----- Original Message ----- From: "Mia McDavid" <mia_mcdavid at attbi.com> Cc: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 6:29 PM Subject: Re: the next vlad book? > Has anybody mentioned David Weber? Of course, if you haven't already, > there's the classics--Asimov, Anderson, Boucher, Niven, Pournelle, > Zelazney. If anyone has not read Zelazny yet I don't know why they are on this list! > Neal Stephenson is a hell of a good ride. I'm sure I've > missed/forgotten a lot. Gordy Dickson was big in his day, and he's > being republished. Randall Garret's alternate universe Lord Darcy books > are wonderful. Neal Stephenson's first book the Diamond Age was fantastic. His second book was not bad, can't remember the name. His last book Cryptonomicron (spelling?) I couldn't get through. Randall Garrett's Gandalara Cycle was very good. Ian