YASM

[rone]

Take this list and shove it. Errr, that is to say, take one of my lists, toss out the authors whose work does not grace your shelves, and replace them with some who do.

jwgh's list (which was filtered through schwa242, and his through samantha2074):
Philip K. Dick
Terry Pratchett
Douglas Coupland
J. R. R. Tolkien
William Gibson
Rex Stout
Harlan Ellison
Cecil Adams
John Steinbeck
Connie Willis

My list:
Warren Ellis
Neil Gaiman
William Gibson
Joseph Heller
Frank Herbert
Aldous Huxley
Larry Niven
Terry Pratchett
J. R. R. Tolkien
Dalton Trumbo

fanf's list:
Stephen Fry
Iain Banks
China Mieville
Ben Schott
Mike Burrows
Michael Crichton
Edward Tufte
Richard Stevens
Donald Knuth
Greg Egan

My list:
Douglas Adams
Isaac Asimov
Brian Azzarello
Steven Brust
Arthur C. Clarke
Umberto Eco
Garth Ennis
Niccolò Machiavelli
Mark Twain
Oscar Wilde

Comments

[omarius.livejournal.com]

Via your second list:

Douglas Adams
Isaac Asimov
Arthur C. Clarke
Umberto Eco
Niccolò Machiavelli
Mark Twain
Oscar Wilde
Charles Bukowski
Terry Pratchett
Toni Morrison

(Removed: Garth Ennis Brian Azzarello Steven Brust)

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I used to have a Bukowski book but i sold it.

[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

Now all you have are Bukake books.

(I'm sorry, palecur made me say that. Well, he didn't really, but I can tell that if he had been sitting here, he'd have wanted me to say that.)

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Fingerpaint bukkake books for children?

[jeff2001.livejournal.com]

Warren Ellis Henry Miller
Neil Gaiman Alan Moore
William Gibson
Joseph Heller
Frank Herbert
Aldous Huxley
Larry Niven Charles Dickens
Terry Pratchett John Fante
J. R. R. Tolkien
Dalton Trumbo Tom Wolfe

I actually used to like Larry Niven, but his books are deep in the box now. So are Frank Herbert's, but for awhile I was heavy into him too. What odd books (Dosadi? Whipping Star??). Anyway, I value him in retrospect more than L.N., hence his retention on the list.

[eejitalmuppet.livejournal.com]

From list 1:
Greg Egan
Neil Gaiman
William Gibson
Joseph Heller
Joe Haldeman
Kazuo Ishiguro
Larry Niven
Terry Pratchett
J. R. R. Tolkien
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

[removed: Ellis, Herbert (borrowed several from libraries in my youth, never owned any), Huxley, Trumbo]

From List 2:

Douglas Adams
Isaac Asimov
Brian Aldiss
Dan Simmons
Arthur C. Clarke
Umberto Eco
Primo Levi
Haruki Murakami
Mark Twain
Gene Wolfe

[removed: Azzarello, Brust, Ennis, Machiavelli, Wilde]