some of my favorites - Terry Pratchett - extremely intelligent satire in a fantasy setting James Lee Burke - detective fiction, harboiled, Louisiana and Texas
Janet Evanovich - some of her stuff is essentially romances, but the Stephanie Plum series is amusing and sexy, if fairly unrealistic CJ Cherryh - the Cyteen/Downunder books are a nice look at the sociology of a "hard" science-fiction future. Think Poul Anderson for grownups. I can't stand her fantasy writing though. Tony Hillerman - If you haven't met this author yet, he's well worth the read. Start with Coyote Waits for a very perceptive portrayal of justice Navaho style Steve Brewer - while I am being regional, humorous mysteries set on the seedy side of Albuquerque. Think Dave Barry meets John McDonald Speaking of Dave Barry - how about Carl Hiaasen? Or Ellis Peters for murders in 11th-century monasteries. Elizabeth Peters, the Egyptian mysteries (He Shall Thunder in the Sky, the Hippopotomas Pool, etc) but the rest of her stuff is fairly mediocre. Nevada Barr for a female parker ranger who keeps finding dead bodies... Dana On 8/9/05, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need some new summer reading options. I've lately been on a Dick > Francis kick. And, I'm looking for other stuff that would constitute > an easy summer read. Just about any genre is fair game - as long as it > has decent characters and an interesting story. > > So, what are your suggestions? I tend to go on author binges - so I > guess I'm looking more for authors than particular books. But, I'll > take either. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169132 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
