YASM

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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