’s a hugely influential writer.
Any source on her influence on Miyazaki? My searches only return articles about the Earthsea adaptation fiasco.
She used to teach writing courses at the university where I work. According to some of the old IT hands, whenever she came in with computer problems she was a delight to work with.
Cory Doctorow and I suggest reading Walkaway. I found it transformative.
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I only read “The Left Hand of Darkness”. That novell was fire (no pun intended). Excellent world building and super captivating and immersive writing.
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Le Guin died a few years ago.
Mikel Santiago in Spanish. So engaging.
Jim Butcher. He sits firmly and unapologetically in his fantasy niche, so if that’s not your thing you may be disappointed, but the man writes good dialogue and he can turn a phrase.
I was sad that he wasn’t mentioned yet. I cant think of books where the characters are so relatable as in Butchers works.
I have read through the Dresden Files multiple times, each time being emotionally hooked on whata happening.
Codex Alera is one of the greatest fantasy book series ever in my opinion
Two authors I haven’t surprisingly seen mentioned
Neil Gaiman is great. If you haven’t read his works yet, start with *the ocean at the end of the lane". A wonderful, short read.
This second one is going to be controversial.
George RR Martin. The books are actually well written, and yes the final book probably won’t get written, but it won’t take away from your enjoyment. He is a very good writer.
GRR Martin knows how to write people. I think I learned a great deal of humanism just by reading his works alone
Terry Pratchett. Brandon Sanderson has a nice essay about Pratchett.
Second to David Mitchell. Bone Clocks was amazing
The comedian?
sadly no
James Brian Jacques Redwall series
Cormac McCarthy
I like to think that if Cormac and Hemingway ever met in a bar, they’d take turns sliding a pistol at one another across the table, for entirely different reasons.
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To add one I haven’t seen: Jane Smiley. I really enjoyed The Greenlanders, A Thousand Acres and Horse Heaven.
Thomas Pynchon.
Henning Mankell for a bit of Scandi crime
And I don’t see anyone mentioning Doug Adams !?
