Complete Works meme

[akikotree]

This meme was inspired by my realization that I have not read all of the books written by even some of my very favorite authors. I just haven't had time to get to them all! Have you

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[ye_olde_geek]

1. Are there any authors you love so much that you have read every single book they have ever published? List them.
Ray Bradbury

2. Which of those authors has written the most books?
Ray Bradbury

3. Who wrote the fewest?
Ray Bradbury

4. Are there any authors you've read almost all of?
Terry Pratchett, Charles Stross, Jim Butcher

5. Are there any authors you are currently working on reading all the way through?
Terry Pratchett, Charles Stross, Jim Butcher (I haven't read the graphic novels he's published)

6. Are there any authors who you thought you had read all of until you googled them for this meme and have now discovered they have a new book out? (yay! More reading for you!)
Jonathan L Howard, author of the Johannes Cabal series.

[akikotree]

I've only ever read "Fahrenheit 451" but have really been wanting to read some more Bradbury. I love science fiction but I don't like reading horror. Do you have any suggestions of a good book or series to start with from Bradbury?

[readthisandweep]

If you like well written science fiction you might like Iain M Banks (Iain Banks' SF name.) I don't but I love his contemporary fiction - it's brilliant.

And for a one-off, beautifully written & conceived feminist science fiction story try, Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy. Marvellous.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_on_the_Edge_of_Time

Doris Lessing has written some excellent science fiction too. Again - not my cup of tea but like Banks, her straight fiction writing is superb.

[akikotree]

I've had Doris Lessing recommended to me before, but not Iain Banks. Thank you!

[readthisandweep]

You're welcome. If you want his sci-fi seek him out as Iain M Banks.

[ye_olde_geek]

Bradbury didn't really write series perse. He did write collections of short stories (The Martian Chronicles, From the Dust Returned) but most of his work stood on it's own.

Bradbury is one of those writers who belongs firmly in the speculative fiction genre. As much as he believed in the promise of technology, he was extremely prescient regarding its detriments (read The Murderer and tell me the man didn't have foresight) and held firmly to the belief that the supernatural still had some place in this world.

If you're looking for science-fiction, I can't honestly recommend much by him, except for Farenheit 451, Martian Chronicles, R is for Rocket, and S is for Space. If you're looking for "hard" sci-fi, then I can't recommend anything at all. But if you're looking for a writer that'll knock your socks off, I whole-heartedly recommend him.

As for my favourites: The October Country and Something Wicked This Way Comes

[akikotree]

I'm not necessarily after hard sci-fi, its just that I always see Bradbury in the sci-fi section so I assumed that was most of what he wrote. But speculative fiction is excellent as well! And I am ALWAYS looking for writers who will knock my socks off, so I am going to check out some of the titles you recommended. Thank you!

[ye_olde_geek]

That's understandable. Farenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles are arguably his most well-known pieces and because they're set IN THE FUTURE! or IN SPACE! a lot of people think all he did was science-fiction.

Sorry for the soapbox. The sci-fi ghetto is a personal pet-peeve.