Recommend an Author

[sheeny]

I love my Douglas Adams and Terry Patchett books, but as neither producing any more books, can you recommend any authors who's style I might like?

Al.

[iborg]

Have you tried Piers Anthony?

I particularly like the Incarnations of Immortality series, primarily the first few.

Philip

[Atmos]

Not quite at the same "level" of Terry Patchett but I have enjoyed David Eddings.

[DJT]

Tom Holt.

A bit wacky, putting normal human beings in quite strange environments (as in comedic surreal). His "Donut " would be a good read if you are into all things Hadron Collider and his "Faust amongst Equals" still creases me up.

Alternatively Jasper Fforde and his "Lost in a good book" series underpinned by fictional characters and the "Toast marketing board"?

Should keep you busy for a while.

[julianh72]

Did you read any of the "Long Earth" series, by Terry Pratchett and Steven Baxter? I thought they were a fascinating addition to Terry Pratchett's range, late in his career.

Jasper Fforde http://www.jasperfforde.com/index.html will appeal to the same readership - the subject matter is very different, but the humour has the same sort of "edge". There are three main series worth looking into:

Thursday Next - about a detective who works in Jurisfiction, whose job it is to make sure that all of the characters in works of fiction "stick to the plot".

Nursery Crime - DCI Jack Spratt and Sergeant Mary Mary investigate crimes within the world of nursery rhymes.

Shades of Grey - set in a post-apocalyptic future in which social status is determined by one's colour perception. (I found this one particularly interesting, as I am red-green colour-blind, which would put me only one rung above the "untouchables" who can only see in black and white.)